The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-02
samo timo. critical. perfectly fair and moro eat
isfaotorv than any other account that has vet
been received, He saws:

iSiao'o'F thHu any Quiet account that has ycj
been received. Hn says: 4.
Tho boats started abreast of tho umpre's
steamer. Blaikie gavo tho word .'Go" at OK.
actly five hours fourteen minutes foriy.one
seconds md two-nfths. The lido had almost
ceased running up. and tho whole raco was
rowod on nearly slack water. Harvard Jumped
away o. tho word, I.oring (the Boston stroke
beginning With the impossible stroke OF for, y.
Hlx to tho minute. Darbishiro (tho Incjish
stroke.) who will never be hurried. was con,
tent with forty. Tho pace WAS terriHc rom
the start.
Harvard began almost Immediately to load
drawing away from Oxford amid loud cheers
anu rowing well together, and in better form
,.nra .nam ever s before; at Craven Cottage thoy
Crab Iroo kept stoadily gaining. Both crews
were doing ail thoy wanted; but Oxfoid, which
was never u,ldor any s,ross, increasing its
measure stoke Of forty to tho minute. rowed
with precision beyond all praise Darbjphire
is like machine, and is never flurriod by mn
opponents lead.
Long before Hammersmi.l. yes reacl.1
harvard, having clear lead Burnham (Chi-
water; but trying to do 80, ho grow noryOua.
shcered wild, scemod then 10 lose his head
aud never afler regained his composurc. He
tosi s, at least length on the whole course. Ok
lord stored admirably vol, making slraigbt
limo from Grab Tree to the oontro Of Hammer
smith Bridge, and thence diu not loso an inch
to tho end,
At Crab Treo; Harvard was good length
ahead. the time being five'minutes and fifteen
seconds. But hero tho pace hegan 10 tell.
Tho stroke hal fallen from 46 to A and 40. aud
then went up again to 43. Flesh and blood
could stand IL no longer.
r Beyond crab rrec, Oxford began to Green nm
and nt tho soap works wero alongside. This
Loring would not suffer, but drove on his boat
with spirit, and> Biot Hammersm,tb Bridge a
IenRth ahead onca more, Darbishirc impassiv:.
ly pulling 40 to tho minute, and never getting
many inches aetcgi Of Harvard's ruddcr.
lhe bridge was bedlam or varying shouts
and cheers tor the two struggling crews Har-
vard passed undor it in an unprecedented
timc-eight minutes and thirty scconds-but
aiae and alas. tho effort lad not only been tro.
mendous, but desperate. To critical cyos tho
race was lost while Harvard WIS still a good
length ahead. Thor rowing grew wild, their
form, hitherto good, was lost, their timo for
gotten. and saddening symptoms OF distress in
the American boat became evident not far BIZ.
yond Hammcrsmith. Oxford q second timo
began to draw up on the loading boz I, never
oocelerating thor stroke, but rowing with that
final test OF pefect oarsmanship,- spirit with.
out haste. 1t was tho last roal struggle OF tho
race. Harvard had little lcfo 20 answer OK.
iofd's; challenge; the dark blue drew swiftly
level, then ahead, then q full length ahead, and
of Chiswck Church took Haryard's water.
From that. moment Oxford had clear lead
Tho race was over. -.
Thoro remained Two miles and moro to row,
but the last chance aud HOBO of Harvard was
=
VIII row, q hopeless rncu-a raco they knew to
be hopeless, and yet contested with heroic cour-
age. Burnham franliclly threw walor over
Loring, checking the boat without relieving
tue crew, and his Wild Steering still went on.
Barren's bridge was passed in eighteen min
utes. Oxford apparently several lengths ahead,
and Harvard yalnly squirting before and be-
yond tho bridge. To tell the. plain truth, Ok
smith. 10 tho passionate efforts OF Harvard,
D!rblshiro was contene to respond with just
effort enough to keap tho lead undimnish ed,
AMI 30 tho two bravo fours rowod on.
success, but for homo, g puro sake. ralhod the
last energies OF his exhausted crew, rand sthey
drewito wiship length and q half oil that still
vigorous, indomiiabie Oxford four. And with
IN Length, aud half OF opponents whom thoy
wera pound TO respect in defeat. Oxford rowed
stea lily pas, THO iudge,a boat illc sisaal rnp
sn ris IiIts gas victory to Ef:Ssrse End