The New York herald., 1874-07-21
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, JULY z ls74-TRIPLE SHEET

whether the Harvard took one course or
another. HIS statement Island he is clear
and unhesitating In it-that she took .
straight course for the shanty down the lake,
whicn would keep her directly in her own water
and which was the usual marx to winch her bow
steeied; that Yale, starting from the next posi-
tion east, veercd steadily to the westward out Of
her own water and over toward Harvard, and
that her doing 30 was garingly manifest. ! fol-
lowed him up closely, wanting to see II he could
not Tor some reason be mistaken, but he maln-
ms eRe SuS very % There
saw the act, he mad no trouble in so doing and he
Watched # asnasa, He also adds tina.
least those OF Yale, Harvard and Wesleyan =
Springfield, one OF the Harvard men made COM
plant that those OF Harvard and ale were only
shells-wnich average about dlty ieet apiece in
length-conld nave been stretched, the one behind
the other, between the starting boats Of Harvard
asked, II one. He really doubted even that.
STATEMENT OF A COLUMBIAN.
variance Ihe latter had unsurpassed facilities Tor
seeing the whole action OF both the coliding boats
his interests were sucs Sor1 that aha n asr ana
every move Of both With intense eagerness
M He y confident that the starting boats were about
was one, he being one OF the Columbia crew. and
his boats position number seven, or second west
Of Harvards, Wesleyan lying between. He says
tnat Columbia took good course and held tt
straight and true, right, as he believes In her
own water; that he had been informed long before
the race, as point likely to help the chances OF
his crew that Yale and Wesleyan, as they had
ca each drawn .n. position beside Harvard, would
from them-as before the race the impression
mad obtained IN many quarters that she could do
them; that his informant was a tried and trustS
friend Of Columbia and that he had peen told or
the so Sy Ss u
Columbia crew mentioned " to Goodwin, the Har-
ward captain; that when IN the race his boat drew
enough for him TO see all that was done by either,
he noticed
YALE WORKING TOWARDS HARVARD
ana TINS story at once dashed up in his mind; that
ne waSched carefully. aud Wesleyan seemed to
to nep to POCKET Harvard; that Harvard
seemed to him to be keeping right in
her own water, and never once to leave
1t; tAat considerably before they were half way
down the course Yale very perceptibly lett her
own track and worked over toward Harvard;
stays there Tor little; that then she works out TO
eastward and creeps up along Harvard's starDoard
sioe; that he saw their oars lnterminge and heard
voice; that he did not see any movem. mt that
looked like punching OF either boat by an oar or
6y oars Is, OF the other; tnst when ne heard the
taat the starboari stroke OF Of the the Yale s'- boat,
strokes, holding his oar still while the other
two on that same side kept on rowing; that he did
not see what broke Yale oar. but that he saw
one was broken; that Cook then turned and, look
ing ahead at the Columbia crew. called out go 1t,
Colnmba;" that Columbia, which had up till then
been rowing within herself and at u steady pace,
did 'go it' little 1aster just after that order;
that she soon got commanding lead OF the field
very notceaby at tue time OF The collision, shortly
drew clear and came away fast towards Columbia,
taking generous wash OF the latter's three port
oars; that Yale lell slowly back, apparently dis.
abied, and did not again come up tnat during the
collision he did not any one Of the Harvard
crew strike or touch the Yale rudder with his oar
and that, to his mind, Yale had unquestiOnably
gone quite o1t OF her own water and over into
Fearing that In trying to report him correctly
might among so much have here and there erred,
| nave taken pains to read over the above state
1t Is stated accurately. He strikes me as cool,
wlde-awake man, VINO would be about certain, II
he had the chance to see any such performance, to
observe 1t closely.
have .purposely abstaned in referring to this
matter from expressing any opinion OF my own.
am Harvard man, ana would like to see Harvard
win, and am aware this fact was known to many
and would seem likely to warp my Judgment. 1
lay it before you, though, OF course, as the men
are personally strangers to you, my Impressions of
them and their credlbility as Witnesses may not
be out OF place here; hence my reason for refer.
ring TO 1t. And | am glad to say here that Mr..
Kennedy, OF the Yale crew, whose story sent you
Saturday, impressed me most favOrably, and l
have heard two or three others say he did them in
the same way He looks to me strong, clear
have liked IN my day to have captured and pressed
into the boat-just the man TO do what he says ne
dld DO when ordered at that unfortunate moment
to row starboard.
You have now before you the testimony Of eight
men, interested III various ways, to be sure, but
all, doubt 1t not IN the least trying to tell the
story as lairly as they can. From their interests
running counter you will be able to Judge at whose
lault 10 lay the blame, II blame was anywhere due,
OF mat meeting out IN the middle OF the lake on
color they favor, must regret; that it came
between two crews who had something very like
ieud which was kept over from last year and
served only TO increase tue il-feeling, was even
more unfortunate. have sought considerably
how the matter looked to tnem but have not found
any oil them, Mr.. Kennedy seeming TO be the only
one remaining here; have also gone over snch
of the ground with another Of the Columbia
crew as could in a short interview, and find MIN
repeating what his companion, already quoted,
turned just after the Iou and besides calling out,
"Go 1t, Columbia" added, click the - sons OF
-" Beth these Columbia men much regretted
the AFFAIR, and H. ore as they liked the Yale men,
and were naturally enough surprised at such lam
guage from any oil them.
YALE CHALLENGES HARVARD AGAIN.
But there have circumstances sprun. up here In
which 1t would, perhaps, have been better to do
at such result, the Yale men have, since tne
race, challenged Harvard to row over again, this
as seemed 10 me- so easV apd nsura soeaion
OF the difficulty, and one so likely to prove salts
factory, moreover one almost necessary under one
II not two OF the III es governing the race. that,
just before the two O'Clock meeting on saturday,
at which the reieree'and Judges were to try to de-
eide the various questions which came up In the
race, quietly called the referee to one side ana
suggested to him not to forget that 1t was en-
tlrey in his power-indeed. one OF his clearly eX-
pressed prerogatlyes-t0 order the race, as be-
tween Harvard and Yale TO be rowed over. He
said he would bear 1t in mind and that he pur.
posed 10 follow the rules strictly.
THE REFEREES DECISION.
What the actual decision was you already Know
and what satisfaction does IL give All the world
course, the action Of the referee and judges In
sending her down there, showed that they thought
the iou her fault. May be 1t was; but, aside from
who could win over the whole field, the
ne next sss 2t eE9s! sSg pub
Qther, Harvard or Yale. Snonld oxford or Cam.
Bridge alter thetf manyi1ghts, make, hereafteE
two OF eight or ten universities represented each
year in al eight-oared race, and there be no other
contest OF the year in which they could so meet,
the interest felt in the question which of the two