The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-22

| or without reason, whenever anybody else
Is making a noise. But Columbia roared
nd roared again, and then again, many
syllabled and vigorous. The glancng oars
draw nearer and nearer, and we fancy we
can see the boats. We do see them, and
are beginning to try and count the shape of
the foremost out at the east Down comes
Oolumbas blue and white from the signal
staff, and up goes the unstroaked blue of
Yale. At the mile and half
line, the race half rowed. Yale is ahead,
1t seems. Now it Is Yalc's turn, and all
the west of the stand is howl of excite
ment and n whirlwind of blue-ribboned
hats in their turn. This is getting too hot
for us to keep our places. We get ready
to run and lift up our voices to shout. You
see the whole crowd leaning forward, sway
ing with the rise and fall OF the oars out
there on the still water, looking with all
their soul in their eyes except what is in
their Threats, and yelling all the college
yclls at once. Then-it is too far yet to
make out tue crews or read with glass
the big numbers on their backs-we see the
signal-man busily engaged with bundle
OF flags. There is cluster of men and
women on the signal-boat, and to them
shouts some one from an upper seat in the
| turbulent synagogue which bushes for the
| answer.
who is it? Quick! Who is it,"
The men are too excited to hear, or too
busy to answer, but girl on the stand cries
clearly over the brief space of water:
columbia now"
= ilurTaii hurran nurran C'O-L-
Md A-h-A-A ana Il thunder
STORM Oh vloieht cheering tOllOWs. ms Is
inc last Oh the accented yen. WIN Column
pa aueau AT !he end OF the second mile, the
uoys can nlih9 their stops lhey grow
wliuer ana louder ana hoafser, every man
on ms iee', every women on her iect blue
ana wnltc rlODons nutterlng, everything
mat Is blne ana whltc Ill the AIR. New
YORK ana New YORK cry ilrst IN the great
race ana only mie TO come. ihey tor
get inc proVerolal Iales OF the lasi mile.
Ihey forget ,haI iaiNard' VINO Is second,
| rows Ueu'N ooa', ana conncls hdlu
racing Wlcthcr Shc WIN or not lhey onlV
see tle oiue ana WNl'e ATOP on the staii,
ana IL tlelr enthusiasm VIII 90 any good
they throw II AL III gratis.
NOW, then, the smells nave drawn so
near that we can p'ta."nt the LEADERS. one
Is clearly aheao' Keeping ne lhlddic course
50 stIa'Snty ,na' we W"liaer II II mas oeeh
"'eau anu lau lhe cnoicc OF water al the
way. ne Que ana Whiic Is sl!i up--it
must be, II IS Columbia. Inc men win the
| -, ~ ~ 4, ~, 7i7
on lhe shoulders OF me DOW oar, ana
how beautifully the boys are pulling out
mere as steadily ana c"olly rs on a prac-
tice IMP without break or llaw, Ii is not
the best stroke on the iakc-the easiest al-
ways, nut not to the eye the most forceiul
but mere IL Is leadlng the nine crews'Wlth
threc lengths OF clear water httore us near
est neighbor There IS muscle ana There
are Drains in that boat. IT. comes on stead
ny, ana ike tate, win nothing gaming on
1t, nothing pressing it, and pulling thirty
elght as easily as IL every man were fresh
Ill MS seat we did not know then that nc
VINO was carrying the crew through SO
grandly and bringing out the thunders OF
| applause from the shore was putting all
MS reserve mo his oar, ma swinging away
with teeth set aud as It the wood had
cleaveu 10 his hand. waiting only Tor the
END 10 give up and drop absolutely power
less. lie ana not snow II none OF them
showed any sign OF WEAKNESS or weakness
but sent the forty ieet OF cedar smoothly,
ana tremendously Wlthal, straight along
NeHt-Who IS next harvard was sec
ohu ag0,ahu tie crowds uhler the magenta
shouted 10 hcr tliat slie must cross me span
OF wafer that maze ncr second. but
hanging on harvard lett hand, ana some
thirtY Ieet west OF Colunpias course, Is
oioWh-oackcu crew puiiing miShtiIy IN
brave spurt' anu nouhu lor second place
now ana lor Hrst pace IL that may
ne, hereafter; III Is a orleI struggle liar-
varu ~ spurtlns, 700 anu WIN quicker
strOke tii'i her IiNai' out sue lalis men by
i iri oe,li'lu. lit. new confer l!ps iier,
gilues on sWlitiy' inc 10" nearest US mas
passed .ne lurthers ,heh waivers nue. ana
men runs 9't sWlitiy anu Is past ior good
IN sccoiiu sceills' though IL Is longer
'neIe Is Il NV oi cicar Tdlcr' WIN inc nc"
crew aIicau VI VI ~ aIo harvard pen,nu VINO
Ha. !" NC pu' NcslJS d" nni W esieyah
IL Is anu inc laVeh,ieI goes ABOVE Tue CHM
sun anu u s'entoi IAN rilcct 's'es suuuei',
y win inc great No,uihe OIL hooIihg' anu
men passes away anu Is los'' NOW, Yc
nle.nouis.s' "u, one ooaI 10 pas Can
you 10 we hh"W you WIN tIy' pul
,neie a,o ipul Icnstns ~ Gun oclo,c YOU
zap, On 'ney COME Coluiioia steady ana
swift, anu WESLEYAN straning every muscle
I'll tie ,eiripic Jug iialNaIu kteps up, put
can 90 no more. where ~ Aale! MOI III
sight eVeh' unless that DC she almost
nho,ionless OUT III 'he iahe, lelling every
pody pass her' something must nave hap
peheu' put Wnat 90 we care lor iilat mere
III inc nea' Vi inc iisht' anu ,he emu SO near
NOW away uuI so','e seven ienS'ls nack Oh
Tue tuSSlhS iaNehuer anu crimson are thIee
crews pret.y evenly hlatcheu apparently,
ana WIN niue ohahc &c, except Tor the fourth
piace among 'he,i' nc nearest nave green
aps-Daltlloutli' lhe pulIeIs OF ioriy-odd
10 .he minute, pulling now desperately ana
win inc ,usl o'ls OIL iorcc ieit IN them; ont
coming Gown at tearing pace linen
somepouy WIN plue- no purple caps;
Wna., Wiiila"is, ana SO wen placed ana
WIN SO ihuch go iell III her SO ia'e Ill lhe
race. Inc other crew Is cornell she
whom SICKNESS vls'tc'i so hardly our
ing the last week OF practice' lhey
come on III cluhp' one hrst now, now
announcer, "iliiams sleadlest OF the three
Ou. 10 lhe heiu are Princeton ana TRINITY,
anu away Oh, Slowly pauuilnS towards lhe
,i Is az Anu now IN iess man a
minute II VIII DC Won' ana II ooiuhola
can hold her STEADY stroke she VIII nave