New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-27

n Iy night and serenaded number Of persons, aud
W. re handsomely ertertaned IN several houses
THE UsIos COLLEGE REGATTA.
Tuesday came with wealth OF brilliant and bamy
sunsbine ely that was starcey eoudsd all day and
a gentle breeze from the West. Worcester at every
noIt betokened the coming event-by groups OF cit-
1ene mnolipp in their holiday attire with groups OF
Students by arrange confusion Of hitherto unknown
or impractcable vehicles; by an eruption rom All .
posts and fences, and walls, OF pacards inviting tne
public 70 sit in provided for their weary frames a.
the Lake at alarming pecuDiary sacrihce 10 the pro-
prietoIs, or 10 adopt various modes OF conveyance
tbitber. aa
There was much betting in the morning. The odds
favored Harvard. ,.,o.L
of the afternoon and the first special train 10 Lake
Signal Cd the Boeton and Worcester Railroad leit inc
depot with complement OF passengers az izt ci1cA
From Lake Signal the scene OF the sport was reached
by a half-mile tramp over the fields, pilgrimage
accomplished by thousands during the two kegatta
DAYS and found not dsagreeabe TO those VINO prefer
the touch of soft grass the murmur Of leaves ana tue
carol of birds, to the dust and AIN OF the hgh roaa
Coaches ran carts ran, all manner OF wheeled Things
ran with periodical irregularty from the town 70 tne
pond and stream of pedestrians glinted through the
dust in the same direction. The reporter viviaiy re-
called the scenes OF EDghsh + ar daYs, WHICH no ""i
never seen except on paper. "A,
All the approaches to the water were settled Dy the
sellers of refreshments and their booths ana rude
shelves showed through the leaves of the forest round
about. At projecting points OF eihef snore r'iaed
of seats rising tiers above each other were raSee
and the Worcester and the Shrewsbury oands Oh music
were stationed tberecpon, together with a. many spec
tators as they would hold when driven TO IL carriages
we're directed into the lowyng woods, and sheltered
under the mature branches chung TO the sdes OF ne
bare hills From almost any position on either shore
good view of the entire OF Lake QunslRamond
bad; many individuals clustered ey .ne waser -
edge or seemed TO hang suspended BY the OF
the banks, perched midway of tbs embracing nils
And this was all picturesque and beautiful.
Only the boatmen and the reporters were admitted
Ar Tba Ofh
the finest seen in this country IL was scarcely
possible to conceive tina; this needle should presently
bear the weight of six creatures, no chickens ana nr
the deep waters, or that that toy iran iaorc VI
tbinly shaved pine wood, oiled silk and tacks should
carry the same crew. the majority OF them having, H.
dividually, double her own weight -
In was amusing TO see the tender taken Of the
airy craft how their bottoms were carefully wiped ana
furnished: how they were busted and blown free OF
fecks how they were thoroughly inspected In every
part. And this rigid inspection exercised toward the
new Brown boat presently resulted IN the discovery
of nice little SLIT cut by some dasards knife III the
oiled-silk covering OF the bows.
About O'Clock Mr.. Nathaniel Paine, Referee OF
the ATLANTA Club Of Worcester went In boat to the
stake nearly at the northern extremity OF Qunsga-
mond to note the turns made by the various boats:
and he had not been long at his post before the Judges
boat and the Reporters boat anchored together
in the Lake. few rods from the eastern Shore aud d.
reety on the ne-a rope stretched on the surface from
land TO land, with numbered floats attached. The
Judges were Messrs. j. ii. Ellison of Harvard, Chas.
H. Owen Of Yale, and s. V. Woodruff OF Brown.
The first race was between the Thetis of the Har-
ward Freshmen and the Gyuna of the Yale Freshmen,
both apstI eaks The Thets quite new, 40 feet long,
about three feet wide, and weighs not far from lSO
pounds. Built by Chris. Coyle of st. Johns, n. b.
