New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-28

discussed the result and many Of the opinion that
the Harvard men should have retained Bass and RIce
who were aside for Fay and Lyman. and others
thought that Simmons should have been replaced The
fair play shown by the Engishmen the subject Of
natterns comment At an early hour last evening" the
people began to gather In the halls and sitting Of
the hotels to discuss the merits OF the Oxford and
Harvard crews eedy.lookiDg individuals, with
faded necf-ties, gently strOked their tangled
mustaches, and bewailed the six seconds
which makes the English heart rejoice.
wedressed chaps congratulated themselvea that the
other fellew did take that bet" They knew all the
while that there was hope for the Haryrrd boys.
"They should have waited until challenged by the
oxfords." Others showed more grit and 1t
not uncommon to hear 1t declared that We could
beat them out Of their boots our own waters and
they knew it," The whole thing was q put
up Job from the beginning Who could do anything
with halt o million OF English frauds" yelling like
wolves along the shorei Give us a race on our own
water, and how you, Oxford" Ola gentlemen
walked slovenly the marble blocks, alternately
danning the English and Boosting Of Yankee pluck.
We can beat em tho next time, can't we, pa ~ we're the
words Of Young America Almost every face
bore shade Of disappointment. The Irish jnteman"
took chew Of fine cut aud said 90 have got to git up
in the morning ye want beat them there BrshersP
The young man lately from Liverpool thought 1t queer
that the Americans should dream OF rowing with men
who have ruled the for centuries "well. there ia
the Yankees will not learn at home, why they must
go abroad and pay Gear for their knowledge"
The genuine American said that VIC afford to wait
The closely contested, and had 1t come
of this side the Atlantic, no doubt the Ok
fords would have been than six seconds behind
Many Of the opinion that had the Harvards taken
time for practice they would have pulled the Ok
fords pretty tight The currents in the Thames are very
changeabe, and it takes some time to understand
them All agreed that the oxfords acted fairly aud with
credit to their island. Both sides did well.
RECEPTION THE NEWS IN THB GoLDRooM.
At the gold-room the first dispatch received
from the Associated Press announcing that oxford
had by three lengths This dispatch received
with general sensation and disgust that tn members
took pains to conceal. Shortly after rumor spread
about that the dispatch had been incorrectly transmitted
and that it really the Harvard boys that had won by
three lengths This announcement created the widest
excitement and cheer upon cheer rent the air from the
assembled multitude. About the time this rumor
had become well circulated and the excitement was
reaching high pitch, respectable and wellknown
member Of the board rushed to the Presidents desk hold
ing dispatch In his hand. The dispatch was at once
found to confirm the rumor that the HaTyards had won
tho sanguine operator offered slOO against IS
that Harvard had won, and for little time there
a rivalry among the gentleman who were thus ex-
pressing their faith in the pucky boys the water
1t not until letter received from MT smontoD,
explaining that the dispatch received forgery that
tne excitement ueu out In the stOckTOOm INC same
scene was enacted. A similar dispatch produced
and the wild excitement prevailed and the same
feeling Of disappointment peryaded the assembly when
the dispatch pronounced false Last evening at the
hotels wealthy citizens railroad men, and others were
consoling each other the defeat OF Har-
ward by plans to induce the oxford crew 10
to this country and row the Harvard crew In
American waters under American conditions as COM
pleoly boys had accepted English conditions IN
visiting English waters Many the boasts that the
oxford crew without the coxswain would find the Har-
ward stroke too much for them.
THE FEELING THE COUNTRY.
The Americas Club at dinner when ono OF their
members received dispatch from friend in wallst
The bad TO be believed and the gentleman
actually finished his dinner before he said word about
tho had received; end when the
" boys" were told Of the defeat, every face
grew dark. "smslley was not so far out OF
the Iway, after ALL" The gentleman who
had wagered in favor Of the Harvards were hard TO
please and they thought that "our boys" should have
coxswan shore and rowed just as they always
did heretofore. "we they did mighty well, considering
the situation and the they had 10 contend with
Perhaps all for the best Somebody had 10 be be-
hind; we are more able 10 lose than the English"