The New York herald., 1874-07-21

No wonder that crew, rom the State OF the tim
sss gives saSh saS p,ck soSS
many such as ne It WIN be uphill work lor any,
even professionals TO beat y. How to make this
that this pretty sport Of running sets on the good
points In q well formed man better than does rae
| ing He s less constrained and less boxed up.
SO all in that little glen II was evident
At to test his mettle to the utmost. The bell has
strucs, the next five minutes have passed and they
Nsvs9 nays he heard s.5 an od long distance
Princeton. He must have pluck or lack discretion
Tor he entered AL four Of the running races Now
dash for the lead. One man got it, but his name
was not Copeland. lt was tnat Free Methodist,
and did with suca skill ssas neore 'sSe sSey
struck tne ts quarter he was zoo feet behind Al
s it ap R s sape
Van Dewcnter did not causing him, doubtless, to
the Oe Be5s they once
OF the long name had 500 feet to do to catch she
second man; That man was Copeland and earlier
found mis- match he being tired from a last mile,
@ wMIe Downs Downs was fresh. A the ;hree:quaTtef
e he done doSn ~es his sscckss
striped stocking OF wesleyan. Now see them both
spin along, Tor Copeland wnl tolerate no ,oaing.
hands about three inches below his waist and
higher till the finish when he dropped them to his
knees , and shot IN across the line. He then beat
st Was 0 not here anS now because S e
ankle; the second, because he ID not eligible. As
ssse enS aGns Of The Fss m aRa
copeand's hot nrst race begins to snow
It's a se ea %
sasSsa e.,ss aos'ss s ss ss sss 'Sss
taught his men to hold theirs Wien @ tHe1 row. S:
A good way too The flesh on the top OF his back
moistens the whole region and drh es away all
lever: No sweat yet seen on Downes. He was
his his work, not looiing with ANY any ' one. partly
fool WITH unmindlul OF tue slovenly stocking or
the gaping, cheering crowd, or aught else save his
mile he is leading Princeton % nearly a quarter.
But what shall he do with CopeandY lie does
about the best put them by the END Of the
sixth quarter. But now he sets himself at
w Sr he ya gains rapay going
arms are heavy. Tne latter Keeps his hands open
the otner his clinched, and now, by the seventh
But he does not look ike one WHO
naked Methodist never slackens for lear a sharp
burst might draw him level AT the two-mlle post
you may safely call the gap $50 feet But Copeland
cnases now so hard as to dl aw warm words OF en-
cOuragement from the nne old. whlte-haired
Jenny O'Brien and many other great men. A
tall, graceful fellow on the right, with band of
rlbbond, alternating crimson and white, watches
him now with eagerness. 1t is one who might
have been at mis- side, Wendell Goodwin. OF Har.
ward. TWO miles and half are done, and
the gap IS now OF yards hundred. Now
on the eleventh quarter his rival spurts, and
comes up last; but these spurts terrible things
poor Cnpeland's step has shortened and the virtue
Is gone clean out OF him. His antagonist, at the
to see him; and here Is pretty thing, Tor
inside n,,S m the iencs tall, sunburnt fellow,
the fence and coaches him. the second man
Is Timpson. OF Columbia, doing another Of these
low to DO. II was almost az pleasant sight as the
fatherly PRIDE in the eye OF Judge Rapallo OF the
Appeals, as saw WI hlm reach out mis- hand to the
good waist oar in the winning boat OF saturday.
But all to no purpose This race IL Downs, and py
200 Yards he leads the Cayugan as he shoots IN
across the line No time Is lost, and five minutes
after the bell on come
1t ten times In l20 yards and you will sweat. SO
frst and the Judges tape line with it IN TIVE twent1
seconds and half and Allan Maynard, Of Prince
on the ground that Maxwell had touched hurdle
with his hand, but the claim was not allowed.
No one mas started yet iOr home.
THE SEVEN NILE WALKING CONTEST.
=. The excitement. Il anything increases, ior now |
ing themselves tough and fit to walk at racing
pace on this hot afternoon ''Over seven long |
miles" One of them, from the Berkshire hills is
six feet high. Another from the metropolis, looks |
hardly more than tnree; Price is mis- name.
Sontner ; Of to c9arne in CANDY red cap looks
game. All have stripped save Eager, OF Dart |
mouth, who beneves in Keeping on his trowsers, |
Williams IS large legged and little oggy, but |
gorgeous in purple tights, while wee little Prlce,
Tullius Cicero and the rest like coddsn. limp
son. the Columbian, bowed, was entered, but stays
sse Of 0 the Wesleyan ySa
sion. TWO more OF that gallant crew, and one OF
ae% n e e @ e em the them alt he
mighty strong in the legs, elegantly developed
anve a 0v and soas wh the Yanks SSv heaS
maiics he took ave green hands ana
made Of it last Saturday as they gaoped down
the lake and came in almost first. This is Eustls,
the captain OF the Wesleyans.
This was far the granoest race Of all, and have
all its minntiG down to the smallest trne. How
@ ey p all al trey HF like ns ns worn %Sa nsSer
1fs Hno,s them snDw to the how og
Price, pale as an East River ghost did dodge
around between their legs; how souther got tired
too thick and ne did likewise now the smiling
Heermans would break often into rum until the
him. how happy Gansters Gs looked 10; Ssaa'"se as he
snserea ths on MS HuSpSe how through al
, one Weaiy 4ies Eustis kept gaming
himself, stood up for Heermans; how the little fel-
low Price pegged away gamely but then pegged
out at last; and how, at the end, Eustis grandly
whipped them all by 700 feet. And how proud
they may well be down in Mddletown OF this lame
oar and mathematician. But l must stop, for
l have already written long; but every other
man and woman who saw those races agrees with
me, Know that they are glad they went tnat
throughout all the races there were no fouls. no
rowdyism but all went as 1t should. and that the /
students themselves showed in hundred ways
that they were delighted with them
The boat race on time next year and these races
promptly after, and all Will say that the regatta
week Is twice as good as IL need to be-
WILLIAM BLAIKIE.
THE HARVARD AND YALE COL
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