The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05

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regatta here da Y ,,a.s entirely sue
sccssful " II, 40 II IA 5S that ca CHI ra cc was
ihotl contested, but the e 81, t-oared shell
Y. "a ice S4 between the
sg3ss yirginia Boat Club
- and III the .l5s Potomac
3SJxA Club, OF washington
- was won 5 by the
AC$AHS#la after al ter the Rich
~ mond crew had led
81 most I. OF the wa y. 3FS S$7
The first event was
the single Soul II race 81 tne mile. be 81
tween N lace Vi Clare Ri OF II the h Arundel
Boat Fill Club, M fillmore, III and Joseph J. 4.
DAILY, #os J the Potomac Club, OF Washing y:
tom ginia ref used Ito en- ter man
iii II this race, on n account OF putting him
out o. tho Junior class Of anna eur racers
III n he NJ won # VII ere u three al had entered.
Unfortunately the referee and the judges
b had a misund erstand Ing as to zero
5t1,s fnishingtline was located II and !, When
the souls had completed the course, 3 4 the
Judges were una bic to give the d clston.f
@gs$ AtBthe il half way point y Dial was & one
and q hal ( lengths ahead, and led nearly
ali the way. When another race was
demanded DAILY efused to row 9 saln.S He He
claimed SO have won the race and said
$if he Il rowed q at all az would be under
protest. Ss ssS }s
SSS5 The delay caused consfd erable discus
sion. The judges finally ag reed uponaa3
plan, and Captain /; r. e M .F T homas. Of
the Arundel $ Gil mad 8S the following
statement IL 1t $5s
That the race q should be roWed over!
Y again, either a Washlngto ton "a or Balti-
more. and IS DAILY rel used Il his Nor the
dec ision would be given to- ISlare sss
e The next race was tn 81 event q OF the.
day, being II Ia $of the el htsoared shells.
between Virginia and II the Potomacs; the.
& course covering a mile and hal "A II
most at the very start Gordon, Of Vir-
gInia prok " HIS seat, q and had to row
by the best means he could: "A and yet his
boat d led for the bet ter part OF the race
NJ The Potomacs were also: slight y handi-
after the tart, but he Id not have hall
tho trouble that his nonent did. al The 4
two ST ells took d Inherent courses around
d schooner, N irginia tn king the longer
course next to the shore, but escaping
the tide, and the Pc toInncs at aying out-
side. IT, looked Ike the race was going 4
to the RI chmond crew until within two
or three hundred yards sof the n finish.
Here the 4 Vashingt ton boat began creep
ing up, & and soon they were pulling neck
and neck. AT the very finish the $Poto-$
macs shot ahead and won by less than
Ia boat length s5 y " Il #
iSS$ Virginia was greatly hand capped by I
the rough water. being used II to ~ the
smooth James. Il while the Poto macs were \
In their element.
$i II. W. Shell ton was all In at the finish
being out OF condi lion, ~ as he y had but
lately substI tuted Smith at stroke. Coach
tT2usselfis cont ident his crew would have,
won had conditions been mdre favorable.
.s5g The following We're the crews u M
Virginia b oats Club --1 NJ ichaels: 2, For
rest: 81. MICA dams; H 4, Thomas; ( s. Cren-s
shaw; 6, " Gordon 4; 7. Berkeley: d stroke. 81 81.
W. Shelton and coxswain, ". \ =. Shell
ton. 9s.. u M W
95 Potomac Boat Club !. Edmonton:
IIarralson:i g.. 8 chaefer;#ss4 4. b K ennedy;sb,
King; s, Canareio; 4, Cordua II stroke, Joe
Bel, and ! coxsWain. slocum. ~
,s Tho Potomac crew had Its coach, Mr.
Dempsey, II al ong, who will pro badly have
charge OF the Cornell Srowers next year,
4 Closely-C ontested Race.
IN IN Byffar the most interesting and closely
contested Of the races was thu q last be-
ing that OF the 4 four-oaredB 81 gs, bot
crews being composed OF ~ Virginia Club
men. One was picked from the best men
In the eight Dared shell. and the other
was he8regular gig crew.
From the start he two boats noses ran rll
or. q parallel almost all the way, and the
rowing Of each was beautiful to watch
stheirsoars dipping IN perfect unison, and
hardly throwing o. bit Of spr Almost nos
4 at the finish the5 regular, crew showed ''',.
what they could do by pulling suddenly
ahead, and winning by q quarter Of Y g
glengt The cheers were loud and long
4 at this excellent display Of Craftsmanship y,
~ The winning crew deserve great credit
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