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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Hamilton-. LUstaDa, August 31, 1874. 



EUITOB r;'l I..-T AMP STREAM:— 



OiiJulyiOlhanvaleh eaiiieolr between tin i n , ari r rlulj «jh|- !b<! 



Viotonu RlHoClub, theli igVyS - Conditions, (jcompeti- 



toraoncacb £4 iOe ■ tlio ■ i Ml (I »tto»s; BOD. BOO ui 'I 



ltd b ill l)i . .i i 'i -' . b« ii i u i-i-i maich luok 



lumll again winning. Mr, J. J. Mason, lustre- 



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iiil ■ i I i Mr, James luam 80 



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— Tliu Brooklyn Yacbl Club held a regular meeting at 

 their rooms on ihe 26lli ilk., upon whirb occasion the day 



for Ihe fall regniia was fixed for tlie 24th of September, 

 The course will be for schooners ami slot, ps from an anchor- 

 age off Buy Ridge down to unci around tlie outer bar buoy 

 and luck to a stake-boat off Gunf. crville, Long Ishtnti. 

 There will be two prizes giten, one for schooners and one 

 Tor sloops, the whole affair being placed under the sole di- 

 rection of the Regatta Committee. The death of ex-Com- 

 modore John Jones was appropriately alluded to, and a 

 committee appointed to draft the usual resolutions of re- 

 gret. 



— The Bennett Challenge Cup, to be sailed for over the 

 course of I he New York Yacht Club, has now gone into 

 tlto possession of Mr. William Langley of the schooner 

 yacht Comet. Commodore William Voorhis having with- 

 drawn the Tidjil Wave from the contest to which she had 

 been challenged, relinquishes the cup. It is reported that 

 as soon as Hie thirty days of grace have expired, Mr. 

 Garner of the Magic intends challenging the present holder. 



— On the yachting programme for the fall we have 

 several fine races promised. The Bennett Challenge Cup 



on i i ij by the Rambler in Contest with the Madeleine 

 over the course from Sandy Hook to Brenton's Reef ami 

 return, is now in possession of the club and to he sailed for. 

 An ocean race to Cape May Lightships and return, anil the 

 regular lull regatta of the New York Yacht Club over the 

 usual course. 



—The. regatta of the Skaneateles Yacht Club, sailed lust 

 week, was It well contested race, sailed in a stormy breeze 

 and was won easily by Mr. II. L. Roosevelt's yacht the 

 J.nura. This regatta is especially interesting froin the fact 

 that the Laura was built from designs of George Steers. 

 furnished more than twenty years ago, and in the -... 

 matched against nored vessels from the hands of our modern 

 yacht builders, The question arises; Have we really 

 made much progress in yacht building of late? Many 

 yachtsmen believe the America is still the fastest schooner 



01 her. size to windward, and the race above does not testify 

 to much improvement 



— The regatta, under the ansptci rwdn Y-ieht 



Club, open to yacfil tfi tiled ,.m In 



Neversitik River on Friday, - 1 u . : ' ■ ■ 



were principal. y of the smaller classes ut };n:.iu, of which 

 there were eighteen in all. The wind was light, and in the 

 sheltered river the water was perfectly smooth. The Hum- 

 bug Of Red Bank, and the Lizzie of Fair Haven, won easily 

 in their re pective classes. 



—The Tom's River Yacht Club held their second regatta 

 on Tuesday, 20th. Five prizes were contested for, viz : 

 The challenge cup, now held by the Oscar Robinsou; a 

 silver pitcher, a tea urn, a butter dish, and a set of jewelry. 

 There were ten entries, viz: G. Hooker, T. Miller, Vision 

 and Lulu, of Tom's River: Haze and Vapor, of Forked 

 River; O.-ear Robinson, Barnegat; S. E. Boweti and Mist, 

 Wareinwu. The first prize was awarded to the Vapor, the 

 second to tlie Lulu, the third lo the Oscar Robinson; the 

 fourth to the C. Hooper, the fifth to the Mist. 



