Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-03
THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT
RACE.


Mr.. SmaLey telegraphs the Tribune
on the 28Ih AS follow;
The morning opensd bright and clear
and the abuence of the English driZzie
Increased the chance of tie HsTvards'
Succtss. The crew passed a good night
though this morning Simmons showed
from Il sewers attack Of diar=
rhoea, with which he has STIRRED tor
several days. Lering. too, his been
" tn a boil which is far from
we'll. Hut most oTthe crew is in SPLEEN
did condition, and were full of coni-
dence. When the word was given the
Harvard@, their noted staff came into
play, tortbeiF Oarst took the water first
making forsy-thre8 strokes to tbs MIN
ute; the 2xfords made only forty. For
= mile aid a haiti the race was splendid.
a Hafvards soon drew away from
he Oxfonds, and kept the lead TO Cra-
ven Cottage. a distance of three-fourths
Of = mile. The Oxaofds drew mp Iegef
Just beyond Haufmefsmith Bridge, and
wHen Oft Chiswick, ~ miles from the
sIarts gained the lead, aud after thar
they won rs they liked. The Uxftrd
crew Y ed their stroke during
the race the stroke of the HarVaFds
was Irregular. They lost form wholly
above HammersmIth, and when OH
Chl5wick, were roWed to pieces,
though hey pulled to the end OF Il
hopeless race with magnificent pluck
] &1u E1Gk AtlD& dIbEE LD6tE hsTL
control Over their muscles had falleGs
For the las two mi es they had pluck,
n that on ly the CtIxswain steering
vide, and the stroke being fatally quick.
The super orIty of the OxTOrds was
manifest thr ughout. The raca was
doubtful amer the first half mile,
though The HarVards retained the lead
some time after The point. The Oxfords
won by feur lengths. Time, q minutes
and 20 3 5ths seconds.
Toe Worlds London special saykt
The race is conceded universally 10
have been psrfecgly fair and honorable
On both hidtss The time occupied hy
the OxfoIds was twenty-five ininut. 3
and 1Urty-One secOnd--mUre than they
I ok over the course a lew d4ys Bgt,
Tue distance FUWEd is less than Jour
miles and three fuFlOnER. Tbs day WAS
tair, but the tide Was unE4VurahIe. For
the first mill OF The race the forwards
were ahead By more than q length, row.
-nK forty-tHo strokes per minute TO
OztOEds t~hlFty-nine. Tue Harvurds'
rowing was most brilliant, and manv
bel eyed That the race might have BEEN
gained had he coxawRin made be ter
Efforts TO make tbs OXfoFdB' water. As
danImersmith Bridge was passed, the
advantage wes still with the HHfvArds;
but IT was perceived that The pace al
which they started tufd not be GUS
Gs1ned. ~ the HarVaIds sank from for
ty-tWo TO forty strikes per minute, and
maintained il without alteration to the
end. A little before Chiswick was
reached, about half wsy, thu Oxfurds by
4 splendid manoeuvtr OF the cuxsWain,
took the Harvatds water, and all of
BuThHm's Efforts TO escape the Oxfords'
wash was m vain. As Chiswick Cburch
was passed ihS HarvArus were visihIy
distressed, and Bathamthrowing water
Ov r his stroke, and simmons on hand.
The labor and EultrineSs It,ld heavily.
1t waB now perceived that the race wan
t"St by the Harvards. though one more
heroic effort was made Il gam The Ok
,,rds' side. When the u sound. d tue
Harvard crew, Hf1 sEsamentN resE.
drew up 10y tue ride ef lhs OxTof boat
and applatSd@a+aeL vhctprs by clappInR
heir hands. TGesDxOn4anB acknaWf-
edged this by taking off Their hats.
There are various theories, of course. of
the Haryards' ~failur-. II Is lumored
ghat their Diet has been la'eIy Vegvta-
rian, but iG is NOT true. LOring ia criti-
lied for not having English coaching
md Durham for bad St. erIng, but many
good Judges declare that the race was
4In OSt a Fepet tion Of she race between
the Eng ish Universities, and the Har-
vArds failed because their style is that
of Ambridge.