Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-01

On the other side the date, July 1866
The Scientifcs compete for flag similar
to the above, with the name scientific
instead of university" Both pennants
have on all sides the design of an eagle
clasping laurel wreath in his talons.
Worcester, (July 81 Dispatch to N. Y. World
The Citizens and College Regatta came
off to-day on Lake Quinsigamond The
weather in the morning promised to be-
exceedingly favorable, and the day dawn
ing with a light, cloudy sky, which scBrce-
ly forboded rain. About ten o'clock the
sun began to shine, and pleasant breeze
relieved the somewhat oppressive heat,
the thermometer standing at IS degrees.
At u o'clock, the first train left for the
lake; on arriving there heavy shower
began to fall, which caused many of the
excursionists to come back, but the next
train brought them to the scene of the
regatta.
At precisely %, according to previous
announcement, the first gun was fred
from the Judges boat, calling to the stand
the contestants for the single scull race,
with q prize of S75, distance two miles,
which was won by Master Brown, of
Portland, Maine, over Joshua Ward of
Newburgh. Time 1915.
The second race was between four-oared
boats, the prize being $3.50, distancet three
miles. The time was made as follows ::
Frank Queen, l9:4I; P. L. Tucker, POLO;
J. P Topley, Springfield, 2O:lO.
The third race for the Worcester
championship, by Worcester four-oared
boats, distance three miles, prize silk
standard, was won by the Quinsigamonds,
manned by Messrs. John G. Haywood,
Ed. Brown, Stedman Clark, and E. B.
Hamilton. Time, 2l:O4.
The scientific race, the first of the Col
lege regatta, came off at 81 o'clock, the
Lawrence of Harvard, and the Sheffield
of Yale being the contestants, and was
easily won, amid cheers, clapping of
hands and unbounded enthusiasm, by the
Harvard boys in eighteen minutes and
ffty-three and three-fourths seconds, the
Yale men coming TO the stand in 1898.
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
Up to this time the interest of the sport
ing fraternity was manifested by small
bets of ten, twenty-five and fifty dollars,
and the enthusiasm of the multitude had
lound vent in faint and scattered cheers,
as the contest became close. When the
Scientifcs came on, however the sympa-
thetic enthusiasm excited by the approach
ing trial permeated the whole multitude
on both sides of the lake, and on the
crowded bridge which crosses it. The
previous matches had been sectional and
their results comparatively insignificant.
But when Yale and Harvard appeared,
shouts rent the air, fair hands waived well
come and encouragement in white hand
kercaiefs to the gallant youths whose
claims to consideration were soon to be
measured. Harvard was longing to wipe
out the stain of defeat and to vindicate
the skill of her rowing representatives.
Yale, on the other had, had relaxed in dis
cipline from its high standard Of last year,
Her crew has had no regular trainer.
This year her professor of gymnastics has
essayed occasionally with them, to be sure,
but seldom, and with nothing like that
Vigor, which, in all physical achievements
of this nature, demands to be observed.
Her boatmen gave evidence of good mus
cular development but the whiteness of
their arms and faces was not 3 favorable
contrast TO the bronzed color and defined
sinews, as well as the browny built and
vital appearance of Harvard. She, the
vanquished in the past two years regattas,
had been looking for the laurels which
had left her, and she has found them. The
officers of the college regatts were, on the
part of Harvard, Mr.. z. Agsssiz, son of
the distinguished Geological Professor at
Cambridge; on the part of Yale, Mr.
Wilbur Bacon, of New York; referee,
w. H. Carpenter of Providence. The
Judge at the upper stake was Mr.. j. N.
Ellison, of Providence.