The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-24

But as the two had started so near together, and
one had at one time drawn actually in front of the
quarter OF mile succeeded IN getting tN three
lengths further down stream than the other, that
dagonally might nave Cut her on IRON the prize.
In other words, had Harvard rowed at exactly the
pace she din row, but, instead OF veerng OH BY the
would she have crossed the actual line OF finish
frst From the best light have yet
out my letter in Saturdays HERALD,
Harvard, proGting by an enemy's lesson, both on
the Thames and last year OH the Connecticut, took
her steady thiruy-eight strokes minute through
out the first two miles and hall, and rowing all
from thence, while on the last hall mile she re-
peated squirt after squirt, as Dana had promised
times carrier in the race, and, If experience goes
for anything, these spurts do not leave as much In
man for the last hail mile az If he had omitted
them. Hence there would to o rowing man seem
nothing strange in Harvard's, on that half mile.
drawing notlceaoly away from Yale, though, as
they lett me three-quarters OF q mile up, Harvard
then led Dy but a few leet. But it was Harvards
own faut in not knowing the course and In not
steering better ! never SAID otherwise, but laid
the ault at her door In your paper or the 9th inst
about as July as any one has.
1t Is claimed that she made by staying In the
current, but in an earlier letter wrote you how
feeble an affair that current was wnen submitted
to tae test OF actual experiment. But now let me
crew to me, from winch you will see that they did
not blunder quite 30 bilndly as we thought. Writ
ing under date OF yesterday. he says
III wish to give you a few facts which show that
the ignorance oil the finishing line was not entirely
our fault. At the Regatta Committee meeting in
the spring OF this year we lett word with the
Springfield Committee to have the course staked
out and marked with nags not only ut the end and
beginning, but at every hall mile, so as to help us
In timing ourselves and IN finding the distance we
rowed should we not go over the whole course,
and that the nags should be out before We arrived
there. That was promised us. When we arrived
we were told tnat there were no flags at the finish,
but the Union reporter SAID the finish was 200
va DIS below certain steamboats, moorings. We
rowed down the course MISUNDERSTANDING ar
rived rived saturday afternoon. Alter n, going
about o.a as a as we We're ,o directed ae
found small stake boat, SIX inches high, thaC
looked like a surveyors marx. That, we supposed,
was the finish. We then twice sent word TO the
special committee to have the nags at the finish
bent down. We rowed over the course every day
that week. except Thursday when II was too
windy and rough to go down stream. After we
rowed over the course on Friday we saw q small
boat, with three persons In IL, on the last bank,
and we watched them getting out and placing the
nag On the east bank. We saw them cross the
river and recognized the members OF the special
committee, and asked them they were not gong to
To put the flag on the western shore, for we sa Id
thar we needed both flags to get an exact time.
We then started to row home, and when far up the
course we remarked that they had not yet put up
the west nag and were wandering around as II I'M
certain where II belonged.
On saturday afternoon there was but the one
not suppOsing there was gong to be q diagonal
line. but merely wishing to get our time more ex-
acty. uf
lighter work, so we did not again go over the
course.
the special committee decided ia have the I'm.
shlnR line parallel TO the starting line. which was