The Republican journal., 1873-07-24
The College Regatta.

although il sprinkled occasionally, thing.
generally were conductive TO SUSTAINING
The good humor OF the large crowds tina
locked by rail and carriage to the scent
OBJ contest on the Connecticut, five miles
~"Ilth OF the city. The water was smooth
as could be desired, and there was moth
in@ that the most taStidious oarsman cOulC
direct 10 in any respect.
The Freshman race, timed to begin al
=, did not come off ill 4 IL, when a sue
c"ssul start was made, the Harvard al
first taking the lead but she was soor
'''lt in the lnreh by the Yale and Amherst
and lHle finally passed the stake boa
ahead, gaining the race in II 90, the Am
hrrSt coming in next in Is "a IA anG
Harvard bringing up the rear in 20 "a
The start in the University race wa.
made about six O'clock 1t was hotly
contested affair. and it first appeared thai
Harvard had won, and by mistake the
rolor5 We're adudged to her. The error
soon became evident, however, and Yale
~a> finally pronounced winner. Time OF
1ate Ii ~ Wesleyan II :Ol; Harvard
Is II. Dartmouth l. ;21 IL; Amherst
l. - Columbia Il % Bowdoin Is :07
"A Massachusetts Agricultural Is :l9
IA Cornell 1924; Trinity IS AZ VIII
iatuo ~ 25 -
!hr positions drawn We're as follows
Amherst l Massachusetts Agricultural , ;
Yale 3; Harvard Columbia ) Wesley
m o. Williams : ; Dartmouth s Trinity
Bowdoin 10; Cornell IL.
The Boston Globe says OF the positions :
o. was noted as an odd coincidence that
he Yale place was side by side with
harvard, also that the Amherst "Intel-
lrrtuaF' had the next place to the ''Ag-
gle~. The positions of Yale and Har-
},Id, IN respect to the current, are con.
-idered best of all, while Bowdoin and
Cornell, with the tenth and 18th positions,
Nlll fare the worst.
New Haven is ubilant over the favora-
hir termination OF the inter-col legiate
races The few students remaining in
.hr city can hardly realize the news.
the old college bell was Immediately
sci lo ringing upon receipt OF the news,
sud other demonstrations ct ENJOYMENT
liil ndnlged in.
The reporter OF the Boston journal
gives The following stirring account OF the
-jluggle in the University race
long and patiently the spectators at the
lower end Of The course waited for the
great event Of The day. Frequent IN
luirie, Were made of Mr.. Mason, the OPP
.tator IA he oak tree, as to when the
.At would start, how many were out,
44 such like questions.
II 4 quarter past five he announced
flu two boats were in line AT eleven
minutes ut six he reported seven boats
ual. nj AT nine minutes past six the wei
come intelligence was received that nine
rrcw> had made their appearance, with
rhr iarvard@ among them. At 6 IA the
looked ion word, Ready" was heard
rom the tree top and the first shot was
heard Forty seconds after MIR. Mason
received the word Go" and discharged
hle signal gun to announce that the boats
had started. From that moment the ewes
ui the multitude were directed up the
river and strained TO catch the first
ElmpSe OF the flashing oars. The twi-
lEht was creeping on apace and objects
VA the water could not be seen 50 dis
-inrtly III the first race. To the hun
jrede who We're within view of the black
letter cards, the appearance of the tails
manic password was looked for with in
f-nSr interest.
The throats Of the enthusiastic young
culIeglans filled the air with shouts upon
HE display OF the cabalistic characters
Hpon The pine board nailed to the old oak
irrr I'hr abreviatoGs stood as follows:
ii. HavalO, Da. Darmouth). y
tittrJ, Gu (Columbia), Co. (CornetD.
An. lAmheIst), as indicating the posi-
lun- wi the SIN foremost crews as they
pa-r ed the first halt-mile station The
~~tuei- ii magenta thought they saw in
Ti,c c0uSpicuouS position which the Har-
wards occupied certainty of regainng
liz bunur~ with which they parted in so
a. lngleSidr, and cheer upon cheer went
f,. from the western bank OF the Connect
al. 4 change ol cards placed the Har-
Yards first, Wesleyan second, Y ale third,
'6rnrt fourth and Columbia fifth.
Al the end ot the first mile this gave
satisfaction 10 a majority OF the Specta-
Ions m lhe vicinity OF the terminus of the
telegraph, whose shouting capacity in
.rea@,d when the attendant OF the opera
lor hnu@ oul Harvard, Yale Wesleyan,
Amherst, Columbia, Agges and Dart
month, a. the order in which they had
PASSED the three mile station. From that
Dout downward the boats were in iull
,4-w, md the reports of the operator were
%. iittle moment As the fleet OF shells
came DARING down the course the enthu-
sia-m rose. The more impnlsive dashed
simultaneously down the river bank,
chreing vociIerously. The Harvards,
hugg!n9 the eastern shore, were pulling
IT, strokes To the minute, while Yale, Am
Aer-t and Wesleyan were taking water at
be- f:ttr Ol ~ strokes TO the minute, and
llliug down HE middle OF the stream di-
at.t tuI The stake boat Everybody who
Witnessed the race from the western bank
uf he river Al that moment were confident
that the liarvards had certain victory
within their grasp. The Yale boys who
had made no pretensionS OF superior
prOwpSS. We're straining every nerve to
gain the lead. In this they were success
inl sweeping down past the Judges boat
with q squirt which fairly lifted the boat
uut ot the water. And now the enthusi-
ism oi the excited spectators knew no
bounds
The men yelled with 10Y, while the la
dies wearing the blue waved their hand
Eerchlets and applauded to the extent OF
their ability The crowds beat a hasty
retreat from the scene, and in the hurry
nl over lmpetuous drivers several smash
ups occurred, ladies were thrown out,
he tobacco crops We're tOdden down,
and the farmers who had realized half a
wears income from the regatta, swore
EtNHulA III Tue TbChleSS cfOWu, Wnlcn,
half veXed ana half happy, sped away for
home
A man might live his life twice over
and never witness such glorious, soul
STRING sight as was seen when those
eleven crews were under full Roadway
The Send-otf was given at 6. IA, and with
y hail a minute the crews were strung
ont enough to be easily distinguished,
and their positions counted. Harvard,
with a grand squirt led by half length,
while Yale, Wesleyan, Amherst and Will
liains followed in order. Everybody was
surprised Yale ahead of Amherst !?
They could scarcely believe it.
The writer kept abreast of the crews,
with carriage on the river bank, and
was enabled to obtain the best possible
view of the contest. When half mile
down the crews were scattered over a
square space Of about 1000 feet each way,
aud their labor had brought them into IL
form which appealed to every feeling of