Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-04
The College Regatta.

The College Regatta.
 The boat race between the navies of Yale ond Harvard Colleges, which has excited much interest, came of on Lake Quinsiga mond, at Worcester Friday, aud resulted in favor Of Yale, the boat of that college winning the champion flag in the University race. There were two races the first between the boats of the Sophomore classes of the respective col leges, the second between the University boats. The latter was the race which attracted the most interest We copy from the Springfield Republican detailed account oe both races
 There were thousands of people along the shore off the lake where the rowing was to take place, and when the contending boats shot out into the lake 60 take position they were greeted with loud applause. From the very start the race was almost conceded by the Yale men, for tue Harvard crew of the class of 1866 is con- sidered already one of the finest crews that Harvard ever had. By the time they are sen iors, if they continue their practice, they will rank far ahead of even the famous sanior crew of 1860, who beat Yale's chosen men 50 deci- dedIy. Betting was largely in favor of liar vard-twe to one-aHd even at large odds few of the Yale men cared to risk their greenbanks This race was only an episode any way, and Yale didn t propose to be diverted from the main issue by either fattery or threats. So Harvard offered heavy bets and Yale tacitly refused them, ,reserving her strength and money for the grand and decisive struggle. The Har- yard boat continued to take the lead during the whole course of three miles and came in hand somey in 19 minutes 5 seconds the Yale boat coming in in 20 miqutes and 10 seconds. The crew of the winning boat were: Fred. Crowninshield. E. T. Wilkinson, Wm BIaikie, s. A. B. Abbott, E. H. Clark, and c. H. Nc Burney. The Yale crew were Charles Roose- welt, A. B. Herrick, Isaac Pierson, L. D, Bulk Icy c. F. Bacon, c. F. Brown.
 The result of this race of course fired up the enthusiasm of the Harvard men, and in the in terval before the commencement of the race for the championship bets were offered at largo odds. But confidence in Harvard's power to keep the flag was little diminished when the Yale University crew rowed out to take posi- ton, and at the first stroke the Yale men took after the signal for starting was given, their boat shot sensibly ahead of the Harvard. The stroke was so strong ard easy that it was evi- dent enough it would be easily maintained, and the bctters now gave as large odds against Harvard as they had before against Yale. The gain which the Yale boat made at the start was maintained and steadily increased througE- out the race, and the Yale men came graceful ly in l9 minutes 0l second, the Harvard fol- lowing in 19 minutes 43 seconds. During this race the excitement was intense all the while, and at its conclusion there were cheers for Yale that were long and loud. All the Yale men rushed to the south shore of the lake where was the tent in which the Yale boats were kept, and half hour of the widest enthusi- asm and most impressive congratulations fol- | lowed.
 | The lucky fellows who won the race were al- most torn to pieces by their admiring friends, and their boat was taken in carefully and ten derly, the champion flag being borne in proud triumph over it. The Yale boat which won the flag was smoth shell, made of spanish cedar, built this summer by Mckay, the Brooklyn boat builder, expressly to take part in this race She weighed l80 pounds, is Al feet long and 27 inches wide, and cost $830. The winning crew were Wilbur R. Bacon, of New Haven, Morris w. Seymour, of Litch6eld, Louis Stos, kopf, E. B. Bonnet, Edmund Coffin, Jr., and w. w. Scranton. The Harvard crew were Horatio G. Curtis, R. s. Peabody, Thomas Nelson, John Grenough, E. c. Perkins and Edwin Farnham. A great deal of money changed hands after the result was made known. and one Yale man, who took all the bets offer. ed him, is reported te have pocketed 5000 Aside from the set of flags that Yale wins by this race, the navy will receive $500 from MT. Thomas Denny, wealthy New York broker of the class of 1854, wko gave them $1O0 the other day and promised them $500 if they won the champion flags.
 FORMER RACES.
 | The first race for the champion flag was in 1854 or that vicinity, upon Lake Winnepesau- Ike, and resulted in favor of Harvard. The preparations were all made for regatta in the summer of 1858, on the Connecticut river at Springfield but the sudden and accidental death by drowning of George E. Durham of Hartford, one of the Yale crew, prevented the expected race from coming of. In 1859, how. ever, there was regatta here upon Lake Quin~ sigamond, where the race took place today Harvard was victorious again, and retained the flag that proclaimed her naval championship ]; but on the following day the Yale crew won a prize of $lO0, rowing over the same course of the preceding day, and making better time than that of their opponents the day before.- In 1860 Yale tried again to get the flag, but