Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

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dent marred the occasion, though the fact
Of the finishing line being drawn diagonally
instead of at right angles with the river
bank cccasioned some confusion in regard to
the time made by the crews, and the giving
of the colors to the wrong boat in the Uni
yersity race at first. Yale was successful
tbrougl out. The time of the Freshman
race was as follows Yale, II SO; Amherst,
1873 ga; Harvard, 1913 ga.
We subjoin the Springfield Republicans
account of the
UNIVERSITY RACE.
It was nearly half-past before the inst
of the university crews (Cornell) appeared.
and good half hour was consumed before
the remaining boats were in anything like
position. The Bowdoin and Columbia crews
were promptly out, and the Amherst, Agrl-
cultural and Wesleyan crews were only
few minutes later The Dartmouth men
also came up without unnecessary delay, but
Yale and Harvard were slower in putting OF,
while Williams and Trinity, the latter OF
whom had previously pulled up to the vii
liams quarters, were extremely slow in get
ting out, although situated just at the start
By the time the last crew was in position 1t
was O'Clock, just two hours later than
the race had been announced to start Once
out. however, little time was lost IN getting
into line. thanks to the adoption OF the wise
plan of holding all the boats at the start,
and soon after o'clock, everything was
ready and all were waiting for the final
go" The water lay like glass. and, as Tar
down as the eye could distinguish, not rip
ole marred the surface of the water, unless
the fast fattening fluctuations caused by the
massage down of the referees boat, on board
which MIR. Babcock had come again after the
freshman race, could be dignifed by that
name As the &c strong oarsmen bent for
ward for the word, the whole great crowd
stood silent and with battd breath, rs though
fearful of disturbing the contestants by SO
much as whisper. Their suspense, how
ever, was of short duration, for at SIX MIN
utes past o'clock, the starter, Mr.. r. u.
Brown of the Nassau boat club gave the
90 Are you ready-go," and then commenced
the most magnificent aquatic spectacle ever
witnessed in this country. At the WORD,
Harvard and Bowdoin shot slightly in ad-
vance, the former pulling AZ strokes per
minute with the slide, and the latter 46
considered as behind, nor were any OF the
others perceptibly in the rear for the first 20
strokes exoept Trinity and Williams. who
fell at once to the rear. To the surprise OF
all the much talked of, much dreaded aim
ing of all the crews for the channel on the
western shore did not take place, but all the
boats but Yale and Williams commenced to
work Immediately and perceptibly toward
the eastern shore Down the course they
came like meteors their relative positions shift
ing constantly, excepting those OF Harvard
and W illiams, who kept first and last, respec-
lively. Now the Bowdoin men would show
ahead for an instant, as their stroke put on
more steam, but, as the tremendous ace
exhausted them, they would fall back, and
another in turn would struggle to get ahead.
The powerful sweep of the Dartmouth men,
who started off somewhat excitedly, but soon
steadiei 70 their work, carried them steadily
out ot the bunch of slower crews and placed
them a short second behind Harvard as the
boats sped by the first half-mile flag, while
neither of the boats could show clear water
between their sterns and Yale's bow, and
Yale in turn was closely pressed by Colnm-
bia, Cornell and Amherst. At the mile sta
ton Harvard was still leading, with the
:. Aggies - second and Yale, Cornell, Col
umbis and Amherst in a bunch. As the
crews swept onward past the Wesleyan and
Trinity quarters and entered the last halt OF
the race the sight was simply grand. Up
to this point the Harvard had led the van
continuously from the start, and, Tor the
last quarter of a mile, had shown clear Wa
ter and given her wash to several OF the
other crews, SO closely were they punched
together, and SO near behind. But, as they
swept round the bend and entered on the
home stretch, an entire change came over
the aspect of the lace. Up to this time all
the crews but Yale and Amherst had kept
together, and pulled well on the east side of
the river, W esleyan being on the outer edge,
or Agawam side, of the punched crews, Yale
was directly in the current. where her bow
with excellent skill and judgment bad kept
her from the start, and Amherst in the same
channel, only q trife more inshore. From
this point, however, the race was divided
in to three parts. Trinity and Williams had
been out of the race for some time, and for
the rest of the way were content to hold
their own without more extraordinary exer-
ton. The tremendous pace had also pretty
thoroughly :" done up" most of the other
crews to such an extent they could only just
keep it up and could not increase it. They
had done their best and could do no more.
As soon as this was evident, Capt. Cook
following out the line of policy he had
adopted before starting, of only trying to
force the leading boats over the first two
miles, without striving for the lead himself,
called on his crew for their reserve strength.
The response was instant, and in dozen
strokes the blue was even with the magenta
and in dozen more had gained the lead.
Then the Wesleyans, who had pursued q
similar policy, let themselves out, and they
too left the cluster and ranged up nearly
even with the leading boats. And now
came the grandest part of all that grand
struggle. With nerve and power simply
wonderful, Capt. Dana and his crew raised
their stroke again and made one of the most
magnificent bursts of speed ever witnessed
in college rowing. But the steady, clock
like work of the Yale men, and the telling
power of their scientific stroke, were too
much for even Harvard dash, and the blue
still showed ahead, The Wesleyans, with
powerful effort, sent their prov ahead of
Harvard, and almost neck and neck the three
boats rushed toward the goal. But the
strength of the Harvard men was spent, and
with few more grand strokes the Yale men
crossed the line ahead. The great race was
won, ana IOr the ntst tlue Slnce 1000 the
blue waved triumphant above the magenta,
while the lavender held the second place.
Concerning the order in which the remaining
boats came in there is much uncertainty,
owing to the neglect of the judges at the
lower stake. The struggle for the last half
mile between Dartmouth, Amherst and Col
umbia was SO close that it is extremely diff.
cult to state with accuracy which crossed the
line ahead, but the following table shows
the nearest obtainable approach to accuracy
in tho matter, while the time is officially cor
rect for all the boats -
Yale. 1859; Wesleyan, l7.0l; Harvard,
It'll; DARTMOUTH, 1877 IL; Amherst.