The New York herald., 1874-07-19
HAIL COLUMBIA!
The Student Oarsmen Of America
on Saratoga Lake.
The Nine Crews Preparing
for the Contest.
SCENES ON THE SHORES.
THE Conthusias1n of
-~-o Multitude.
Predictions in Favor of For
mer Victors.
II III Il 5 II A r. T i
William Blaikie's Description of
the Battle.
G OIL u M BIA WINS.
The New York Boys Seize
the Flag.
VALE AND HARVARD FOUL.
The Wesleyans Second, the Cam
bridge Crew Third.
II M e, 10 MI. AZ Ia -.
The Wesleyans Second, the Cam
bridge Crew Third.
TIM l0M. AZ IA =.
Great Enthusiasm Over the New
York Boys.
Position Of the Herald Boat at
the Finish.

SARATOGA July, 49, 1874
"E1ere we are at the end Of the week; money
al spent; borrowing, by George TO-morrow's
Sunday, and no race -
These were the remarks of the average young
men Of college rate who had paid half dozen
times to ride to and iro between the village and
the Lake of Saratoga, fares varying each way from
nifty cents to S. For the past two days It has
been nearer the minimum.
But there have been glorious cOmpensations for
nj delay. Such nights to sleep through, such &C.
commodations for sleep, such springs to drink
from, such air to breathe, such beauty to see. 1t
could be truly said, in the trite joke OF the street.
"Ftne day for the race all the time-the bigger
human race,n OF which q great portion has been
here.
goodly number charge the weather, the
1tpples the inauspicous condolences OF good skies
and raging waves and malapropos hours to that
vague and nondescript being,
THE SARATOGA HOTEL KEEPER.
There is no such person here. A great battalion
or people possessing distributed powers, centring
nowhere in head, constitutes the Saratoga pro-
priet0rship. The hotels are so big that they have
NO boss, and one Of them is compelled, after pub
hshing string OF names OF lessees, to add, "&c.n
One or two ostensibly have master; but he is
Ike the poets river, 'Iost in the continuous shade
where rolls the oregon, and heard no sound save
it, own dashing."
Therefore the Saratoga hotel keeper, having no
entity. has responsibility, particularly for the
weather That part OF him which can be detached
from the great battalion is good deal smiied at
the behavior Of the lake, and lays it ali to Noon
THE MOON ON THE LAKE,
not Moon that guides the weary traveller on
his way. raises tides and affects the wind, but
Noon who Is the genius OF the lake, takes in the
tourist with greasy potatoes whitfield down to
waters, sells lemon pop at a quarter o bottle,
contributes nothing to the expenses of the
regatta and derives all the advantage therefrom.
The lake being generally destitute of habitations,
and Moons inn and the lake being synonymous, 1t
Ia agreed that Moons meanness extends to the
weather, and If Saratoga be abandoned of regat-
tas MOON is the cause.
GOING OUT.
The people took their way to the lake in sober
trim about eight O'Clock Saturday morning.
There was no need OF haste, as the excitement was
done, the bulk Of the students departed the la
dies too much discouraged to try the hard board
seats twice, and the Jehus bawled for loads in vain.
Still, with so large multitude, very
great thinning out must still leave large crowd.
Toward haltpast nine the march of wheels and
feet out past the club house and the race course
was steady and strong. The jockey boys, who are
1otered around the park gate and mocked the
passers with the prospect OF another fdsco.
'"Bie soutnerly wind, boss You'll have to come
ont on Monday or Thursday next!''
AT THE LAKE.
Moon was doing no business, and everybody had
leisurely breakfasted, even the poor crews who
had been stripped naked 10 the waist or hours in
the night Of the previous eve. The great ranges
OF plank seats were at first scarcely Inhabited at
all and presented q view OF orange peeiing and
rejected programmes through their open lattice
ehinks. The band stand, OF rustic cedar raised
among the oaks against the bluff, was depopulated
and no more musical sound was afforded than the
water plashing against the beach and wooden
sgangways and the steady tramp OF recruits upon
the boards. The judges raft, built on piles a
dozen rods from the snore, was like the abandoned
preaching stand OF an inundated congregation at
tprayer beneath the leaden ripples OF the lake.
The sun shone warm on the long, nearly oval, per-
|spect,ve OF Lake Saratoga, with Snake Hill at the
head OF the perspective, lying gnarled and woody
Nnpon the water, like wrinkled turtle; upon the
yellow sheaves of barley shining through the
uoves, upon the two points OF land tipped, the
o Ne with hoathouse and the other with belve-
de We. which enclosed the homestretch, ard upon
thet pair OF little steamers, already whstiing up
the starters and reporters Half dozen boats
weresrowing ON the lake.
TALK ON TIE GRAND STAND.
"lt VIII be hot pull under this SUM- said Mr..
wiping his forehead with q band
anna.
Dnder LeslieN cottage, where the family seemed
10 >be too indolent to have yet arisen, the college
stand disclosed the ten goDfaions scarcely moy-
ing on their poles and By quarter to ten this was
nIled again.
''The crews are all ny there" said Mr. CHEEKY
man. peepipG' through his spygIass; 'the lake is