New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

doing And then do you know, lost my judicial
mind and nv sense of the decorous and dIgniied.
and began to think this exuberance of feeling was
quito legitimate and proper, and camo
very near cheering with tho boys my
self. And then / took myself by the collar
and,ed myself away TO think IT over. And when I
had gone round myself carefully ! said. "Old fell
low, you don't know YOURSELF you're not judicial
or impartial, or anything you thought you was. If
Yale had won this race the stout woman with the
aggressive parasol. who cheered and squeaed. would
not have seemed ridiculous at all. You would have
thought it all right for her to 90 round
Ii Issing people, and doubtless you would have danced
round on the piazza and kissed her yourself This
sort of thing is not special and particular; it's
era and it 5 human nature; 80 consider it phio-
sophlcally and stop being about it, And then
stopped having judicial mind. You cannot do it
at a boat race.
HOW THE RACE WAS LOST AND WON.
THE STARTING GUN-COLUMBIA TAKES TIE LEAD
YALE AND HARVARD NECK AND NECK Al THE
FIRST MILE COLLISION BETWEEN YALE AND
HARVARD YALE OUT or TIE RACE Win A
BROKEN OAR-COLUMBIAs VICTORY.
FGoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRlBuNRl
SARATOGA, July 1S.-lt is 10 O'Clock. For
threequarers OF an people have been scrambhng
and tumbling dowr Moons Hill to the grand stand.
knowing well that delays The gun of minutes
since has warned the that only half hour reana
complete the PREPARATIONS Of half year. ana though
nerves be healthy pure blood and six months OF an
anchoritcs sefdenal can make theIn 1t Is no "onler
II they are trembling little now as the old bolts arc
tightencd slides oiled ami stretcners 0uckled Tor tho
last time. No weather to interfere this uine. Ego
never saw "A more perfect day OJr steamer IS lying
under the long shadow OF the East Bank half milo up
the course aud spy sou'hward into the cove al
he foot OF Snake Hill. where Yale and Weseyans men
are lying their boats. the water - IKE glass mo
wind is northwest but it is scarcely breath and even
on the unprotected reaches OF tho lake there Is but
ripple All the boats but Trinity down by the start
and the Dartmouth fellows have gone down along tho
shore over our heads to the Columbia house. Ihere
Referee Wood harangues the crews at length ana after
ZO,minutcs the gun hreS to call out the boats
ALL OUT FOR THE RACE
Cornell is out almost before the fash. II Commodore
Brady had had his way they would have been ieit
behind last night and they bound to be in time this
morning. Princeton next her lgnt and elegant men
making pretty show through their line trimmed uni
FORMS which might well be white for all the orange
or black at this distance. Harvard Is Next
and they pull about TO warm themselves II Is PLAIN
that they have cured the defect IN style which has
been so often noticed. Four backs fan together and
bow is generally with them No. never u IN perfect
time except by accident. one crew after another
comes out. and they hang about under tho
banks TIL Trinity appears pulling over last from
across the lake, and then all 90 quick Ia
the long line OF stake-bolts in each Of which II
cool man, ready to hold the stern OF his college
until the word. Tue Is blazing on the water
and everything and gisens with his heat but It
makes impression on the brown backs than ON
solny sides Of sole leather. Tho starter Brady, who
Is known as Commodore OF the Saratoga Rowing Asso-
ciatIon has failed at the last moment and there IS no
starter 80 the referee must start the boats himself
He climbs Oh TO the deck of steamer, pistol in one
hand aud field glass III the other llttle delay Ia
caused by his steamins up TO Trinity, al tho
shore end Of the line, TO tell her, as ho
has the others, that If oar breaks or other
accident happens in the first ten strokes, the race
would be started Returning to his post he takes
his position The boats are now all ID place IIiniy
the east shore. Princeton next, Cornell next then
Yale and Harvard-the fercest rivals toSether-;he0
Wesleyan, Columbia. Dartmouth aud Williams last, on
line with the western promontory Of Suake Hill Tue
referee takes his position between Yale and Harvard
some 200 the Of the ue and calls twice,
With slight interval. Get ready" Tno starters are
holding for dear nfc, and the 81 bending all together
for the first stroke. IL about i3 minutes past 10 when
comes the formal question.
THE START
"Are you ready I" Then the pistol is raised cracki
and they away before the boom OF the answering
cannon has reached them from the hill Tue careful
observer coming upon Harvard at unexpected hours
seen Harvard quiet portions Of the lake. practiciug
the start And when she goes out II the do take
water just SO. be tried sharp catch aud
few quick strokes give the first advantage, havo
been the fayorite tactics upon the Chares River for
years. Most of the have adopted H. and Columbia
fairly outdoes tue original. plainly taking the water
first, with Harvard close after, Williams and Wesleyan
next. Yale did not make a rapid start and Trinity,
Cornell aud Dartmouth Jagged little. Princeton evil
IDENTIFY has not made science OF starting "a she was
the last off again to-day just she in the Fresh
man race, On the whole. however, II an
admirable start; the best probably ever witnessed
IN ithis country The advantage OF Columbia
and Harvard was very slight, only "a few feet each,
but it was quickly improved by the application OF few
quick strokes which at the end OF O yards had placed
Columbia, who retained her advantage an oars length
ahead of Harvard, who in turn led Wesleyan the same
distance. Threefourths OF a boats length interyenod
between tho prows OF Wesleyan and Harvard. while
Williams. who at the very beginning had temporary
advantage, began to fall back till she almost
length behind Yale. Dartmouth and Cornell wcre tug
gng nightly abreast OF each otler which they contin
ued to do till the very finish, and though Trinity Was
pretty well back, Princeton had already pecepu0y as
sumed the position OF guard. As the array swept
by at the quarter mile in this order the began to
assume defniteness.
THE FRONT OF THE CONTEST.
The four great crews, snguary enough, were started
side and side Nos. 4, G, and 7, Columbia on the west
AS she got enough advance Columbia cut across
the bows Of Dartmouth, taking very slight saut To-
ward Lese's Summer house. far up the east shore.
Yale and Harvard were after her at once IN precisely
the same direction fighting side by side, Yale behua
and tapping Harvard, while Wesleyan, which bad
already taken parallel course, of in the same dF
rection. Gradually the four separated from the rueh
Williams well steered but appeared TO have notions
Of her about the best course and headed strash'