The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-03-17
md ripple of laughter ran arount

md ripple of laughter ran AROUND
| n ou'oohers.
| The men stopped and seemed very
lervols, ard looked no more like a
| 'acIn3 eight than a dromeda:v ana as
| hey launched their boat they were
greeted with ironical shouts and cat
! ais
The crowd screame, with laughter
as the men quarreled ABOUT their oars.
| As for Dick G-ey;l,e, lie scowled at
| his men and looked yery III at ease.
III you'd rather not row." Campion
called out. I'VE are quite willing llas
you shc'iid retire.
Another laugh greeted this tauu.,
| but Grevii]e took no notice Of it.
AT length the two Fights were ready
and the gun was fired. Immediately
| the Newton eight went away with a
rush, the pace being IS strokes to
| the minute. In minute they drew
| TWO lengths ahead of Grevil'es crew
| and then slackened to a pa IDLE
Roars of laughter greeted the
scratch eight as they spashed along.
Their oars dipped in the water re-
gardless Of time, and they shot oceans
ct spray into the air. They pulled
anyhow, some took short strokes and
| others took long. In direct defiance
Of all racing ideas the men kept on
shouting to each oiler, while they
TOOK not the slightest notice of the
time set by Greville, who was rowing
the stroke.
Dorothy, on board the umpire's
launch, followed behind, and she sor-
rowfully watched the absurd display
of Greville's crew. This was all he
could DO, after all his promises How
calling it was!
Rowing well together at a slow.
easy stroke, the Newton eight kept
their clear two lengths lead On each
mans face was a broad grin, for they
We're all watching the queer antics
CT Greville's crew.
In this manner the two Fights cov-
cred tWothirds of the course. With
each minute the rowing of Greville's
eight became worse, until the Newton
eight could not contain themselves,
and many of them burst ont laughing
Suddenly there came SHARP
now from Grevile's lips Imme-
dlately each man behind him sat ur
straight, their oars struck the water
together, and, with machineLike
precision, they propelled their boat
along at a great pace.
Before the Newton crew understood
what had happened, Greville's eight
had drawn level and, rowing like ?
machine, had shot half a length ahead
The suddenuess of the change cane
with such a sb X that the Newton
men lost their neads and began tc
row raggedly.
Each second saw the scratch eight
increasing their lead. The men rowed
splendidly together and were striking
SO to the minute
For few moments the spectators
were SO amazed that they were alb
solutely silent, but when they woke
SPs e'I4" LII SiSol1 Vic ] use. anu IOuf
OF encouragement for Greville's men
filled the air.
dlng-dong race was now in prog.
ress, but the scratch eight had toe
big lead. Each man pulled like a
Trojan. and try as they could, Cam.
pion's boat could not catch them
And midst stentorian cheers, Gre.
ville's men passed the winning pos.
a length and quarter ahead.
Campion was furious with rage, art
bitterly denounced Greville's tactics
But Greville retorted that. even X
spite of the artifice, a trained crew
like the Newton eight ought to have
won.
Newton has never forgotten that
race. neither has Dick Greville eve,
forgotten Dorothy's softly-murmured
reply when he put an all important
question to her shortly afterwards.
They had a proper race at the fol.
lowing regatta, and Mrs Richard Gre.
vile handed her husband the cu1
which his crew again had won.-E
Newton Bungey.