Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-20
the SARATOGA REGATTA.
THE COLUMBIA WINS THE RACE.
THE WESLEYAN CREW SECOND
raie Leads, but her Rudder breaks
n Very GXoitinc Contes,

| ~ cry GNoitin. Contest
| SARATOGA, July lS-Two days delay and two
| dlsappointments TO more than twenty thousand
| persons was enough to take away a large part OF
Their interest even n regatta like this. The
crowd on both days, however, exhibited ths ut.
most patience end good humor.
| TIE START
| white puff ofsmoke at 10 a o'clock, told Tint
the slgne' for starting had been given, aud by
| Tie time the sounds reached the stands the III ~
was mp and ?" knew that the contest had fairiy
begun.
An was gaesswork for the irst ten MINUTES, as
the boats could not be distinguished. Then
upon the signal stand Columbias hag was run
up with The Harvard, Trinity and the Princeton
| IN order, aud then loud aud prolonged cheers
rang out.
Three minutes later the flags showed that the
| Yale was IN advance, with Columbia and Har
verd following. The crews then became distlu-
guishabie seemingly IN bunch, than mile down
| the lake.
10 retarn to stlrt'rg point /: At the sigr al all
the L oats GOT on ~ h1e style. Harvard took the
lead, with Wesleyan second aud Yale third. fol-
lowed by Columbia, Trinity, Williams, Cornell
ana Princeton III the order named
| Inc Hsi yard boys rowed thrty-four strokes to
the minute and Kept it up. The Yale crew rowed
| about thirty-siX strokes to the minute Williams
was not f-,ter, but Trinitys stroke was much
| faster.
In the second mile. Yale, it is unanimously sc.
khowiedSed, lad the lead OF all, and Harvard was
second.
lhe Harvard then ran into the ale. breaking
the latters rudder end tipping he boat so tue bow
broke his oar
Ysle at once fell behind. The uaiyerd crew
assent that the collision was Yale's fault as she
TOOK haiNards wafer. Captain Cook denies
THIS, and the general testimony support HIM
lhe feeling between tie two crews is very bit.
ter.
While flaivard and ale were tang led, Columbia
shot ahead. As the boats entered the finish the
scene from the stand was Very exciting. Columbls
led all ineIy by more thsu L boats length, with
Harvard second and Wesleyan, generally mistaken
lor Yale, third.
Within a short distance Of the stake boat the
wesleyan crew made splendid spurt and drew
aheld OF llarvsrd, taking the second place
Others came in at different distances behind
The Wesleyan crew claims foul on Columbia
The general result Ia unsatisfactory, Com
paratvely lew persons save Collegians aud
friends were present, and the hotel stauu
was not half tccup,ed. Yae failure To come
IN takes great Fart of the interest awsy
aud her friends al clPim the race to be fair
ly hers
There Pre- te:s making that the race will
be rowed over. All the crews were affected
by the prolonged anxiety and IL Is feared
that some will be III. All have lost a great
deal of sle p by their anxiety. Reeves, of
the Columbia, tainted when the race was
over.
THE JUDGES DECISION.
SARATOGA. July lS.-The following is the
official decision OF the judges OF tho race to-
day. Columbia LIST, Wesleyan %. Harvard
3D., Williams 4th, Cornell 9TH, Dartmouth
9th, Princeton and Trinity doubtful, Yale
Oh.
on account OF the resignation of the lime
keeper, communicated 10 the Judges iMmed-
lately, before the departure OF the referees
boat, no oi!iclsl time h'S been reported 10
them.
The follow ing claims of foul made TO the
referee in accordance with Rule IL, were de-
cided as follows: Harvard VS.. Yale and Yale
VS.. Harvard, claims dlsallowed In accord
ance with Rule IA. Yale's claim not enter
tanned, as Yale violated Rule and 5, under
which the race was rowed
Wesleyan VS.. Columbia, not sustained, as
the steering of each boa. was somewhat wild
with no apparent wiIiful attempt TO foul.
This decision Is In accordance with rule IA,
Although no special time was taken, Com
modore Ii. G.. Brady recorded the lime OF
the Columbia l6 42!, Wesleyan l6. so, Hsr-
ward 10 "a, Williams ls0s!.
The Dsrtmouths claim 10 have come in
fourth.
The boats used by ths crews were from Is
to 90 feet length, aud all except that OF Dart
mouth, Princeton, Trinity, and WESLEYAN
we've q inches width. The weight OF the
boats ranged between 40 and $50 pounds.
SCHEME To ACQUIRE MEXICAN THRRIroRY
The San Francisco Commercial Herald OF
the 9th says;
Very important Information has reached
us from what We deem pn authentic source,
to The effect that overtares have been made
by the Mexican government TO that of the
United States TO cede all the territory of the
former lying north of line OF Ia: | tude drawn
directly from the mouth Of the Rio Grande
to the Pacific Ocean. and that the matter
will engross the attention OF Congress at lis
next session, with the greatest probability
OF its AZ sptsnce. What are 10 be tue con-
sideratons for this cesaion of territory We
are not informed, and II is likely that the
point has II ot yst bsen settled. One thing 10
positive: a number OF our heaviest capital
ists and bold operators have very recently
been actively In pursuit OF mines lying In
the territory t. be csdsd. Several 10 Lowtr
California have already changed hsIds, and
mining engineers have been dispatched TO
Sonera and chihuahua. 1t is evident to US
that much commotion exists about this mat.
ter in certain circles. aud that there is good
foundation for the report. BY this arrange
ment the United States will acquire Nusva
Leon, Coahuils, Chihuahua, Sonora, Lower
California, and portions OF Sinalss and Dur