— The second regatta of the Haverhill Yacht Club came 

 off Saturday afternoon, August 2ihh, and was witnessed 

 by a large crowd of spectators who lined the shore on both 

 sides of the river. The Rescue was the winner. The fol- 

 lowing was the time: Unknown, 1 40 49; Rescue, 1 40 l(i; 

 Maude. 1 42 55; Magic, 1 51 44; Sultana, 1 54 22; Mist, 



2 09 02; Nemkadong, I 55 04. 



The Second Great Iktijrnatigxal Regatta, under 

 the management and auspices of that deservedly creditable 

 Association, the Saratoga Boating Association, took place 

 on perhaps the best lowing course in the world, (certainly 

 where, there is a large number of entries), the charming lak'e 

 of Saratoga, on August the 28th, 29th, and blst. The 

 water wan in the best condition for making good time, and 

 i well dressed people who lined the shore 



i a little io the beautiful scene. On August 28th, 



the first race was for the New York State championship, 



i i:i,-., one mile and return. There were six entries, 



Edward Blake, A ta tan la Boat Club, Frank E. Yates, New 



■ ei'tc Club, James Wilson, Beaverwyck Boat Club, 

 David Roach, Gramerey Boat Club, and Charles E. 

 Courteuay, Union Springs Boat Club. Commodore Brady 

 gave the signal to start at quarter past eleven. Wilson led 

 at i he start, followed closely by Courttnay, when Yates 

 and Cui lis dropped out, they having to row iu the next 

 race. Courtenay speedily pulled ahead with his easy 



id, and Will 

 place. Curtis litt 

 14 -.3 ,-9. Yates 



sw Ingjrig siioke, turning the sthke boat a couple of lengths 



ahead of all the rest. This lead he kept up successfully 

 through the race, mid came m an easy winner by six 

 lengths. The following is th" lime: 1. Charles Courlenny 

 11:41. 2. David Roach, 11:56. 3. James Wilson, 15-lb' 



4. Edward Blaki ts (8 



The next race wa9 Ei< rloublp SCUlIs, one mile and return 



There were three entries, Girviu and Lalhrop, of Che 



Beaverwycks; Kwing and Hughes, of the Mutuals; and 



■ in Curtis -represented the New York Athletic Club 



v - n port of the pistol, the Mutuals were I he first to dip 



their oars, followed closely by the Athletics and tieavcr- 

 wyeks. The two latter crews, however, turned lite stake 

 boat almost together, when the Athletics spurted and re- 

 laiueri their lead until the end. and came in easy winner In- 

 several boats length. The following is Hip time- 1 \tli 

 lei if. Curtis, and Yates. 18:33*. 3. Bea-verwvcks, Girvin 

 itifl Lathrope, 18:50>. 3. Mutuals, Ewitig and Huo-hes 

 14:10. 



On August 29th, tlie first race was for the simde-seull 

 championship, distance two miles; there were eight starters 

 viz., Wm. B. Curtis, New York Athletic Club; Edward 

 Blake, of the Atalantas; Francis E. Yates, of the Athletics- 

 Pred Hardy, of the Ohesapcnkes, James Wilson of Ihe 

 Beaverwycks, DeSaussure Bull, of the Carolina Independ- 

 ents, Fred. H. Ewing, of Ihe Troy Mutuals, and Joseph If 

 Girviu, of the Beaverwycks. Curtis led at the half mile 

 and turned the stake-boat first Yates second, Wilson 

 third, Girviu fourth. Curl is led all Ihe way down, Yates 

 md Hardy contending tor the third 

 id one and a half lengths ahead in 

 d In 14:41, Wilson third in 14:51.'. 

 Hardy fourth i" 15;04$, Girvin fifth in 15:52}. :: ,,., . 

 wns unable to start on account of illness; Davis and Stevens 

 were ruled out under the rules of the Association, and 

 Blake, who started, fell out of the race at the first half 

 mile, 



The second race was the pair-oared shell race for the 

 Challenge CUp, presented by Frank Leslie; distance three 

 miles, with Oueturtt: Four crews started, but (he Vc-ruon 

 crew of Savannah went a quarter of a mile only lo save 

 their enl ranee. The crew- which were then in the race 

 were the Argonaulas of Bergen Point, Gramerey of 

 New York, and Argonaulas Of Toronto. The Jersey crew, 

 the Argonaut as, led off with a Quick, vigorous stroke, the 

 Gramerey second, and the Toronto crew third. Tlie Ariro- 

 nautas increased the lead two lengths at the turn, and on the 

 return opened thespace to five lengths with the Gramerey e 

 the Canada crew being twenty lengths behind, The Argo- 

 naiilas finished twelve, or fifteen lengths ahead of The 

 Grameveys in 21:32$. The Canada crew slopped at the 

 end of two miles, Gramereys' time, 22:29. 



