The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-24
AQUATIC.

40 uATIC.
Regatta II Lake QuInsigamend-The UNI
verstty Raees-The Harvard Grew the Vic
tors.
WORCESTER, Mass, July q, 1869.
The battle has been fought the victory won, and
the Yale College crew can say with TRUTH I'VE have
me, the enemy and we are theirs" Worcester has
rad is annual excitement, a. this race is emphati-
cally It's leading event. Ever since the first inter-
collegiate contest IN 1862, the interest In these
races has steadily increased and to-day It Ii All
event in which net only boating men, but thou
sands OF others throughout the length ana breadth
Of the land, feel deep interest
The city is usually very crowded during regatta
week. but crowd In the city last evening not
near so large that noticed IN previous years, and
The annuar Bay State riot was not on the pro.
sramme. This morning thousands Of students,
ladies aud New England people generally arrived by
the early trains, and the attendance at
tue lake was vast enough for comfort. At
ten O'CLOCK there was base ball match on the Ag-
rculrural Fair Grounds, between tho Tri-mountains
or Boston, and the FalrmOunts, Of Marlboro, which
was won by the latter by score OF forty to seven
teen. At noon the crowds began to wend their way
20 the lase ears, teams and on FOOT aud the route
thtaer covered as iC was with teams AMI people Of
all descriptions, was q miniature Derby scene. At
the lake the grand stand the causeway ana the
shores on either side, were crowded by spectators.
the day was delightful one, the weather being un-
usually ine and the water was as calm and favorable
for speed as Que could have wished
me first race was Of a local character, for four
our lapstreaks distance three mics, for prizes OF
atty ana twenty-five dollars. The boats Excelsior, p.
T. ourran and waterwich appeared, the last men
Toned CARRYING a coxswain Fne victorious boats
we're the Curran and the Waterwich their time being
1850 and rs Is. Tie Curran crew showed the only
decent stroke, and it was apparent from the start
that they would win, therefore the result surprised
u0oody. -
beiny contested by the freshmen crews OF Harvard
and Yale colleges. The Yale freshmen crew ID as
Uonu.; william Lee % Gushing, 0, Bath, New; Frank
Gerard Bond Swane. Of Columbus, ONO; Ebert
Hamilton Hubbard Of sioux Guy; Iowa; Frank
Boomer, bow, OF Caicago, III. Hall h
the tallest man, standing SIX feet one inch,
a good average height. Tney will average ABOUT los
pounds in weisot Hall was put on the crew last
iieved Notwithstanding this disadvantage the crew
Is as strong one as the freshmen have ever sent.
The crew were trained for tine race oy Hank Ward
the Yales having great iaith IN the skill anu judg'
ment Of the Ward brothers.
lhe Harvard Freshmen crew were iavorites In this
stroke Of Boston; Aanson Tucker, of B0ston VII.
liam Caleb LOrlng, OF Boston; Lu9ene rreadwe, OF
New YORK; v George John So now e % aeM
They are lighter men tnan tie "a e freshmen. but
appear to have plenty Of muscle and evidently know
nov to use IT. Their boat Was built ny Elliott and
Is .lfty-three feet long and nineteen inches wde-a
loot shorter than the Yale boat but OF The same
The boats came into line in good style. aud made
an excellent start. The iiarvards soon"d secured
slight lead, which they steadily increased as the
acoal In rfyy rad
although the harvards "rahs'' predOminated. The
arvards turned nrs ut the upper stake, and on tue
nome stretch had matters all Their own way, win
ning, amid great enthusiasm, in 1880. The time
made by the Yaies was 1s:5sAa.
for prizes OF seventy.nve dollars. fifty dollars ana
TWENTY-FIVE dollars The boats entered were the Ida
Lewis, the Qulnsigamond, Union, $; Salisbury. Jr.,
caught by the Salisbury boat The boats came In in
the following order:-S salisbury, Jr, 1888; Union,
Lewis, sl:6O. The winning crew received the nag
denotng the championship OF the lake.
the ex was the great race NS o. te aay ana me
deep interest, and more especially those sections
where Harvard and tale are located. The Yale
port Me-; William Amasa oopp, 1859, q New Eng
$40 Of Chicago. III, Edgar DAVIS coonleS,
1910 1910 bowl Of rSinston n. Y. Drew is the giant 81
the crew, and has form and muscular development
which make MIN ana aooe re wsS
made MN splendid oarsman. He Is i've feet nine
and half inches In hcgas twenty-six years Of age
University Crew since he has been IN college
four years-he having been graduated Yesterday.
stands just six feet, has lived twenty i've
years and balances ls4 pounds on the
scales Bone is r. new new man Is i've feet
and and all dis " his position most eTedisSy lee the
developed rnlIs graceful stroke and mas improved
wonderfully within two years He Is SIX feet high,
weighs ls4 pounds and Is years ns OF age age
| the crew only three weeks. being put IN BY Josh
Ward to take the place OF Cope lie is well built,
| half OF an inch In height and twenty-four years
Old. Terry Is an excellent oarsman and
%as Of Il the Cow oars has ever had lie
| the youngest man Of the crew, being only twenty
years OF age weighs 1855 pounds and ls SIX feet and
nave been vigorously trained during the past Six
weeks by Josh Ward, which added TO their regular
ter, has placed them 10 fine condition. they have
new Elliott boat ffty-three feet long and tweny-one
inches wide, tine same being Of about the same d.
mansions az that or the Harvard crew.
The Harvard SIX were seated IN their boat IN the
| following order:-Francis Ogden Lyman, class OF
1871 tstroke Of the aila Hawaiian Islands; Theo-
Fay. Jr, Of Boston; Grnnell Wills, TO- OF Cornwall,
~ George Trying 1ons ss y o. Yem n es
bridge, Mass. This 10 very poor crew-bafely sec.
ond rAe az o. whole Fay and Lyman are the two
best and only noteworthy men. The crew refused
and talked before the race aS though
they would inevitably lose it unless some accident
happened to The Yale crew. Three Of the iaterna-
tionsl crew immons Bass and Rice-wOuld have
been In the boat this year out for the contest with
the Cantabs and Oxonans; and McBurncy and VIII
laru. two spleudid oarsnen. would also have pulled
mad the three mentioned belonged to the crew. Five
OF the crew weighed from l56 to l62 pounds, and
Reed, the captain only 1856 Willis Is O son OF the
late n. p Wills, and Is very fair oarsman. Thelr
| ages are about as follows:--Lyman, twenty-three
| arsOns twenty; Fay, twenty-two; Willis, twenty
Jones, twenty Oie and Reed, twenty. Fay pulled In
number Ofsingie scull races last year. and obtain
ed CON iderabe reputation as an expert oarsman.