1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

the crews to agree to an alteration being made. The Swedish RowingCommittee was represented on this occasion by Messrs. Fjästad andSalchow, the latter of whom, as representing the body that called themeeting, was appointed chairman.All those present agreeing to row on the 17 July too, the RowingCommittee, at a meeting held on the evening of the 15 July, determinedto begin the Regatta on the day chosen, the first race to come offat 10 a. m.The heats and the positions were both determined by lots.The first day of the races was favoured with warm, calm weather.The course was in excellent order, and had been inspected the eveningbefore by all the coxswains.The second day, Thursday, July 18, was a lovely day, too, thesky being covered with fleecy clouds, and a light easterly breeze blowing,just strong enough to curl the surface of the water. The lastday of the races was favoured with the same delightful weather.The Harbour Authorities were kind enough to close Djurgårdsbrunnsviken to traffic, so that there was no possibility of a collisionoccurring with foreign craft. Axel Hultman, Esq., acted as starter.The start was marked by two barges anchored just off Lido. Theumpires, Messrs. Hans T. Naess, Arvid Höök, Otto Andersson andC. J. Appeltoft, accompanied the races in steam launches lent bythe Naval Authorities.The leaders of the Regatta were Messrs. U. Salchow and P. Fjästad.The boats marked below by the letter L. are those that had theLadugårdsland (northern) station; those marked by D. are those thattook the Djurgård or southern, side.EIGHTS, OUTRIGGERS.First Round.Wednesday, 17 July.Heat 1. 12 noon.GERMANY (Sport Borussia) FRANCE (Soc. Nautique de Bayonne)Carl EichhornJean ArneLudwig WeinachtGabriel S:t LaurentRichard FriesickeMarius LenjeuneAndreas WegenerLouis LafitteFritz Eggebrecht Jean ElichagarayHeinrich LandrockJoseph CampotEgbert ReinsfeldEtienne LesbatsGottfried Gelfort, strokePierre Alvarez, strokeOtto Charlet, cox.François Elichagaray, cox.L. D.The boats kept in company as far as to Stenudden, where the Germans beganto show in front, their stroke spurting directly afterwards. The Frenchmen madeno response and were soon a length behind. Half way up the course, however,they showed signs of attempting an answering spurt, but went to pieces — inparts. Their opponents rowed as if they meant to win, and as regards style, muscle662