Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-01
The Springfield Regatta
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SFklNGfikLD. July ~. 1919.
At 8 IL o'clock this morning hundreds
were seeking available positions along tn.
race course. anxious to witness the strug-
giles between the muscular collegians.
After considerable delay the Judges put in
an appearance. r. G. Dow and +. A.
Kicker of Portland represented Bowdoin.
About 10 O'Clock the Freshmen were called
into line and took positions rs follows:
Brown first, Yale second. Amherst third.
Wesleyan fourth. At the wor,l ..go."
Wesleyan hit the water at the rate of ~
minute and soon gained decided lead.
An unfortunate foul happened between
the Yales and Amhersts. Yale attempted
to cross Amherst's bow and the oars Of
both locked, bringing Amherst to full
stop. They soon recovered and with
handsome squirt passed Yale, swinging
away towards the Wesleyans. who now
had "A lead OF six or seven boat lengths.
Though Amherst fought bravely, the
muscle of the Middletown boys proved too
powerful for them. The crews crossed In
this order: Wesleyan, Amherst. Brown.
Tale. Wesleyan was heartily applauded
for Its pluck. AMER another long delay
everything was In readiness for the
UNIVERSITY RACE
At the sound of the pistol shot the crews
pulled into line, the Amherst first, VIII
liams second, Yale third. Bowdoin fourth,
Harvards fifth, Aggies sixth. At about
quarter OF twelve, President Baxter of the
Nassau club gave word go" aud off
they started, Bowdoin and Yale getting
the best start. Harvard by few power
full strokes took the lead. but Bowdoin was
tapping her every stroke and In dozen
or more passed her, pulling n magnificent
stroke. on they whizzed. Bowdoin pull
ing the st. John stroke to perfection. their
arms and bodies moving together like
clock work. They were heartily applaud
ed. along the course. AT the close of the
third half mile Bowdoin was ga!lantly
leading by two lengths and using all It's
muscle To maintain Ii. Amherst was
pressing hard with Harvard. the Aggic.
and ale following in that order They
were all following Bowdoin along the west
shore and apparently steering rather Wild
~. Williams was pursuing the even tenor
of it, way nearer the east shore and put
thug in big ticks at every stroke. The
crews were pulling at a tremendous pace,
struggling To rob the Pine Tree bows OF
their hard earned advantage. At the see
ond mile point la,c was a third OF length
ahead Of Bowdoin and soon Harvard and
Amherst slowly crawlcd away from them
all. materially aided BY n vecriny of the
dropped behind to fourth position. Bow
doins chances, so fiattering up to this
point. were now entirely gone aud their
only hope was TO save a distance. The
Aggtes now struck fine stroke OF ~ a
minute and taking advantage of Bowdoins
change of direction gradually placed clear
water between them. The excitement
upon the shore was now Intense. Amid
cries oi pull, Harvard" and '.yo Il.
Amherst the Magenta spuued to u
strokes a minute. At this point Bradley,
the captain of the Amhersts. called upon
hi men and they answered him with a
handsome u stroke. Down they came
with sweeping stroke, their hr.wny arms
seeming like whip-cord-. a. they dashed
across the winning line three lengths
ahead vi the invinciblc % iIaryard> In
the Unprecedented time Of I6.3a Is While
the cheers for plucky Amherst were ring
ing in the air. Harvard came in good
second, followed two lengths behind by
the Aggies. The Bowdolns we're a length
behind the Aggies, the Williams next and
the \ ales far behind calamity bringing up
the rear.
A. soon a. il was known along ID.
shores that Amherst had won. the crowd
wa. perfectly crazy with excitement
brspi>cd Amherst, ridiculed before the
race. hAd won, ana old John BigIin Wis
happy. Out on the barge one of the
judges. Whatridge OF Amherst. crie,l out.
Amherst has won, Glory TO Col
HarVard> cheek was crimsoned. Nalc
looked blucr than ever. Williams turned
purple with disappointment. the Agyie>'
MAJ Don faded. and Bowdoin turned white
with amazcment. The scenes OF last year.
when the "tater-digger>' won were re-
pcated with compound interest. The pur-
pie and white, which had been motie.tly
kept in the background. was now Haunt
ingly displayed. Old Amherst graduates
became young again and mingled In the
fhunderstruck multitude with happy faces.
John Biglin, the Amherst trainer. was
Landed TO the skies and blessings innumer-
able showered upon him. Slowly the car
riages and teamless spectators. wendell
their way along the Agawam road, some
jubilant but others dolefully reckoning up
the losses on their pool cards. As Amherst
invariably sold In the scld for little or
nothing, the blank looks and terror stricken
faces of the last mentioned unfornnates
can b. better imagined than described.
But soon the grumbling. foot sore money
les, crowd had reached Springfield and the
races were over. Had the regatta been a
little better managed. il would have been
a complete success. The course wa> con
sidered to be unsurpassed By any In New
England. the races unusually Interesting
but the committees a ".et OF fools"
The times OF the different crew were as
follows:
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