Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30

~ ever b. feu3egc1 a. made spiie-
Yale has Won of oOurse. No one, cot eV-
en- Harvard, has doubted that. In Ike
manner The third position has been Unit
Sersally conceded . the magenta 10
which eiew the second place belongs has
been a more serious matter 10 determine
Amherst unsu knew il Was Amherst, IVES
leyan men tueE I, vas We cyan out
siders didn't kroW which i vas. Wit
noses were numerous whe could swear 1t
was Wesleyan; witnesses we're not want
/ ing who could take oath that an enor-
nous "a" decorated the back Of the bow
oar Of the second ,rew.
The judges we're mostly decided but
unfortunately failed to agree. The UNI
pirc relied upen them, and their conflict
oftestimsny. Of course, placed him in
peculiarly embarrassing Predicamens 10
decide the question with the majority oil
| the Committee corotcrating each others
testimony would, e sparsc, be simple
matter; to decide the'qosstion when no
two Of the Committee were agreed was by
no means so easy. Every one who was at
Springfield on the evening Of the regatta
remembers the confusion of tongues as the
collcgians began to assemble. The decis-
n ion that Yale had won came like ihun-
derbolt to Ha rvard, who thought the flags
we're already safe on the way to Cant
bridge. allow did she win?" "Why
then were the flags given to Harvard =
Harvard was ahead" The whole mat
ter must be discussed, and that too by
half hundred. all eager to be heard at
the same moment. 'Where was the ref
ere ?" WAS il fair testF" and
"Did rot Harvard fairly win ~
Meanwhile the college boys from other
sections were all at the same moment at
tempting to settle problems equally diff
cult, and to them of equal interest. Am
herst aud Wesleyan both claimed second
position. Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell,
each was confident Of pressing Harvard
holly, and holding at least the fourth po-
tition. Bowdoin and the Aggies, though
not especially elamorous, were striving 10
settle another very doubtful question, and
made very slow progress toward that end
The Trinity boys we're cOnsOling them
selves with the reflection that there was
one crew behind them, and tho Williams
boys were bravcly maintaining that that
was their crew. Williams made less noise
than any of her ncighbors. Nobody dis
puted her claim to the eleventh position,
ard she took it good naturally, for ave
carried pussehgcv, you know"
There was babel Of tongues at the
Haynes that evening. In addition to the
heated discussions among themselves, all
we're eager TO see the referee, and hoped
thereby each to obtain his definite posi-
ton. The newspaper corresI cndents as
they vibrated between the Haynes House
and the telegraph Office, were no less I'M
Fortunate, and the referee was everywhere
in demand. He rendered his decision on
the winning crew--Yale. lie also placed
Harvard hird, while the position Of all
E the other crews he left still doubtful
Those who we're in doubt as to their true
position on the river must await the re.
suit Of a conference between the judges
and rcferee-it would be held next morn.
ing, and the crews waited impatiently
The meeting Of the judges was called
: Eve Of the eleven were present, together
with the referee. 1t was evident The
matter could not be decided, as the ma.
iority of the judges was absent. What
could be done? Even the five Judge:
who appeared held as many different opin
/ ions concerning the crews which were
: scattered along between the magenta o.
I Harvard and the royal purple of Williams
and the second crew was still doubtful.
Q The decision, Of course could not BE-
! rendered till all the judges had boon heart
S from. The six absentees must rendel
their verdict, and from the accumulated
testimony it was hoped decision coult
be reached They were Immediately ad
dressed by mail and requested to forwarc
their reports to the rdferao at once.
' Daring the week which has interviewed
!. the boating men in all sections of tn,
!. country have been eagerly watching tn
/. newspapers to learn the true order of tn
a competing crews. Mr.. Babcock, the rel
; cree, has received communications frou
n seven of The eleven judges, but their re
ii, poll 10 are 80 unsatisfactory land it seem
probable that the remaining judges vii
!. render no report whatevcrl that he no'
e finally decides that the position of th
e crews following Harvard and prccedin
i Williams cannot be determined, and
would be follv Ia attempt il on the test