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| east end Of the line, but not much.
Seen from front, toward the eastern shore thefs
was Harvard pulling ahead from the leader IN an
other beautiful geometrcal fgure-a diamond shaps
Of five points, the magenta coOrs OF Harvard iorm~
ing the front point, Yale and Wesleyan forming tho
east and west points, and now BOwdoin, now Dart"
mouth, now Columbia. bringing up the rear. Amherss
! and the Aggies racing magnifcently mean tina
| on the west bank, and Williams falling bOpeessy
behind Harvard is leading the with slight
! tendency toward the east bank. the air is full a
shouts. Haryards lead ~ "Rah p " Rahp Rah'i
and she looks magnfcenty, as she bears down pull
! ing like some machine. This is the view up and
down the river; the following was the scene from
! the banks:
THE FIRST HALF MILE.
One half mile from the start on the western bank
of the river is bluff perhaps Of 80 feet in hight,
| from which one had fine view OF the start Az
least 300 people and a great variety OF vehicles OF
! every kind were cOn0regated at this point. After
| the Freshman race there was a period OF weary
waiting and following with OPERA glasses OF thd
various maneuvers, as the boats were one aites
another brought into line and the fact announcedi
some names eyOking cheers. Little steamers mean
while were frisking up and down. The"
the returning Freshmen crews, stopping
at the various stations along the bank
provided occasional objects of interest, and the Yale
| crew on landing were received with hearty cheers.
Amateurs, and in instances professional oars
meD got up brief spurts, and from time to timd
elected applause by their efforts. One OF the mosa
expert demonstrated his ability to beat thu
steamboats, and propel his scull for hall
mile in advance of them. At length just as anothen
drilling rain struck, the eager faces turned toward
the starting point the fash Of oars seen, and
| They re off, was the exciting cry. Ii was too
distant and too dark to make out the colors but aS
Tow ,ubil ba bal1 ralat
side by side, it was impossible to distinguish them.
Three boats were evidently leading al they ap-
preached u.s. and as they drew ont ahead Of the Tcsf
it was evident that Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth
in the van passing us the figure presented was
diamOndshaped. Harvard the front point OF tbs
diamond, Yale and Dartmouth close behind,
Yale Of the two slightly leading Amherst
seemed to be next on the western sidd
of the figure, closely followed b. Columbia, Agri-
| cultural and Wesleyan forming group 10y thenl-
selves Behind these and with visible space between,
was another group of three-COmell, Bowdoin, ant
Trinty-of which Cornell was the forward, and oc-
cupied the extreme eastern flank. After all,
and dragging two or three boat lengths in
the rear, came Williams. There was considerable
suffering and splashing among the middle group;
The leading crews rowing in perfect form, ant
the tine OF Harvard was counted By ono
observer at 40 strokes to the minute. Here
the first definite change Of direction took
place. The Harvard sweryed boldly out to tho
left across the bows of Yale and the group disap-
reared in the uncertain light seemed to be still us
creasing her lead No words can describe the Will
exutation of the partsans of Yale and Harvard bur
a considerable number of the spectators werd
farmers who evidently felt uncertain Of their baIu'
| earned and easily risked gains
SEEN FROM THE NILE AND HALF POLE.
As they passed the Il mile station, the order was
II ~ ..f. VII half "a nfrF|N
behind but gaining little she passed thesd
crews were in the middle of the river; Wesleyan
third, less than a length behind Yale,
and nearer the eastern shore; Amherst
was next. about p lengths behind Columbia,
Bowdon, "Aggies," Dartmouth, Cornell, followed
in the order given, al in a bunch and very close
together; Trinity was about length behind these
and William from two to three lengths behind
Trinity, nearly all rowing in the middle of tho
river in the rowing between mile and
a mile and half. The beautiful forms into
which the otilla had dissolved itself began break
up and the thing resolved itself into a series oi
duels Amherst and the Aggies hung to 1t doggedly
on the west side, the Aggies slowly dropping be-
hind in the van. Harvard and Yale
were struggling desperately, with Wesleyan
close after them; Columbia and Cornell, pulling
side by side for dear life, came next and Dartmouth
steering her bad diagonal, tugging stoutly with
BOwdon, now alongside, now dropping behind. Near
the Dartmouth quarters as Bowdoin claims, tho
Dartmouth struck their oars, making a foul which
they will present for adjudication.
The mile aud a half point of the course is one Of
the most interesting points. Here it was that thu
fouls and wrecks and runnngs aground were ex-
pected there makes its appearance, running
out almost to md-channel sand-bar If
shoal water bordering the eastern bank.
perhaps half mile in length; its width il
from 100 to 500 feet Over much of this bar there
not than 10 inches of water there is part Of
it where the oar unless very carefully used may not
strike bottom. Opposite the Amherst quarters
there is much grass on this shoal; few snags show
above the surface, and, somewhat further
down, there is an irregular island of abou6
- feet in length, all around which the water shoals
10 but a few inches of depth. The position of this
islet essentially the channel, it is not
more than 80 feet from the middle Of
the river. and attempt to pass To
the eastward of il would encounter seri-
Gus risk. Fortunately, the river is comparatively
wide at this point its breadth being apparently
some 200 feet the bar extends with varying width to
point nearly two miles from the head of the course
where promontory with small cape OF sand juts
out from the eastern Shore and somewhat narrows
the river. sharp wind from the westward might
add serious difficulties, anywhere along the sand
bar to the course of the boat The eastern shore,
along the line of the sand-bar, presents ridge grad
ually rising to low bluff, the rise being from TO
about 80 feet. Back of this is the railroad, beyond
which, nestled in the trees, the spires and roofs
of pretty village known as Long Meadow Station.
This ridge, affordng fine view, was crowded with
spectators.
The boats passed this point without a skip or %