On August 31st, the last day of the regatta, tlie day was 

 warm, the water calm, and the spectators enthusiastic. 

 There were three races, junior single sculls, extra single 

 sculls, and the great four-oared race. For the first race, 

 single sculls, distaucc two .miles, with a turn, there were 

 eleven entries, comprising the following names and clubs : 

 Jos. II. Girvin, Beaverwyck's; Dunforth B. Brown, Cin- 

 cinnati; Langton, Argonaut, of Toronto; George W. Lath- 

 rap, Beaverwycks; Christie Akcrman, Atlaniics; David 

 Roach, Gramercy's; Fred, Hardy, Chesapeake's; Adam 

 Hasslacher, Scawanhaka's; DeSaussure Bull, Carolina's 

 (ltd); W. R. Shaw, Gleam; II. H. Robinson, Uniou 

 Springs. Tlie men were sent, off as evenly as possible, 

 Roach, the Ugliest weight, taking the lead, which he never 

 lost, though pressed closely byHardv; neariug the turning 

 stake, Laihrop made a spurt" and passed Hardy, Roach 

 leading by two lengths, Lathrop second, Hardy third. 

 Roach now increased his lead, and came home a winner in 

 14:244, Lalhrop 14:27, Hardy 14:314. The next race was 

 the extra scullers, one mile and a half and return. James 

 O'Neil, of the Gramerey Boat Club, beiug the only com- 

 petitor, was ordered to row over ihe course on time. He 

 was started in the regular form, and made the three miles 

 with one turn in 21m. 19As. This, it is claimed, is the 

 fastest three mile single scull race on record an dead water. 

 The next was tlie grand four-oared race of three miles, 

 with a turn for the Saratoga challenge cup and four pre- 

 sentation cups, for which the following representative men 

 of the thirteeu cluLs eulered. 



X. T. OKAHEKCV C'ltliW. 



-V:'//te. Position Age Height Weight 



■v i a: at r. Gannon bow 5!5 o.lOt l.ii 



i -. - No.* -26 6. (JO 135 



itairv i\l. Howell No. 3 26 6.00 IMi 



Villiamsun Stroke 36 fi.Oif 174 



Hairy M 

 W. K. \V 



It. B. Batnbridsc. . 

 William H. Spear- , 



O. T. Johnson 



ltusseu Wulicra 



Bow 



26 



H. Suiii.il.... ■■■• 



V. B. Blaine'. 



ALLEGHANY '. 



.John Sirtibb 



Samuel .Moody 



Geogre Sctmiil 



FranK Bronnou 



ltobert Lefman 



James Heed 



eeuiaa, IVrry 



Llisun AlcCJueeu 



Jauies Schley 



(icorae oeiiley 



LC; ,-irgc G. Hliooall. . 



Hal Schley 



0. W. Baldy 



It 11. Ueua.d 



J. B. GreullC 



C. H. uunbar 



D.07J 

 5.01^ 



. Su. 3 :3 b.lOi 

 . Stroke 38 5.08J- 



I-WAU-SL-3I CRKW. 



. BOW m 5.09J 

 . So. 2 31 6.1KJ 

 . No. 3 37 5.11 

 Sir ko 30 5.081 

 „ HI SOSBNJi OCEW. 



... Blroke 1!) 5. 



ATLANTIC ultEn'. 

 ... BOW m S. 



... No. ■: as 

 ... No. 3 21 

 .. Stioka 34 



« CHEW. 



143 



i.'otlj 



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Bow 



No. 2 24 



No a 80 



Stroke 25 



T. KITFTA1,0 C 



5.11 

 5.00 

 5.11 



d.:o 



. Boiv- 



Johnson, bow; Hobeit Orr, No. 3; John Keppler, No. 8; William 

 Knutt, stroke. 



