The Washington times., 1902-10-06
READY FOR AQUATIC EVENT
Big Crowds Witness Crews
in Practice.

The heavy downpour of rain yester-
day morning and the drizzle of the af-
| ternoon failed to deter the visiting and
local oarsmen from taking their prac.
tice spins on the upper river in final pre-
paration for the big regatta of this af :
tcrnoon. Nor did it dampen the ardor
of the balcony oarsmen" and the Wis
iting contingent of rooters and the gem
eral followers of the sport.
Before noon a number of the crack
crews which arrived on Saturday even
ing and had rigged their boats went out
for practice as we'll as for the purpose
course.
Looked Like Old Times.
The scene presented in the afternoon
reminded old oarsmcn of the old times
when regattas we're annual snd the
preparations for them were an annual
affair.
There were no less than twenty
scullers and crews out at one time. and
above and below the Acueduct they
were so thick that they were in one
another's way.
Among the crews and scullers out yes
terdsy were the following from the Po-
tomac boathouse: The Pennsylvania
Barge Club senior four, a rafting fast
boat, which moves all the way without
a check in its progress. and whose blade
as well as its inboard work is clean
as probable winner. The Malta dou-
BILE, Hughes and swartley, moved nicely
and were especially strong in starts.
The Nassau four-oared gig" is a fine
crew and one Of the best balanced here,
and especially clean in it's bladework,
reaching well and powerfully. The same
crew will row also in the four-oared
shell event.
The Ariels four, the present holders
of the Mason cup. will also row in
the "gig",>event.
Another crew out from this house was
the senior four of the Jeffries Point
Club, Boston.
The Pennsylvania Barge Club junior
eight, one OF the lightest crews here,
averaging 135 pounds, was out, with
Percy Wall coaching.
The Potomac's junior and interme-
diate eights moved in good form for
speed and clean outboard work
The Analostan junior four was out,
,p5 o1aop u-a+orrn,r,b;o bro,,ot,& ;%
much favorable comment. 1t looks like
fast crew.
The Georgetown junior eight was out
and rowing the Dempsey stroke. 1t came
along with long. sweeping motion that
gained it many friends.
Crack Dauntless and vespers.
Then came the Dauntless B. c.. of
New York eight the crew which was
fast enough and strong to win tine
Junior and senior events in one day at
the last Labor Day Harlem regatta 1t
will not have its famous Edgerton 20
cox it over the course, but instead
Al Camacho. very cool and knowing
coxswain, will hold the tiller strings.
This crew will have to beat the ia
nous Vespers. another of Dempsey's
products. and the Fairmounts, both of
This senior event will be
the last race of the day, and il is count
ed on to be a royal battle OF the oars
from the start to the drop of the big
red flag.
The trials in junior singles will be
rowed this morning at 10 and 1880 and
first and second men will go into finals
this afternoon.
The regatta proper will begin at /
o o'clock sharp instead of 8 as originally
announced.
All races except the eight-oared events
will start and finish in front of the Po-
tomac boat house, foot of Thirty first
street. These will row three-quarters of
a mile and return The eights will star
Up the river and row down one and one
half miles straight away, finishing at !
the Potomac house.
The races can be seen to advantage |
from the AQueduct Bridge and from the |
adjoining wharves. Admission to the
boat house will be only by card.
The headquarters for visiting rowing |
clubs, as in years gone by, is the Riggs |
House. and last night found jolly |
gathering of rowing spirits there.
Among those seen at the Riggs last |
night were: Messrs Fred R. Fortmeyer.
Il New YORK, VINO VIII omclate as ref-
cree; Robert Stoll. of New York; C. |
W PreisendanZ, OF Philadelphia: Lee |
OF Baltimore; W. j. Trainer.
president of the Dauntless Club, New |
York, and II. ]. Andrews. of the Yes
,ers. of Philadelphia, who. with Mr.. W.
B. Hibbs. of this city, will be the Off
;ial timers, and R. II. Pelton, starter.
The referee and other officials will
Use the torpedo boat Gwinn, which will
lave aboard Engineer Commissioner
Via jor John Biddle. U. S. A.. through
yhcse assistance the course was sur
eyed The press will be aboard the
launch Tyro.