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Show THOUSANDS AT ROYAL REGATTA Henley, On Thames. England. Julv 1. A broiling hot day greeted the opening of the royal regatta here and found tens of thousands of lovers of p'luatic sports gathered along the banks of the Thames. The river near the shores was crowded with house boats and launches launch-es occupied by officers of the "crack" regiments and prominent society people peo-ple The crowds included many Americans Amer-icans who had come to watch the performances per-formances of the American entrants in the various events. Never in its history has the course looked finer. The craft on the rher were arranged to leave an open way 110 feet in width for a distance of a mile and 550 yards The course stretched from the end of the island to Phiills court. The day's program was largely taken tak-en up with the eliminatory heats of the diamond sculls, in which there were a number of scullers from across the Atlantic. These were Paul With ington, James B. Ayer and William T. Gardiner of the Union Boat club of Boston, and Robert Dibble, amateur champion of America, from the Don Rowing club, Toronto For the Grand Challenge cup, the foreign entries included the Harvard second crew, the Union Boat club of Boston and the Winnipeg Rowing club |