TORONTO, CANADA, ARGONACT3 CREW. 



H. O-Bilen 



G. B. Gias-cli.. 

 A. Laimton.... 

 H. Lainbu 



Edward Smith . . 

 Waiter Mau...... 



ijL'U.iaiiiia Sn-puei 



T. J. Gorman ... 



K. J.Gunnan 



Wllluun Wilson , 



1 POINT, N. .;., 



... No. 2 22 

 . . No. 3 23 



., Stroke 85 



6.00 

 5.10 

 6.01 

 5.09 



5.00 

 5.0SI 

 5.U 

 6.07 



11.00 

 S.lOi 

 5.1.J 

 6.00 



CHAni I i 



H.B. Bull 



D. U. Parker 



w'. M. 8. Leaesne 



11. N Paiker 



C, PALMETTO ORE 

 .... BOW 23 



.... No. 2 23 

 .... No. 3 « 

 ... Stroke 30 



S.Ofil 

 B.09 

 6.02 

 6.10 



H. S, Tralix 



Frank Jones 



A. J.McRlali 



D. Ooi:»hlin 



. Bow :fr 



J.50 

 160 



.08* 



The thirteen boats having all been drawn into Hue, and 

 wailiog the signal, Commodore Brady raised his arm 

 cently, and at the report, Of the pisiol, til'ty-two oars wero 

 ii n autaneously. The magnificence of this sight to 

 all rowing men and friends of muscular development, was 

 exhilarating in the extreme. The Atalantas, taking a slight 

 lead, the Crt.mereys next, the Wah-wah-sums pulling a 

 beautiful even -triike, the Argonaulas pulling forty-two 

 strokes lo Ihe minute ami verging ahead, 'followed closely 

 by Hie Beaverwycks, tlie Atalantas keeping the third 

 place, Michigan cre\v_'the fourth, the Duquesne, Atlantic, 



Potomac, Vernon, Buffalo, 

 Argonaulas and Palme 

 struggle continued lo I Ik 

 'a less filiniigi between i 

 lanla. Wall wah-sum, an 



the order mentioned, the 

 aging up the rear, The 

 the firs! mile, with more 

 louts. But here the Ata- 

 e seen to approach 



and cross each other, with but little, if any, clear water 

 between them, 



The Alalautas now held away, and it w-as observed that 



the bow of thei 



two of the men 

 clinging to the 



hatldsn;' 



water, and filling rapidly; 

 out, iouowi d by lite other two, all 

 ii b afterwards sunk. They were 

 ■- dr. Sotithgate's steam launch 

 i the crews had turned the stake- 

 boa!, the A.-ponaums leading Beaverwycks a good second, 

 rotting more lapidly, and gaining oil the Argonaulas. The 

 , i,: '• ■ victorv between these two crews was the beau 

 ii. linn . ::t steering. The Buffaloes were 



: W -in wah-smiis fourth, spurting every now and 



then to m li haul the Buffaloes, the Potomaes rowing faster 

 and in better style than in the beginning of the race. The 

 rest of the crews followed, the Argonauts of Canada, from 

 which so much was expected bringing up the rear. When 

 the last mil- v. a uaii i ,.-d upon the Beaverwycks had passed 

 the Argonautas several leugihs, and evidently had some 

 steam Still left iu them, tor in the last one hundred yards 

 Ihey again spurted and crossed the line thirteen seconds 

 and one-quarter ahead of the Argonautas, who led the Buf- 

 faloes one length, The order of the finish, and Ihe official 

 time as far as It was taken, were as follows : 



Beaverwyck 18 31 t Wak-Wali-Sum 19 06} 



'-.ili.i i Ma IS -I : t 1 l"ij- , mi.: ,- I!) ]5 



Buffalo is ot^Si-awaiihaka io 19i 



The Palmetto was seventh, Vernon eighth, Gramerey 

 ninth, Atlantic tenth, Duquesne eleventh, Aa-gonaut twelflh, 

 Atalantaswampi-d. 



Commodore Beni. F. Brady officiated as starter and 

 referee, and Fred. J. Engleliardt. aud Richard G. Neville 

 were the accompanying judges, John Stout and P. J. 

