| Show S SHELL AND B GE ON SALTAIR W TEA Noblest of All AU Sports May be bo Revived at Lalo This Summer WATER IS FASTEST KNOWN III jn Old Ia Ho lug Clubs Mude Records In lit Annual lIt History II CUl of or Snort Tho Iho spring awakening has hu to FaIt Palt Lako LOkO in iii every ory lute lino of or C from Bocker icker football to trap tEat shooting with fans and baseball ba fans fall and IIII track trac fans and bicycle funs futures right of or them Now OI comes co banting Into tho field nohl f 11 1 ml d a 11 bout bOlt club tot for to Suit lIlt l Ii hi l et II C ii f upon U u 11 L t thoro th t ro MS 11 one om und flOhl why V I tho Ihl til tl Rrt died to 1 thor with ith how tw It can Rn ho be resurrected I 1 till tho thing t h I og tint t h it I IM now a I tUt fl the tho of at old Oki oarsmen lIar rIo Tho hoW opi of u 1 in I n local boating this spring und Hummer may Into what whal may nuy eventually re 10 LOW th Of ur Ih late lutU Fait FalL Luke und If i ro rr so S I up on nn the thc ct that fur four clubs flourished nulI In III these the c cAtU and n a 1 Chicago rowing association n tion 1111 t came nil the tho way WilY out ut here hero to hold r 11 regatta The Th Ih disappearance 0 or of Luke lulo Turk and und andOorn lit as resort tho failure allure of ot ofa a eat a to 10 I 0 size up 1111 U p the Ii ii value alue of at scientific rowing on Oil tho great gr at lake and ant the thc lack of or facilities for pro 1110 properly properly perly curing caring for the till bouts houta resulted In Inthe rt the tho elimination of or Rood good rowing front from tile the lake lall as tar far ns nil Salt Halt Lako Ialo was wa con while tho closing clong of or Syra Syracuse yiu cuse cuc lEO as a bathing resort proved Ills r for Ogden At Provo tile the In Interest terest l died IlI out nut o of or the tho failure df or rowing at nt Salt Sail Lake and Ogden Ogdon Og en PROSPECTS However I tho the present management nt at In k remly to confer conter with a 1 committee of ot Suit Snit Lake rowing nie this spring with whit a view to resumption of ot systematic I rowing at ut the thc beach h ami tho the extension of or such Much accommodation us nfl may fila bo be o necessary U to tn enable tho the oarsmen to do their purt Many Man old oarsmen hope that both parties will he be h able to roach reach Much nuh an un agreement as a will effectively promote tho th resumption of or the tho tIne lino exercise on tho the great lake ROWING CLUB STILL LIVES The Salt Ink Inke How I UK club never dis disbanded banded It Is still In existence It mere merely merely ly Iy went treat to Bleep may orny tho the stronger Ironer for tOI Its long rest H t A Pem Pembroke broke I Is hl the president Harry man and treasurer and Val Wal Walter Valter ter Jennings la Pi tho the captain The mem IMm membership Includes about 21 men and until lately Its roster figured regularly III In eastern sportsmens s mellI annu annuals als Is Un The HOlIng club was wn the tho ho horth rth 01 r l local organization and It died Uell same sullie tune before Garfield went out ot of Its official roster wan wa n c weighty with Hh high sounding titteR titled as asIs a aitt itt Its Is executive was waA HU an admiral the tho title given giten to tu tt Bill 1111 now of or Ogden who rho was Its first executive I Then there was wa all a It Ico admiral and I pretty prett much touch the thc whole list of ot naval ouli chit rial titles tItie which was the thu occasion at ut atthe tho the iliac of ot more or less loss banter most of which was As directed at nt Jail lIIm II omm OF aI TItI 1111 SPOUT SPORT The Interest lilt crest In rowing from the he set scientific Jr entitle standpoint point of or college standards wag t In lit this city In the spi fag of or 17 1 by an nil enthusiastic eastern col eel collegian who had been through the mill himself He succeeded In III Interesting the Park Purl und and Hlo lb Orando Orande West Western era ern people and ond tho the railroad men organ organized the Salt Rait Lake Lale Bowing club It 11 was wasa a sort Mort of or annex to the passenger de tie department department for CO It helped their excursion business the Utah Nevada rull rail railroad road not to bo ho outdone nt at re To responded mine time tune afterwards n with tho the Rowing club som OLD OID rue feeling f between the two resorts nt ul tho the time WI ivna very en strong and J 1 H 11 Bennett and Sani of or tho the Rio life Grande Graml and lint U V N roads respectively had their scalping knives out looking for fr erich