The New York herald., 1874-07-19
HAIL COLUMBIA!
OONTIHUED FROM THIRD PAGE.


last Well OF all the surprises OF to-day, this was
.s~,rev the greatest. That Gunster was all right
ana rare good man all men promptly agreed
INT that he was not at all well
backed up equally plain. l gave him as
the lead as you remember, over Princeton and
trinity and used TO turn Dartmouth over in INV
mind. did not Deheve that Williams could go by
either her or Cornell, but she had done it beyond
all question and meant to keep all she had. Co.
sambia, approaching the second mile, was doing
about thrty-fve TO the minute, which Harvard was
chasing hard with Ihirty-eight, and once asked
Josh Ward to count while timed, and she struck
cutie forty. 1t wasnow one minute after eleven.
The pretty little observation tower Point Breeze
was getting pleasantly near, while Columbia, who
was gong to give out on the Hast mile, never
siackened her pace. She was leading all that field
save one. Galloping along down by the west shore
and making for Ramsdill's Point there went one
crew she did not catch, one she could not and one
that she never viii. But the fact is not to her
discredit, for the rowers were the famous Ward
brothers, the champions Of the world, and
on the sixth thwart sat John Biglin, and
on pretty red pennant forward,
streaming out gayiy IN the wind, were the
words NEW YORK HERALD" while on compan-
,on at the stern it said Ward crew. the cox
swsin's seat being occupied by your correspond
,snt But the Columoians never gave my men any
peace and as they rowed along We couple OF
lengths ahead, the difference between
the strokes clear and unmistaka-
Die. Columbia was erect slow out, reason
ably long and quick back. Grandpa Hank was
reaching far over his feet with hands wide apart,
and the way those feet came down on that
stretcher would DO good TO the heart of any row.
ing man. His back was never straight, neither
his arms, bat curling down over that spoon oar he
tba for I'd nd there
and as he expressed 1t, the old boat
WENT ALONG "ABILING.n
One hundred and sixty pounds Of coXswan vii!
tell even on the Wards after mile or two and
especially with hundred extra pounds OF boat to
boot From the Harvard boat house-halI mile
from the fnsh-came up the old "Ran-rah-rah"
and Harvard evidently felt it; but that lead CoUm-
bia had snatched while Harvard was caught
and delayed she had no sort OF notion OF giving
up Keeping al her work at thirty-iour or five to
the minute she rattled down the middle OF the
course and drew near the finish line From the
grand stand came up mighty roar you might have
heard mile away. Columbia was out there strong,
stronger than any other save Yale, and the way
she mentioned It 10 all who would hear was any
thing but subdued. The sharp Harvard bark was
constantly coming in, and the lavender men OF Wes
leyan were by no means forgotten while Wilams--
Well, / do not think any one thought sne would
DO much and 50 few OF her friends were on hand
though those who let us all know it. /
callee on my men for spurt and they shot in
across the line length ahead of Columbia, and
hoding her hard down, with my watch caugst the
lime OF the Others they passed.
COLUMBIA LED IN
sn, about six seconds behlnc was. not Harvard,
but esleyan, fer The former had lost too much at
the bump to catch il up again, and now she fol-
lowed Wesleyan by less three
came Wiliams-yes, Williams and next TO her
YOwed Cornell and then Dartmouth. But where was
YaleY No signs OF her as yet. for the boat after
Dartmouth was Trinity, with her companion.
Princeton, while Am. 20s. later poor, crippled
Yale, her broken oar telling silently OF disaster
When the referees launch arrived, Goodwin, the
Harvard captain, called out, Hold on; we claim
. foul with Yale"
1--WE take note OF it," replied the referee soor
Tale gave similar notice of Harvard Both were
evidently IN an uncomfortable state OF mind, and
there is doubt that Cook broke out publicly into
many expressions which he ought at least in his
cooler moments, to regret. The word came that the
referee wOud consider the questions: for Wes.
leyan, too, had claimed a foul on Columbia at two
O'Clock in the afternoon. The crews pulled
leisurely back TO their quarters, and went over
TO Harvard's TO learn her version OF the foul.
WHAT DANA SAYS.
Dana says that Cook tried squirt after spurt to
-Arike Harvard's rudder, but that the latter would
each time quicken and get clear; that then Yale,
tired at last Of the wash drew or TO starboard
Ane the next minute getting up alongside Cook
put his oar into the outrigger of Morse Har-
Ears's No. 4, and pulled hard to send his own
boat ahead and hold Harvard back; that Morse,
finding this ID order, responded in ike fashion
with his oar on COOKS outrlgger while
Bacon, sIaTb@ard stroke, scraped his oar
along the top OF Yale's rudder, breaking
1t partly OF; that he, Dana, at different
times cautioned COOK, telling him III there's
. foul, Cook, it's yours, that Cooks response
tOrdereh closely on the basphemous; that Yale
Ter a moment drew two three feet ahead OF
harvard, but that when he saw tnat she had
spent her force he spurted and drew past
agsAB; that Cook, seemingly maddened by
the damage to his rudder, ordered his
men 10 Tow hard starboard, evidently meaning
therany, as he almost inevitably would, to turn
short towards Harvard and smash into her side /;
shat M the effort or over-erort 10 obey that order
Yale's forward starpoard, the bow oarsman, broke
his OH, ana tnat rom that time Yale
padded hopeiessly home. SO Dana told and
Otis, MGgse, Goodwin and Bacon all corroborated
the story: 70. Gil seemed to think that both Yale
sno wesleyan had left their rightiu courses and
ovded N towards her, one on each side one OF
them thinking tina. hne sixty feet long would
have covered all three.
RUMoRED THREAT.
The rumor bad been about all the week that
Ipeok had said II he could not beat Harvard, his
crew and the Wesleyan as they nanked
Harvard, would her down and keep
Ae from winning. Three or four times
n 0ad been :old the Harvard men, but
thsy laughed at 1t. They said that whether true
or Doi the seque had borne out the alleged plan
compketey. Naturally enough, from these various
facts lheir feelings towards Yale not entirely
friendly or conducive TO good fellowship.
STORY As TOLD BY YALE.
On<c0ning to town / sougm some OF the Yale
Grew .apG found Kennedy. He, SAID that Yale's
boat WAS behind Harvard close and right in her
wash rtlet ne at dInerent times asked bow TO