The New York herald., 1874-07-20
Harvard and Yslo In tho Interest
of Boating.

| lesiate regattas heretofore the race at Sara
toga this year excited more general attention
than any event OF the kind in this country
The reason of this is to be assigned to many
causes. new and better course had been
chosen than those at Springfield and Wor-
cester The number of colleges competing
had increased so rapidly within year or two
that there were not fewer than nine crews on
the lake. The former successes of Harvard
and the more recent riumphs of Yale had
so imbittered the two universities
that there was no longer any love
possible between their crews. Add to all this
the probability or at the least the possibility
that some other college would carry away the
honors this year, and we can see TINT the in
terest in the race could not fail to be very
great. In the meantime, too, boating had ac-
quired new Importance in the eyes of every
body, and the college event especially had
reached TINT point at which, like the univer-
sity race in England, it was capable of exciting
what Thackeray called furor without any
meretricious aids whatever. The two days
delay on account OF the condition
OF the water was disappointment
to the multitude at Saratoga, but there and
everywhere it only added piquancy to result
so unexpected and at the same time so graft
flying. We were all glad that Columbia won,
and from this success we believe there will
begin new era in college boating; but, at
the same time, we cannot overlook the fact
that the Yale and Harvard feud, growing out
of the alleged ''four' by the latter, is
serious danger. This quarrel must be amic-
ably settled at once, that it may not end in the
destruction of the college regattas or prove
injurious TO college boating
The whole subject was the topic of general
conversation in this city yesterday, and our
special reports of the race were the accepted
authority in the matter. The sStory OF an
Old Oar was an exact account of what oc-
CURED on the lake, and the graphic stories
which preceded added greatly to the interest
and picturesque effect of the narrative Our
novel map showed the exact position of each
boat when the Columbias crew touched the
finishing line. The correctness and value of
these accounts were in great degree owing
to the fact that HERALD representatives saw
every stroke of the oars from the start to the
finish the HERALD special boat, manned by
harder muscle than impelled the college shells,
keeping we'll ahead, but well out Of the
way of the racing crews. And in the
morning the HERALD special train carried the
stories back again to Saratoga almost as
swiftly as the telegraph brought them to us.
There was in all this a feat worthy of being
celebrated as q part of New Yorks triumph
in the regatta; but, complete as our stories
were, much yet remained to be told. Owing
to the feud between Harvard and Yale and
| the energy with which it was conducted on
both sides, the subject was far from ex-
hausted, and consequently we devote large
part of our space this morning to a continue
ton of the narrative. We print to-day a full
account of the 'foul' as it is understood by
both sides, together with such other matter
as the interest of the subject affords. These
stories will be found quite as interesting and
graphic as those we printed yesterday, and
will be as eagerly welcomed by our readers.
We cannot but deprccate the misunder-
standing between the two university crews.
Harvard and Yale have done more for college
begun the annual contests which have since
assumed so much importance. For years the
race was confined to their crews. 1t would
have been only natural selfshness if they
had declined to open their regattas to crews
from other colleges. Fortunately wiser and
more liberal policy was pursued, and the
races are open to all For the first time, how
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banner. Columbia has proved herself
the gem of the lake. The venerable in.
stitution that was Kings College when
George I'LL was King furnished the lads who
carried off the prize. But while the glory of
the triumph cannot be dimmed by the feud
which occurred in the track of their shell, the
general event is marred in its brilliancy by
the quarrel of Harvard and Yale. We need
not dwell upon the question of right in this
matter. If we attempted to discuss 1t on that
basis we should accomplish little good. What
we want is peace and good will between the
colleges, and to obtain this the past, with all
its chickering's and bitterness, must be ignored.
Already there have been too many hot words.
While we set out in our news columns all the
grounds of dispute between the crews, not
emitting to reflect the bad temper displayed
during the race and since, we desire to call
the attention Of those most nearly
concerned in this quarrel to the
dangers that must necessarily ensue from
the course they have chosen to adopt The
''alleged FOUL was in itself an event to be de-
plored The strong words used on the occa-
sion were still more deplorable. But the
bitterness since displayed may prove an actual
calamity Nothing will so surely degrade
amateur boating and bring college sporting
into disrepute as 4uarrels of this kind, accom-
panied by such bad language and so much