, 1873-07-19

hard work, had won suoh glorious yiotorios, and
that n al the lfat OF paat defoats, no suspicion
Seo setad spon %sso x% aarsms SpRsn'0' n'a ever
sp''nafsa yu'y 10y Dt.pateh to ths xs~ Yorh a9''-
crowd about tuo-thiris ft['s a. largo ss tint Of
yoaterday assembled to viow tho single Bcull
race Of to-day. Al along tho stdes Of tho rlvor
At convenient points parties Of et,ldentB worc
assembled, most Of thom wearing the light bluo
Ct Yale, and others tho light blue aHd white Of
Of Swift, tho fayorto, and tho latter Lis fellow.
clttzcns. Tho only contestant with Mr. Swift
wao Mr. Dutton, Of Cornell. 1foesre: FolTis, OF
Cornell, and Hirachol, Of Amherat, did not Gu
count Of Temporary indispoBitioh, and tho lnttef
having apparently had from tho ilrst but flint e1-
poctatlon Of ontorIng. Tho Cornell men, Mr. Ont-
ton's adhorents; wore out In forco; Weafang slto
Cd about tho upper part Of the course. ,Ihe
crowd was Of m1oh moro respectable complex
ion than that Of yesterday, and inclndod @ groat g
o. oh tho a.
points on tho way down was studded with gatly
tho blue oolors Of Yale, Shortly after O'Clock
tondence Of Horny Ward, who acted az rofereo,
and OF two. gontlemen from tho Regatta Com
mltteo, as judges, a ragged start was mndo,
but Swift had little the advantage, and drew
ahead at once, amid the shouts Of Yale and
to point, and were takon hoaraoly up
u tho way down tho course to tho
party OF tho Harvard etudonts had piaced
their nowly-placed wire In order to record the
result to tho whiting crowd at tho mornont Of
victory. Tho raeo now WAS a straight-away
struggle Of two miles. It was not closely con-
on thas acc account though swE was an objpot q
especial intorost on account Of tho remarkable
toaturos OF bis training and tho wonderful
improvement which he has mado ainco he
strokes to tho minute. bolng little Hurried,
but he aoon Hubsided Into regular swing
Of 81, Dutton raking two atrokoB q minute
less: THO start which tho Yale man. gained
at first he Ropt ana gradually Increased.
lengths ahead, Mr. Dutton sooned not worry con-
1dent, and appeared to pause once or twice in
his pull His stroke continued slower than Alr.
swifts, and ho made no spurts. At no point in
fact, aftcr tho very first start waa there my Bhad
ow OF contost. Tho men continued down tho
course from the mile, keeping pretty well down
toward the west shore, followed oloaoly by tho
putting little steamer on which tho judges wore,
and surrounded. By. several trainers and othor
near tho finish, denoted on ono side OF tho nTor
by q little white flag low In the eand, and on tho
other BY the crowd about tho telegraph instr,1-
mont and by blue 1ag tied to whip, the hun hun
II
shout Of triumph, and na MIR. Swift passed the line
regret to Say thoy,addreBHed some rather slight
ing remark to Mr: Dutton, WHO ea1no pulling in,
worlting in very good power, but at q most ro-
speotful distance bahind, such ns $50 back;
you're not wantedl' Steady! don't go too fast"
These cxprcasions, IS might be expected, camo
from the very young mon. A1r. Swift pulled up
very easi1y, talking with yonr correspondent ~
wo pulled along, aud seemed ready to mako ai-
other two-milo pull OH time If ho should bo
called on. His time was II minutes aud 40 scc-
ouls.
nIr. Swift, the winner Of this race. is youth
of 81 years, who does not know the taBte Of
liquor and tobacco. uc began to train about
year ago last September under y. G: Dole,
Jr., tho successful ,trainor of Carr;ng-.
ton Phelps, who won tho BnltonHtatl cup
in 1871, and OF othor successful contont-
ants in Yalo College races. Mr.. Swift'a Ghost
has incroased in year from 3211f to 3715 inclos,
and he now Weighs 139 pounds. He was moro
fragile boy whou ho commenced, and is tho
strongest possible contrnet to Mr. Dutton, wllo
started in trimming tho hoavies man iu the river,
Weighing 100 pounds, but weighed On tho race
173. Mr. Dutton Is a long-headed man Of 25 or
20 years of age, and one Of the heavy men OF
the Cornell crew, pulling in tue middle Of the
methodically, while Mr. Dntton evidently went
into the 1aco moro to prevent it from falling
through altogether than from any othor reason.
Great credit must be awarded to ", 9. Dole,
Jr.. aon Of tho veteran sparring master Of
Yale, for his turning out tho beat trained NTH
on the river.