cadI other and It If one had a boat club duh tho the other must have ha e one also The Rio Hlo Orando Grando nt al had only five no and some seine light sailboats lint Hut lut In tho the spring of or 1683 arrangements tere cro made for a u regatta on the th Grat Salt Lake Lako under the auspices of ot tho Mississippi Valley abley Amateur Rowing ns as sedation with headquarters In Chi Chicago alto cago The Iho association came with crows crews from Iho thu Farragut Chicago Illinois Modoc St fit Louis und and f Irani frand clubs und and u II number r of or single and double O OARSMEN The visiting oarsmen brought n a long express s car full of or singles doubles nair oar oare and und shells lh lIs und auth excitement In III town was stirred to a fever ever r heat hent Blaze coats con Is and caps and fancy fane rowing costumes were vere every everywhere everywhere where IhNe the youth of fir the town talk talked Id ed ot or nothing else cIllo Two days of ot racing were agreed upon over ono one and n a 1 halt half mile courses with a n turn the first day duy nt nl Lako Lake Park and the tho th second at Oar Gar fled and local merchants were tere per persuaded to declare half haIr holiday for tho the thola days la that everybody might attend the therace races race Tho two railroad companies kissed and made up for tor or the time iliac he be being heInl fag ing and consolidated thor their roiling rolling tock stock which they could readily read II do both being narrow Harrow gage Kage TUB TIn SPLASH OF 01 The Tho boat best races were at Lake Park where the I o tour lour won the tho hg race roco In time that Salt lake water wn Is the fastest In inthe he the world except that of or the Dead Denil Sea Sen when It U is l quiet Dr Plummer was stroke o ot tho the Farragut four which up had the race In hand nt lit thug th thI urn turn I lint Hut he know knoll what he had to 10 Li deal with In Ia Great Salt lake hake water and 1 In suddenly reversing his oar to tart the tho turn the tho oar splashed a n show r 1 of ol the Iho brine Into his mouth and eyes ees For Jor tho the time Dr Plummer was n a 1 buck back number huth finally rallied huh did 1 his hIli too Inc Into hate anti and the tho elegan lt four Our came caine In III third Tho Iho visiting oarsmen sold old nearly n all nil their boats boatH to the local clubs who thus received their first good start und and tho the Hells shown In lui the above aboe were rom from this lot hot TIlE Tm EQUIPMENT I T The Salt Bolt Lake Jale towIng Rowing club after atler afterward afterWard ward bought two tine fine d paper I barges barge front from Waters ater of Troy N T y yand Vand and they gave fine service until they the finally wore out n a 1 few rew years ago There Thero was u a 1 meriting merging of Interests Inter st of ot tho the two rowing dubs clubs nt at when Lake Park on OIl account of oC tho the mud and the old City of or CorInne steamer was lall used u ed as ns n 1 boat house hou e Out hut the steamer finally went to pieces ns an did i a number of ot the racing boats otter the tha transfer to altair came camo the wind up and tOW now nil all that remains Is III u n cedar shell which was WIlS rebuilt In III this city The fact that this done here shows that such u h boats can bo ho built In Salt Lake Ilko without go goIng lag Ing to the expense of or buying In tho the east and paying express charges s that double the thc cost coal It If there thero were suit suitable able uble encouragement ement ono One or CC more ex ox experienced Ij boat builders would open shops In this city cly anti then there would woul be gigs Whitehall canons canoes Co II 0 IA s launches haunches In III fact the whole list nit nil that might be culled called for Convenient boathouse o privileges lIlII ore uro I desired lI hut but these may be arranged nt at for the tue present by hy I ing IlIg a tow few ew bath buth houses A special elal boat bOllt house hou e can call bo ho h planned for Cor later No trouble has hall been heen experienced In III the past with wit the railroads In the matter of or transportation but hili there need not he hue any uny where It Is U understood that transportation shall be bo leaned issued duly daly to working members of or crews crew Tho The picture above was WOH taken at nt Luke lAke Park mid 1 shows two tours fours two thou dou hit ble sculls culls und anti n a single scull cull I of or the flue Salt Lake Rowing flowing club chub which nt It the time una In III the tho heyday heyda he of or tu its glory |
