The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-07-30
Miscellany.
THE GREAT BOAT RACE.
HAZEHARD VS., YELL.


HAZEHARD VS.. YELL.
Special Report to the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
FUsscHEsTER, July 1867. Il,
Hazehard and Yell Colleges are temporarily
located here, and the inhabitants are getting
used to thenl-by degrees. .f-
The city has the pleasant and lively appear
ance formerly witnessed in the Sixth Ward,
New York, on election day. Large delega-
tons of sporting men have arrived, and there
is fight on every street corner. f
The citizens have put up their shutters in
honor of the day-and for fear of their win
dow glass. ,t--...
Several reporters have made faint attempts
to describe the crews of the rival Universe
ties, after reading up in Bells Life, the
Clipper, Police Gazette and the Religious
weeklies, but fiatter myself that the follow
ing brilliant personnel of the contestants is
superior to anything yet printed.
HAzEHARD CREW.
SIDNEY SINGLEsKULL-S Stroke Weight
TONS breadth of chest $50 inches, arm 6
feet. This young American Athlete is built
like the Farnese Hercules, shoulders are as
broad as Beecher's Church, and his his mus
cles stand out like the hawsers OF a line-of-
battle ship. saasJ ga Xszsia8
KAsPER KoLosuss.-Boao-Heig IA feet,
weight IA o. measures IA inch in the part
ing of his back hair e,e.l .19a l3-sl. =, r. %
THos. THwART.-weighs a tons, measures
IA inches across the soles of his feet, and
inches round his big toe lj.EJ ID .-i.9l
BARNABAs BRoADBEAM-Pulls in the
stern; weighs 600 Lbs. avoirdupois, measures
q feet across the back of his stomach, and
Twelve feet around the waistband of his trow-
sers. iiliiBJ l3U- iiVia&liiini0 + ,t3gisssi 10
TIMOTHY ToLEPIN.-One of the strongest
n in, Al,
Crosby Lottery, inherits his strength from his
grandfather, who drew handcart, weighs $50
lhs., breadth of chest not ascertained, said he
lett it at home and brought valise; arm so
inches.
BENJAMIN BoTEHUKE.-This young Her
eules OF the Western Hemisphere, weighs so
lbs, measures feet across the chest and SO
inches round the arm; is wiry and tough as
nails; looks so much like steel that he was
arrested four times, by detectives, coming to
THE YELL CREW. s4 s.i.tl3.
PAUL Stroke.-This North
American Giant is modelled after the pattern
of Samson, weighs 100 lbs., measures 1870 in
ches round the chest, 60 inches round the
arm; his head is as thick as his body, and his
arms are often mistaken at distance Tor the
Navy Yard shears. p~t
CHRISTOPHER KEELsoN = Boac. - This
youthful Goliah is II years of age, weighs 300
lbs. in his night shirt, and measures half an
inch across his toe nails.
RICHARD RoE.-The spIendidly modelled
form of this young Ajax looks as if 1t had
been cast at Ayers Foundry; his massive
back reminds you of the Public Garden Bridge
IN Boston; measures IA 1-2 inches round his
shirt collarApaper-a wears number IA
shoes.
CHARLES Recommendations is max
ing scale to weigh him; measures inches
from his forehead to the end oil his nose and
eight inches from one end Of his mouth to the
other. u Braars s.l IA - =. : u
SAMUEL SENTERBeRD.-This Milo of mod
ern times weighs several pounds, measures
two feet in his shoes, and II inches round
the top OF his head; is built on the plan of
Bunker Hill Monument.
ROBERT RUDDERLINEs. - This juvenile
brobdlsnagian weighs one. pound; height is
rect; and measures several drachms down his
throat and 40 inches round the alfof his leg.
AT - o'clock the banks of Lake Ouohoo
were crowded with SPECTATORS There was no
rude attempt to preserve order, land seats
were reserved by those who were smart
enough 10 get them and strong enough to hold
them. 800
At - O'Clock, 16 minutes, 81 10 seconds.
the University crews appeared. The Haze
hard men were in splendid condition. They
have been in active training since they were
born, having been brought up by bottles made
nom the glass conductors of telegraph lines.
and were full Of electricity and blue veins.
The Yell crew were magnificent specimens
OF manly beauty, and looked like six first-class
freight locomotives just out of the shop. Thew
have eaten nothing but raw beef iron filings.
and one glass OF aquafortis daily for ten
years. trr0 5si.s1s ri "a 80 ~ \
The boats started splendidly, Hazehard GO
ing on with the long English stroke, like the
working OF donkey engine, and Yell pulling |
with the beauty and regularity of saw-lnili.
Just after the start Hazehard asked me ifI I
would try glass. | did al d, saw better
dhen tried another, and then tried four or |
nVe glasses, which were singularly powerful, /
Tor although l only saw two boats go out, 1 (
saw four come in. Haze hard ahead in the as +
tonishing time OF 10 minutes, 60 seconds, or
which. -o 9gors ~ r-yi SIN,
In the evening the usual college sports and |
pastlmes were engaged in, including the trials
OF strength between the two colleges, as to |
which OF the men can carry the most whisky, /
Hazehard laid heavy odds on young Gtlzzie
OF Bourbon County, KY, who, in his preIimi-
nary exercises on the street, hoisted six cock
talls, NE glasses of whiskey, and bottle of |
wine, broke five plate glass windows. six /
street lamps aid the peace Of the city, wrench +
ed off IA bells. and frightened three servant \
girls into Mysteries These feats of manly [
dexterity were received with the widest an. /
plause, and reflect new honors on the Uni |
versity. ID f,ssisl, i..e ,,.l;-,. - -. -,
The most delightful and pleasing accounts
OF the playful amusements of the students
nave been forwarded to the New York papers.
and divide the attention which has been so /
generally attracted to accounts of prize fights /
in those journals /
A wretched correspondent, who has ev:- h
IDENTITY never had the advantages of collegi-
ate education, writes the following to an OBJ /
scure country paper, which goes far to show /
the ignorance and prejudice of people living Il
distant from the culture and refinement of /
universities. aliH3 9l'i--l - T-',--- -,
DlsGRACEFUL VANDALISM. Ig.frisi.s
1.-THE worst fears expressed in NV letter or
yesterday evening in regard to a niSbt nf bor-
ror from the rowdyism and lawlessness Of the
students and others. were more than realized
last night. A perfect carnival of riot and dis /
turbance reened. The BAY State was COM
pletely in the hands OF the savages, who
made the ni9it hideous with their bowls, I
aua DroKe and carried off property to their |
neaf,S content. The proprietors estimate \
their loss by the destruction of furniture. |
doors, windows, crockery and bed clothing |
and the theft of movables, at over Sl,4O0 |
Such disgraceful excuses would call out the |
indignation of every one, were the perpetra- |
tors of any other class than collegians.n ,,.