Year: 1875

THE TURNING COURSE A MISTAKE.


The prominent subject OF conversation now among
amateur the approaching regatta Saratoga
Lake and the regatta Of the National Association Of
Amateur oarsmen the Laureate Course at Troy
which follows shortly anerward The one is an nterna-
tiona affair and the other national meeting and both
looked forward TO with considerable anxiety
throughout the country, Both meetings are in the
third year Of their existence and increasing pop
ularity First order the Grand International
Regatta on Saratoga Lake In the preceding years
Canada sent representatives and thus reality as well
as in name, the regatta truly international. This
year the days announced for the racing Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday the 24h 2th Goth of the
present month vast improvement in the selection Of
time from that Of last year. The open to the
members of all regularly organized rowing clubs
in the United States and the British Provinces are


ee but entrance fee Of $50 for each boat is required
at the time Of entering, and must be paid TO the
treasurer as an evidence Of good faith This money
will be returned If the boat entered rows in the race
All entries must be made before 10th inst As
none but amateurs will be allowed to row in the races
announced it would be well if those who are managing
the Saratoga regatta would observe the rule regarding
the definition OF laid down by the National
Association ofAmateur oarsmen and only observe but
also strict heed to the date Of IT'S enforcement The
rule specifying defining what amateur is has been
in force since the 9th Of October 1873 In the Saratoga
ruling this year the date is altered TO the lst Of Nav
1874 There is nothing gained by the alteration and it
would be far better if both regatas-he Saratoga and
Troy-were subject nearly as possible to the same
conditions.


sTRAIGHrAwAY TURNING RACES


Following the practice of last season the Saratoga
Rowing Association has decided have all races this
year rowed with turn-that is, starting from a
tain point, and, after rounding stake boat returning
to the point from which the start was made As rule
turning races are not popular with The
versity men have discarded them and have substi-
tuted the straghtaway course instead So have
most OF the rowing organizations throughout the
country and at present straghtaway the rule
and not the exception The Saratoga course should by
all means be a straight one Last winter the course
surveyed the ice, and in the spring the famous
lanes which the HERALD first to advocate and
which have proved so effective, marked out and
buoyed. These lanes, now in existence, should be
brought into requston and the amateur regatta ought
to be rowed through them Apart from the popularity
of the straight course together with its many advan
tages over the turning comparison could be ar
rived at to the relative superiority OF university
amateur crews 1t is to be hoped that the straight
course will be substituted.





On the first day the single scull shells for the cham
pionshp of the State of New York the junior single
scul championship will be rowed. These races will be-
unless altered mile and return, making in all two
miles TO be rowed The prizes for the State champion
ship will be the Empire Diamond Sculls," which
entities the winner to hold them for one
year, and presentation cup, which becomes
his personal property; and for the junior sculls
handsome gold medal Last year there six en-
tries for the State championship and in all probability
there will be quite many this year. Among those
likely to start will be r. D. Bainbrdge the winner Of
the Harlem Diamond Sculs" Bainbridgc, it will be
remembered, had for competitors lao spring on the
Harlem some OF the best scullers in the country among
them W b. Curtis of Chicago; r E. Yates The creaf
Western sculler and Wilbur Bacon, of the New York
Rowing Club and beat them all handsomely He will
prove a dangerous antagonist on Saratoga water.
Charles f. Courtney will also row. but Courtney has
been suffering much through the spring and summer |
and may not be in good condition. David Roach who
second place last year for this race, will also
enter this year Roachlis in better trim than
fore in his life, and will make whoever wins work hard
for victory. Albany may have one of her Wilson's and |


yet settled whether Curtis and Yates will come
from the West to for the New York
ought TO enter, and should Wilbur Bacon
Tom Keator, Rudolph Shaick, or three of the
Nassaus and many other prominent Harlem scullers
might all be mentioned The Junior Asinge scull race
which will be rowed on the same day, will prove very
interesting For this contest Albany will likely be very
strongly represented Grvin scuHer Of the Losee and
Roache build will be on hand. So, the chances are
will Lathrop If Hardy comes on from the Chesapeake
whoever will be in the will have no row over
Robinson, of Union Springs, may row but as he will
have 10 in the double scul he may wish to
work himself Ackerman Of the Atlantic of Hoboken
made good race last year. and may try TO better it
this Costar, Of the Neptunes, and Lehman, of the
club might put in an appearance Schneider of /
the Friendship, might do worse than try his hand
the lake. There are number OF young scullers who
might make their maiden effort in this race swell
the entries 10 greater number than that OF last year
From present indications the first days racing viii be
spirited


viii be devoted to the senior single scus and pair cared
shells The Presidents Cup, challenge prize, emitting
The yin6r sS N Or SGoom one in yea and hand
erty OF the victor are the prizes for the seniors race
and the Interlaken Cup, also challenge prize, subject
0 % S be sG he Awards for acOry for for he WsSg
all OF the contestants for the championship Of the State
of New York will be in this race Victor as well as de-
feated will "try again. In the par-oared race it is
difficult to say who will take part Smith and Eldred,
who it last year. may take another chance TO bring
Bergen Point and there talk of Eustis and
Downs, two of the Atalanta's University being
ambitious Of lnterlaken distinction Brown and Walker
them If they prepared go. Ellison and Bacon,
of the New York Rowing Club, would also make warm
work for whoever was entered AL Curtis and McCready
made good the Harlem, in the spring, that
they too might risk venture on the lake, and there
are several pairs in Philadelphia, the home of prizes
which might try Schuylkil science the still waters
of Lake Saratoga Who knows but they may be entered
already The Lamb brothers from Canada will also
be among the entries for this race il is presumed and
in that event there is fair prospect Of cousins
across the border bearing away the prize


DAY


will be the day OF the regatta On that day the double
scu senior and the great four cared race will he
rowed. In the doubles Mann and cambridge Grvn and
Iathrop, Courtney and Robinson with several Others
viii be the probable contestants The four cared how
ever, will be the great event The Saratoga Cup
the prize for which the fours will contend will attract
the best amateur clubs in the country. The Beaver
wycks will do their leve bestn hold the prize
they won magnihcently last year Rowing waiting
race until long after they had turned the stakeboat
they spured and passed the Argonauta boat If the
latter had been standing still This same feat
they repeated at Troy few days later, thus
proving their ability TO 'get away" with the Bergen
Pointers. The Beaverwyoks this year viii not row
James Wilson, but Doncaster, man equally good viii