Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-30
Correspondence N. Y, Tribune.
The international Boat Race.

ported. AS reckoned on the press boat
it appeared to be four lengths, and |
SO telegraphed /; but the judge at Mort
lake, Sir Aubrey Paul, personally in.
forms me that the actual difference
at the finish was but one length and
half. The time, too, given in my first
dispatch was incorrect. The true time
was % minutes 90 seconds and three
ffths, as taken by Frodsham's chrome
graph, registering independent fifths Of
seconds. This is. nearly 81 seconds less
than the time given by the London re.
porters, but L took it myself, and am
confident it is accurate.
At noon crowds began to collect, and
at 8 o'clock were streaming densely
over Putney Bridge and along the river
sides. Fleets of steamers and small
boats passed up the stream with the
tide, gay with flags and glancing oars
flags, unhappily, nearly all dark blue.
1t was rare that Harvard's crimson col
ors enlivened the monotony. The
morning was clear and hot, but the
wind came sweeping far too freshly up
from below the bridge. Luckily, how
ever, it blew in the best direction,
coming aft for the boats /; yet still in
one or two reaches it threatened mis-
chief. Before the start it died partly
away, and the race was rowed on
good water throughout.
The vicinity of the White House,
Harvard's headquarters, was very early
thronged with Americans, but the
morning was left iudiciously quiet, on
ly few old Harvard oars-prominent
among whom were Caspar and Crow
ninshiele-a few official representatives
like Moran and Dudley, and few per-
sonal friends of the crew, being admit
ted no others were allowed access
The crew lounged restlessly about, en-.
during as best they might trial harder
than the race-the suspense of the last
few hours. Theirs condition was less
perfect than three days ago.
Simmons had been for some time
suffering from diarrhma - slight, yet
sufficiently alarming in a man soon to
pull as for dear life i'll desperate
struggle. Loring was still troubled
with boils, and was sallow-faced, but
clear-eyed and confident as ever. Fay
and Lyman were both overtrained.-
There was too much work during the
whole of last week for all the crew, and
as a consequence they went into the
boat only half fit.
Before 8, all London had gathered on
the river banks. Both crews came out
promptly, Oxford showing first three
minutes before 5, and Harvard follow
ing.
The crews and weights were
OXFORD.
l. f. Milan, Exter, 164 pounds.
2. A. G. Marlborough, Lincoln, ITO
pounds.
o. J. G. Tinnie, University, ITO
pounds.
4. G. d. Darbishire, Balliol, stroke
100 pounds.
J. H. Hall, Corpus, coxswain, 100
pounds.
HARVARD.
!. J. G. Fay, Boston, 159 pounds.
2. F. 0. Lyman, Hawaain Islands,
3. W. II. Simmons. Concord, III
4. A. p. Loring, stroke Boston, 1856
pounds.
A, Burnham, Chicago, coxswain, 112
pounds.
The Times says the inferiority of the
Americans was in most pardonable
point-the steering. Their coxswain
undoubtedly lost ground, but not
enough to account for the distance be-
tween the boats Mt the end of the race.
Until the Americans retrieve this defeat,
they must acknowledge that our style of
rowing is the best. The Americans
met with perfectly fair play, and if the
Englishmen go to America they will
meet with similar treatment. May all
our future international struggles he
conducted in the same spirit, and
whichever side wins, may the van1uish.
ed have as little reason to feel regret
for their defeat. The News declares
that if the Harvards did not command
success they deserved it. and hopes the
American yachtmen on the Atlantic
may avenge the noble defeat of Their
countrymen. The Star says: The
Americans will long remember the chi
valric bearing Of their opponents, who
though resolved to win. never forgot
that the Harvards were foemen worthy
. of their oars. The strife between New
and Old England, on the river from
which the Pilgrim Fathers started, has
a historic side, and appeals to the i'm
aginstion of the youth of both coun-
tries. If New England had won the
older country would have shared in the
triumphs OF its descendants. The fates