 Sweeney acting as judges at the finish. 



The Saratoga Rowing Association, what with its sound 

 management and adhering to the programme to the letter, 

 is without douot ihe leading boat club of the United States. 

 Too much praise cannot lie given for the able ami practical 

 manner in which ihe wholedetails of this eminently suc- 

 cessful regalia has been carried out. and especially to the 

 following gentlemen : President John P. Coukling, Com- 

 modore Benj. E. Brady, and Vice Com. C. F. Southgate. 



Tlie long list of handsome badges, medals, and cups, 

 were presented to the victorious men and crews at ihe Sar- 

 atoga Town Hall, which was crowded to excess. In addi- 

 tion lo the regular prize. President Conkling, under whose 

 management the whole affair has passed oil' so successfully, 

 presented to Commodore Brady, in behalf of the Associa- 

 tion, a magnificent diamond badge, having the monograms 

 of the Association and the Commodore elegantly entwined 

 in scores of these jewels. 



—The Palisade Boat Club, of Yonkers, N. Y , held the 

 second annual regatta on the Hudson river, on August 26th. 

 The first race was for senior single sculls, distance two 

 miles, for which there were three entries: R. G. Jackson, 

 Isaiah Frazer, and Andrew Moffat. Frazer kept the lead 

 all the way, aud went in a winner by three boat lengths, in 

 18m., 13 sec. The next race was the junior single^sculls, 

 distauce two miles. W. R. Kirkwood, J. O. Davidson, 

 and L. N. Morris entered. Morris went iu an easy winner 

 at 15:25. Tlie third race was for eight oared barges. 

 Resolute vs. Palisade, distance tw > miles. The start was a 

 very even one, and the two crews rowed well together for 

 a short distance, but by the time they reached Eckstein's 

 dock the Resolute crew were ahead, Cole's superior stroke, 

 gamely answered by his crew, beiug specially noticeable. 

 From Eckstein's duck Cole's crew forged ahead, andfluished 

 a good race in 13:25. The time of the secoud crew was 

 12:41. A tub race followed, and the evening was spent by 

 a dinner given by r the Palisade Boat Club lo tlie guests aud 

 friends. For the purpose of testing more effectively the 

 speed of the barges Palisade and Isolate, a race was rowed 

 last evening between the crews winch rowed these boats 

 on Wednesday, with a change of boats, when the Resolute 

 barge again won easy. 



— The Watkins and Seneca Lake Rowing Regalia Asso- 

 ciation will hold their first series of sailing and rowing 

 races on Seneca Lake, on the 9ih, 10th and 11th of Sep- 

 tember. The premiums to be rowed and sailed for amount 

 in cash value to $2,000, as follows : Six oar shells, $500; 

 four oar shells, i§400; double aud pair oared shells, §250; 

 senior single sculls, $235; junior single Sculls, §125. 'there 

 will also he two yacht races, prizi $250 each. The induce- 

 ments held out to yacht owners and rowing clubs are such 

 that the regatta cannot fail to meet with unqualified suc- 

 cess. The following are the names of the officers of the 

 Association: General G. J. Magee, President; Captain D. 

 P. Dey, senior Vice President; Henry C. Silsbee, junior 

 Vice President: F. Davis, Jr., Treasurer; M. Ells, Secreta- 

 ry; A. C. Pike, Commodore; H. D. Staring, Vice Commo- 

 dore, and Dr. L. M. Bennett, Signal Officer! 



—The regatta at Galveston, Texas, on the 22d, was a most 

 spirited and successful affair. There were two races for 

 sailing vessels aud four lor rowing boats, The Florence, 

 E. H. N orris, was the winner in ihe race for first -class 

 boa f s; the Lily in the second class. For the first -there 

 were six entries, and for the latter eight. There was ouo 

 single scull race, three entries, won by the DukeB; and two 

 four-oared races, three entries each; the first won by Gipsey, 

 the second by Gussie MeKernon, An exciting tub race 

 closed the contest, five entries, Alex. Nichols, winner. 

 Handsome prizes, furnished by Messrs. Shaw & Bro., were 

 presented by W. M. Jerdone, Esq. 



