The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-08-21
The College Regatta.

The New York Tribune OF July 9th devotes
four columns to the annual regatta of the Har-
ward and Yale crews, from which the following
description of the race 10 taken:
Now comes the great event Of the day, and the
only annual public contest in the country which
all men consider thoroughly honest and fair, and
one in which fame and not the almighty dollar
are at stake. The crews show on the lake at 81
o'clock, when the waters surface Is perfectly
calm, and il as level n n mirror There Is as
much muscle In the Yale boat as that College
has ever sent to the lake, and 10 will soon be
shown whether their powers have been properly
trained and developed by Joseph Ward. The
Harvard crew look much better than most people
had expected, and it IL plain If they win the race
much of the credit will be due to Messrs. Read,
Pay and Lyman, though the others arc good men,
and will do their best. The crews are dressed as
were the Freshmen, each in the style peculiar TO
their Colleges. >. A. Holdredge, Of lryingtOn,
and W. W. Scranton, Of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
the Harvard and Yale Judges, hold u short con-
ference and draw for PORTIONS, Harvard getting
the inside. IL Is now agreed that the crews will
start ON the word 80 Co Scranton gives a pre-
liminary :. Now look out for yourselves" in n
clear, ringing tone. An interval OF five seconds
passes, and " Go" - given, and away darts the
idols Of Yale and Harvard. to win or lose in the
grand struggle for fame, the crowds hurrahing,
and the band playing rs before. IL is not a good
start. The word was given in an unusual and
certainly unwise manner When Are you
ready?' Is closely followed by Go" from a
judges mouth, the crews are prepared to dip
altogether. To-day, after the interval OF i've
seconds, the - Go" came like a clap of thunder,
and seemed to discomfort both crews. Yale was
more nervous than Harvard, and some of her
crew cut and splashed water, and though they
pulled an unusually quick stroke, it was not
uniform. Three Of the Harvard men cut and
scattered. but on the whole the Harvards made
the best start. Away they go, with lusty sinews
rowing, but they are hardly fifteen lengths from
the judges boat ere n Yale man yclls, My
God! the Harvards are getting ahead" \ close
inspection reveals the truth Of the statement,
and the people at the grand stand are ~fearfully
agitated. The strong partisans of each College
almost hold their breath, as il - apparent that
the struggle il 10 be n hard one. Both crews are
pulling n very quick stroke. Yale quicker than
was ever pulled by the crew before, fully up to
Is or 46 per minute At the end Of the first
mile the Harvard boat has n pretty decided lead.
but their opponents press them hard, and are do
ing their best. They reach the stakc-bOat, and
the judges (E. p. Terry for Yale, and F. W.
kiddcr for Haryard) arc greatly excited, and
urge their respective crews To do their utmost To
attain the pinnacle of their hopes. The Magenta
turns first, and both crews round the boat in
good style without in the least interfering with
each other. On the home stretch the ucc u n
repetition Of last years. the Harvard crew lead
ing all the way, though they are harder pressed
than were their predecessors in 1866. The
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rs excited, but now they are perfectly wild. "a
the assembled thousands greeted the President in
the Boston Coliseum 80 do they now rise and
cheer the crews on their home pull. The HaT-
wards quick stroke Is doing the business, and
they have now n lead Of two lengths, which they
maintain till they reach the score, and they cross
the line amid the cheers Of the multitude, having
made the three miles in 1902. Theirs II n good
stroke. Even now they are not used up, and
neither are their opponents, whose time is lS.ll.
The time last year was Harvard, l1.4S1, Yale,
1884. Everybody is surprised ut the result, as
few people expect to see the Harvard crew receive
the gold medals at the grand stand from the
hands of che Hon. Waldo Lincoln, as they do at
the close of the race, the freshmen also receiving
their silver medals and emblems of victory at the
same time from the sam gentleman.
Though the sky is overcast with clouds, the
usual shower Is omitted rs the spectators depart
for their homes. Never was n better contest or
more exciting race seen on the lake, and never
did the college men and spectators generally find
their precOnceived judgments and convictions so
thoroughly at fault. The betting was two to one
IN favor OF Yale, and very little money was put
because even the Harvard men would not
take bets, even at such odds. The most aston
ished persons present were the Harvard students
and Alumni, as they seemed to have no faith
in their six. None of the Harvard
crew had ever pulled in a University race, and
this made people think they would be easily
beaten but it seems that their experience in
class crews had done them good service. 1t was
their rapid style of rowing which won the vic
tory, and unless the Yalcs adopt a quicker stroke,
they may as well cease to train for the University
race. Josh Ward may say what he will against
this quick stroke of Harvard's, but it is the only
One for these light shells, pulled by amateur oars
men. So say hundreds OF boating men as they
leave Worcester this evening. and the opinion is
supported by stubborn facts. The Yale men are
very sad over their defeat, and l am informed by
trustworthy gentleman that he saw Terry ram
his oar through their shell after the race, he was
20 chagrined by the result. They worked hard
or victory, and future crews must take warning
BY their defeat, and change their style, or expect
be served in the SAME manner.