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FOREST AND STREAM. 



SARATOGA 



ROWING ASSOCIATION. 



THIRD SEASON. 



tirand International Regatta 



ON 



LAKE SAEATOGA, 



TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 



August 24»h, 25th and 26th, 1875. 



OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL REGULARLY 



ORGANIZED AMATEUR ROWING CLUBS 



IN THE UNITED STATES AND 



BRITISH PROVINCES. 



RACES. 



FIRST DAY, August 24th.— Single. scull Shells, 

 (New York State Championship.) Single-Scull Shells, 

 (Junior.) 



SECOND DAY, August 25th.— Single Scull, (Se- 

 nior^ Pair-oared Shells. 



THIRD DAY, August 26th.— Double Shells, (Se- 

 nior.) Pour-oared Shells. 



All the races will be free, but an entrance fee of $20 

 for each boat will be required at the time of entering, 

 to be paid to the Treasurer as an evidence of good 

 faith, to be returned if the boat entered rows in the 

 race. 



Entries must positively be made on or before the 

 -"20th day of August, addressed 



SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION, 

 Saratoga Spring*, N. Y. 



The distance in the Scull Races will be two miles, 

 ■one mile to a stakeboat and return. In the pair and 

 four-oarcd ra-es the distance will be three miles, one 

 and a half milts to a stakeboat and return. 

 PRIZES. 



State Championship. Single Sculls— " Flmpire'" Dia- 

 mond Scull , (challenge) and Presentation Cap. 



Double Scull*— Two Gold Medals. 



Pair Oa'-s— 'Tnterlaken Cup." (challenge,) gift of 

 Frank Leslie, Rsq., and two Presentation Cups. 



Single Sculls (Senior)— '-President's Cup," (chal- 

 lenge,) nd Presentation Medal. 



Junior Sculls— Gold Medal. > 



Four Oars- * 'Saratoga Cup," (challenge,) and four 

 Presentation Cups. 



TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES, $5,000. ■ 



The New York State Championship Race is open 

 only to members of Amateur Kowing Clubs located 

 in the State of New York. 



The Association will provide transportation for 

 boats and crews, from Saratoga Railroad Station to 

 the Lake and return free. 



Good board at the Lake, for contestants, will be ar- 

 ranged for in advance of their arrival, at the price of 

 $10 to $15 per week, according to bill of fare and ac- 

 commodations. 



REQUIREMENTS. 



Individuals or crews entering must forward a cer- 

 tificate, properly authenticated, containing their name 

 or names, name and location of club to which they 

 belong, class of boat and dimensions, clno rowing 

 colors, and copy of their club by-laws, if printed. 



No member of a club will be allowed to compete 

 unless his membership dates in such club previous to 

 July 15th, 1875. 



Amateurs only will be allowed to row. 



The Association defines an amateur oarsman to be 

 a person who is a member of a regularly organized 

 -amateur rowing club, and one who has not rowed for 

 money, been willing to be matched to row for money ; 

 entered or rowed in a regatta open to all comers since 

 May 1st, 1374; been engaged to instruct or train any 

 person in physical exercises or rowing for any com- 

 pensation whatsoever; been engaged professionally in 

 connection with boats or in the use of the oar upon 

 the water. 



The Junior Scull Race is open to those only who 

 never won a Senior Scull Race. 



The rules of the regatta shall be those laid down in 

 Englehardt's American Rowing Almanac, governing 

 American regattas. 



Protests and charges against any ontry must be 

 verified by sworn affidavit and presented to the Quali- 

 fication Committee before the 23d of August. 



The winner or winners in every race are expected 

 to present to the Association their photographs, of a 

 suitable size for framing. 



OFFICERS. 



Geo. L. Ames, President; J. C. Shepherd, Vice 

 President; P. McDonald, Secretary; C. H. Teffi, Jr., 

 Treasurer; L. H. Cramer, Ensign; W. A. Hamilton, 

 Captain; Wm. H. Bockes, Corresponding Secretary. 

 COMMITTEES. 



Finance— B. F. Judson, J. G. Cooke, R. P. Gardner. 



Regatta— C. P. Southgate, H. P. Delafield, A. A. 

 Patterson. Jr. Lient. McNair, H. Leslie, L. H. 

 Otamer, P. McDonald. 



Qualification- -R. H. Southgate, A. A. Patterson, 

 jr Wm H. Bockes, A. W. Shepherd, C. H. Tefft, Jr. 



Reception- Geo. M. Crane, John P. Morrissey, E. 

 F Andre as, S. F. Corey, W. H. Knickerbacker. 



p re s S _D. F. Ritchie, A. S. Pease, H. P. Huling. 



Transportation to Lake— Wm. P. Carpenter. C. M. 

 White, P. r*. Robbins. augl8-lt 



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 Treasurer. 



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