Show Courtney and Conlcy Win the Great Double Scull Race ALBANY August 20 Between 10000 and 15000 persons witnessed the double scull race between Courtney and Conley against Gaudaur and Hosmer at Pleasure Island this afternoon Gaud3Ul and H03mer were the favorites two to one The race was started shortly after 6 oclock Gaudaur and Homier getting off first Both crews pulled about thirty strokes to the minute Before 100 feet had been passed Courtneys tremendous tremen-dous strength was felt and at twice that distance his boat was a quarter of a length ahead the pulling having been increased to fortytwo strokes a minute which was main tained to the end At the stakeboat both boats sought to make short turns but they had not calculated the strength of the tide and were borne against the stakeboat Courtney and Conley made a bad foul and those who could not see the cause of the accident ac-cident set up a shout that the Union Springs oarsman was at his old tricks There was a cry of Who sawed the boat but the oarsmen oars-men got their oars into the water again and sped on Hosmer and Gaudaur fouled at the stakehoat but only slightly All along the I homestretch the lWere several lengths of clear water between the boats Gaudaur and Hosmer made a plucky struggle for astern a-stern chase and when they were a quarter of a milo from the finish closed up the lead from five to three lengths but Courtney and Conley would not let them come nearer and this distance was preserved to the finish Courtney received an enthusiastic ovation The time considering the tide and the mishap mis-hap at the stakeboat phenomenal beating beat-ing all previous records by a generous margin mar-gin It was 17 minutes 577 seconds |