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Show The Mississippi Chump lots. 8t. Louis, Mo., 14. A four oared race for the championship of the Mississippi river look place here this afternoon between the Modoc, Western, West-ern, Dry Dock and 3t. Leuis rowing clubs. Il excited a great deal of interest, in-terest, the levee and bridge being thronged with people. The course waa from tlie northern line of tne arsenal wall, -crossing the river to the eastern pier ol the bridge, Tbe distance dis-tance was about three miles. The water was very rough. The Modoo look tbe lead at the s'.art and maintained main-tained it to the finih, beating tha ! Western some dozen or til teen lengths. Time 24:45. |