The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-20
Yale Drops On. and Claim, a Foul.
STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN COOK
oGelal Decision of the JudEe,.

pAhAIOuAt Ns July Ao-hDOub III
teen thousand people were AsEmbled o
the lake this morning 10 witness the Uni
verSity boat race, sci down for 10 A. n
The lake was As smooth as glaSs. A
045 the first gun was fired; At 1920 The
second, and the starting gun at lO:l7. AL
the boats got oil Handsomely, Columbia
At hall.mil taking the lead. The Trim
ily made q spurt, oVerhAuled Columbia
and at the end Of mile took the lead
away from Yale, which in q struggle had
got ahead, but al that moment fouled and
fell behind. Princeton came up close on
Trinity.
The other crews were about In line
behind. At the nile and halt post Co
lumbia came to the front again, with
Harvard struggling sharply, the remain
der maintaining their iOrmer positions.
Al the two mile point Columbia was
still In advance, with Cornell making o
spurt TO oyGrtake her, and passing HAr-
ward.
At the two aud half mile point Co
lumbIA was still ahead, with Wesleyan,
which now showed great Vlgor, pressing
her sharply and steadily.
The last hall mile was then one con-
tinuous exciting pull between Columbia,
Wesleyan, Harvard and Dartmouth, and
they came IN that order, Columbia ahead
about two boat lengths, and making the
distance In sixteen minutes and fifty sec
onds. The winning crew was greeted
with tremendous cheering.
On reaching the shore, B. Frank, cap
tain and stroke, tainted. He was imme-
diately lifted by the crew and carried on
their shoulders to tho MOors Lake House,
but before reaching the house he had en-
tirely recovered.
The scene following the race was one
long 10 be remembered, and was only
marred in its joyouSness by the failure oI
Yale 10 participate beyond Mill Point, al
which place Yale was taking the lead
with good prospect Of keeping It.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RACE.
NEw York, July 1s-The EEsniRS
Post, OF this city, will publish in lis frs
edition the following graphic description
OF the race to-day on Saratoga Lake:
Two days delay and two disappoint-
ments to more than twenty thousand
persons were enough TO take away a largI
part Of their interest, even In regaILG
like thIS
The crowd on both days, however, ex
hibited the utmost patience and good hu-
NOR in spite OF the Iact that there was no
arrangement to inform spectators Of the
probability Of the race or the delay
Everybody arose much earlier than usua
this morning, and the breakfast rooms
were filled at an early hour,
Departures ior the lake began at sever
O'Clock, but previous delays gave warning
OF discomfort and OF long waiting, anC
not until nine did those having carriages
set out.
The watering OF the road has beer
more neglected day alter day, and thli
morning the dust in most places wa
binding.
Al $50 the lake was in perfect condi.
Llon, with on,y the merest ripple 10 dis
turb It's surface. This the early sun con
vcrted to a sllvery glimmer. The collegI
stand was soon crowded. The hote
stand was for long time empty. Thl
sun poured holly upon them, aud nothing
could be seen but ladies and umbrellas,
Had the committee postponed the rae
Thursdsy evening to this hour YESTERDAY
1t would have taken place with sAlisiac
tion to all. The blame, It Is now ascer
tanned, rests with the Regatta Commit
tee, who would not give the referee Su
thorily 10 order the morning race
At 9,45 the first gun was fred, bu
owing to the confusion Of signals on tn
previous days no one attempted TO inter
pT0t Its meaning.
AT 1920 second gun sounded, and !
8 was known that the crews were taklp
l their positions, but the distance was 3
great that 1t was almost impossible TO Sc
q the shells at all from the stand, but Wit
tho aid Of glass they could be lust mad
} out
There was a kind Of mirage, making th
boats appear TO almost stand out OF th
water. All the spectators rose in thei
seats, and the suspense was almost pain
tul, while q puff Of smoke at lG47 tol
that the signal Tor the start had bee
!. given, and by the time the sound reache
the stands the atgs were up, and all kneV
i lhe contest hau DeSun.
!. All was guess work for the next te
!, minutes, as tho different boats could NJ
1 DO distinguished. Then, on the signl
stand, the Columbia's flag was run u
with Harvard, Trinity and Princeton
/, order, and loud and prolonged cheer
= = rang out
Three minutes later the flags shove
= Yale in advance, with Columbia and IA
= ward following, The crews then becsu
y distinguishable, seemingly in a buncI
more than mile down the lake.
To return to the starting point; AT 4
IS given signal all the boats got of in fiji
:, style.
n Harvard took the lead, with Wcsleya
n second, and Yale third, followed by u
= lumbia, Trinity, Williams, Cornell au
l. Princeton In the order named, HArvar
roWed tbirty-iour strokes 70 the minut
and kept Il up. Yale rowed Gboutthirt
]. two strokes 10 the minute. Williams vi
It not faster, but Tripity'S stroke was vel
10 much quicker. In the second mile YAl
Is It was unanimously acknowledged, ha
ot the lead Of all, and Harvard was secou
v The Harvard boat then ran into u
is Yale boat, breaking the latters rudde
and dipping the boat so that the bow
stroke broke his oar.
CT Yale at once fell behind. Tho Ia
re yard crew assert that the collision was Il
z. Iale's tSult, as sho took the Harvard
IS water. Captain Cook denies this, Al
to tho general testimony supports him. tt
9 leeltng betTeed the two crews Is vel
- bitter.
m While Harvard and Yale were er
tangled Columbia shot ahead. As ii
a. boats entered the finish, the scene iro
il the stand was very exciting.
ac Columbia led on, finally, 6y more I6
q boats length, with Harvard second, al
he Wesleyan, generally mistaken lor Va
third. Within short distance Of