She is ma med by c. w. Amory, Z. ID. Bolt, A. Law
renee j. C.. Warren, w. Greenough, II. 5. Dunn.
Uniform, white shirts and orange coored handker-
chiefs. The Glyuna was built by Mckay OF Williams
burQh this Spring ADD is As feet long, 20 in. wide,
and weighs 1s2 pounds Her crew is Thomas ID. Kim
ball, VIM. G. Grant, Theodore {. Bacon. Henry Z.
Gwin, Edward L. Reyes, John II. Woodruff: james
II. Eakin coxswain. Uniform, light blue caps and
white shirts.
The boats draw for POSITION and take it. gun
crews are ready and at the word Go the twelve
bodies bend forward the brown, big muscles culver
in the arms and the craft dart out Like iances One
description of start will answer for each race, aud
the reader will be kind enough TO imagine the superb
rhythm ofhe oas the shouts of the crowds the glasses
pointed after the boats they grow small the specu-
1aons relative position at given point, the DUN
appearance on the home-stretch, the music as the
baraes shoot past the stands the cheers as they pass
over the line and Time is called. The Ihetis has
made her three miles in l9 min 40l sec.. and the
Glyuna hers in 1920. 1t was close contest, and
they say finer rowing was never seen than that OF the
Harvard Freshmen.
SECOND RAcE--soPHoAoREs.
The Harvard Sophomore class boat is new, was
built by Coyle is IS feet long, feet wide and weighs
ii. Mathes, j. Read, Wm Hedge, w. 7. Washburn,
A. sibley. Uniform, white shirts, bandkerchiefs
trimmed with blue.
Kay this Spring is As feet long, n inches wide, and
weighs about 240 pounds. Crew-Grosvenor Starr,
Henry p. Johnston, VIM. b. Seely, Richard Morse,
w. L. McClintoek Israel Minor, jr Jacob s. bockee,
coxswain. Uniform, white throughout.
The ThuIia drew the first position, but was led out
by the Sophomores of old Harvard and before she had
gone far of her crew was suddenly taken SICK and
the race was abandoned. The Harvard boat crossed
the line in 20 mn., IL sec.
THIRD RAcE-USIyERsITY BOATS.
Hayrdrd-Casper Crownnshed, srokei c. N. Woodward,
& Eno ASSs hs red hsR5y "'s
YgHsp Johnson Chss stanton @% e. s y
C6ss G. Merrill coxwsi. Uniform, blue handkerchets and
B,ss%~P Jssrs1n, C. D csdy E P Brown o Lspham,
sslmon-coored shirts and black handkeIchiefs
The Harvard, the champion College boat, was built
by Mckay, since June. Her length is 40 feet, her
width % inches, and she weighs about lso pounds
The Yale was built for this Regatta by Mckay in a
week. Her length is As feet her width % inches and
her weight $50 pounds. The Brown of which 30
much is expected was built by Donaghue Il Brown OF
NewbuIgh, for the Regatta. Her length is 40 feet
her width % inches, and her weight 10 pounds She
is esteemed great architectural achievement in the
economy Of weight.
Brown drew inside, and Harvard outside. The
people were greatly excited at the start and rs the
spleIdd crews gave way with monstrous stroke
cheers rent the bright air One of the sretchers OF the
Brown broke before che had made great distance and
in rounding the stake che shipped quantity Of water
sadly disappointing the high expectations OF her friends
She retired from the The Harvard crossed the
line in 1861 the fastest time on record, and the Yale
in 1906.
The colors were handed to the winners from the
Judges boat with few remarks, and dusty caravan
soon filed the roads TO town. while the trains OF cars
followed each other in rapid succession, all crowded
THE NIGHT AFTER THE RACE.
The bets were paid all the incidents of the day were
discussed, the champion crew were laden with floral
tributes their coors displayed at their hotel In
the evening, at City Hall, Professors Moyneux and