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I lllDW, JANUAKY 17,jm\ibn.10I.I.11II.IMII-•tr»»tlt;«.i\us01illIT10;rmA II KG ATI A AT SAVANNAH#Our v.ll p*icci\o that ^n® 11 IfalMakllnnl Olnlt n ri iiiU formed In tJHt city, content* plvn 'i lh*eitti in Fuhruwry.We « i i.it- *.i -I iv of Mll'miij orijoym*nt. In nothdn*; (hid n w club, a few .liyt dine*? In ourenluum*, wo woj.d, if our limits hud allow c,., (ronlrru:lofl n» tiioy were by i\ diminution of 'Wr forcct. Ih voimI iMir control.) Imv»* allud'd to the l.t rrr ('rrrk Un it I dub, width, composed principally of ii«-«I morhatiic* of «*ur city.Iinvtj ilio i f•-•In of «'Vit«*rfriinifiis! our citizens nod ifnndiviil to-hleriiii widi this athletic ®nd tntinly •port for ft •• |»n*t two year*. Tim fi^t yw theywi'ro viihp'mIh'iI by Clwirk^ H«iy l.• xprrior r * in then* mnitcrt ma in him a powerfulroirjH-iiior and ut whoi»« challenge, they entered 1 the field. 1Con. F.fi ennoe. the Lizard, provod too swift fur their Imuiriful model of n clinker built boat— thf Star. ll.ii, like true game, they bore their rc-vcn**n ru men, and, by tlitir magnanimity and noble depottincut, won thn ndrriiintion of nil. I he victor, ton, was no tnnrli pleural with llio'r gent*®* marly bearing, under defeat, at lu confer on tliu CliAs the victorious Lizard.Trio m cond your thn Lower Crcekt ennrn up totlio itnriing point with renovated nrdni: bringing for-wan! a new plunk b*»nt—The Floyd, named nfu*r their generous competitor. She distanced• broo oilier^, of six mirs; two of them ennoo hnatiThe (foddttt of Liberty unit 44 The Caro* line King] am I lt;# The S abidin n plank knit, (ll» .• latter reduced lo fivo our*, halfwnv in tlm cun-toM,by the fracture of mm of hrr niHueka.)In tlm imcnud face, (all canh* houtt nml four mm,) wiili their victorious Litatd.lHY. CltEKK* ciept ahead of thn tlimn gnlbuii competitors— The Ooddctt of Liberty, The Snake, unci The Star ; leaving this see ond boat, The Ooddctt of Liberty, ilfJO font astern.Willi the no result* of mi hoiiornbln perseverance, wo were, lost May, highly gratified; fur it is almost a received maxim, iliat—*4 dio man rising above misfortunes in tlii« pilgrimage of life, it uti object on which tinged* even might gaze with envy.11 Thn Creek* bore, ton, tboir triumphs with at much giaeo tii i heir previout defoat.fTit tucli men. competed of ttich mnnly materials, to whom the Tulltihth boat Club now throw ibo pmtntlni, for tbit inspiring and bnautiful sport. Oilier powerful competitors, hitnerto succesnful, from the island* »f our CotulwUl, dowbtlest, brush up for tlio gnmcs, In which they may hereafter Ik hailed tin victor*, for u vanquished opponent is nol to bo despised. \V« trust to suo them nil partici pate, in Kubiunry, in promoting a manly recreation and in assembling the beauty of two cnutcrmiuom States, to wiluetsilie toiil-ntiiTing Kegntta.Wo annex u clohirription of the buuis Indd by tin Lower Clocks, whose victorious laurels, tlio Tullu bill bon * will have to strive to displace, in U.e con test f f supremacy in rowing.The Floyd, of *ix oars, is 33 foot long nnlt; clinker liudt. She was built in New York, lo Sliambiirg, from u model furni-lied by tliu Lowe CixM-k Club.The Tallulah and The Ariel, of the Tnlltilnl Club, or id liter, will niuku a rare with the Fioyt interesting.‘I lu* Lizard, of four ours, it iti letiutU 20 feet, I inches. Gen. Charles Floyd bus the credit a building her#The Savannah* of the Tallulah Club, wo hop to tee i literal, as one of h* r compotitms.It will he canoe against tin* clinker built, an will, of cum ho, la? exciting sport.Hut The Lizard, ub well as The Floyd. nierli Iinhih of cumpetiuirs. I hem come from Si Marys—-nml the intermedin to islandsfrui Auguxtu, und from parts unknown.Tim lists are open. W'ho'llHilt in tlio preienc of Ihi lovtly fair*
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Savannah Weekly Georgian
Savannah, Georgia, US
Sat, Jan 18, 1840
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