The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-15

36, was already showing her metal, and
Dartmouth was doing surprisingly well
in the centre. The Howard's peculiar
stroke was noticeable, and, notwithstand-
ing want of uniformity of the boat,
there was certain spirit and dash which
argued for final triumph. The Yale
was rowing well together, and with the
finish Of long trained crew,
but the boat did not move as
her partisan, would have wished
and the perceptible pause at the end OF
each stroke seemed to settle the boat and
stop her hesdwuy.
The First Disaster of the Race
came to Yale, who fouled the first flag on
her course, which may have contributed
to set her back II little. Cornell pulled II
steady and deliberate stroke, after the
manner pursued by the freshmen on the
same water yesterday, and made aston
ishing headway with apparent ease, but
Harvard had eyidshtly set her mind Oh
good lead, and managed to keep it Gy
IN effort for long distance. The Colum
bia begun to draw up about the mile flag,
and for short time was second in the
race according TO the referee, though
the Cornells bow does not think she
was ahead of him at any time.
The race now presented a remarkable
spectacle. The first division of the ho-
tilla included Harvard, Columbia, Cor
nell and Dartmouth. Then after the
interval, Yale and Wesleyan came on
almost side by side, leading Brown,
Amherst, Williams, Princeton, Bowdoin
Hamilton and Union, who made up the
rear guard. Soon after the mile the lat
ter were ioined by Princeton who fell
to the rear.
Yale was delayed little, if any, by her
foul, and Brown makes no complaint,
though it was thought at one time that
she had struck flag in passin g near the
middle of the course. All dashed pros
perously and proudly up the
course, striving with every atom Of skill
and strength for the lead, but there was
little change in their relative positions
otter the first half mile. The crews
which took the lead retained it, and the
crews which first fell to the rear only
dropped farther and farther bacl, as the
van swept onward up to the mile and a
half. The boats and men stood the terri
blo strain bnvely. The crimson WAS
still ahead. Columbia perhaps next, and
Cornell third, though the difference be-
tween the three boats WAS but few feet.
The Dartmouth held her own, was pres.
ing the leaders hard, and was making u
fine appearance in the race. The Dart
mouths was cOnspicuously handsome
crew, rs they sped away down the course,
pulling with amazing yigor, and their
green caps picked them out plainly
from the field. If the observer
failed to recognize the magnificent ply
sioue of the men of the Dartmouth was
one of the grand surprises of the race.
The Yale, alas was soon to be another,
There was the Yale hanging on the
flank of the Dartmouth in perfect form,
with graceful, easy stroke, the after
stroke falling with absolute perfection.
Every detail was complete, and it was II
most beautiful sight; but how was it that
the Dartmouth, the unscientitic and de-
rided, kept that length or so ahead
is an ominous question. Still the
Yales partisans were not discour-
aged; the Yale had pulled II
waiting race always, they reasoned.
BetN cen mile and half to two mile
flags.
The Badly Needed Help
came to the Union and Hamilton in the
shape of disaster to ssme others mile
and a half ahead Of them. For a mile
and half the Princeton kept decent
position. At this point she dragged per-
ceptibly and it WAS remarked on board
the referees boat that she was likely to
take very low position. Mr.. NicOll,
the captain noticing the sudden drag OF
his boat, turned and observed that
Mr.. George Parmly, of New York, who
pulled No. 4, was steering straight before
hin, with fixed look and worked freely
at his oar. Nicoll had hardly called to
him, "For Heavens sake, Parmly, what 5
the matter" before Parmly dropped his
oar and fell back, sick and tainting, with
out reply, into the arms of Mr.. Van
Lenep behind him. The reward of long
period of labor and abstinence vanished
In moment the life went out Of
the boat and she fell mourntully out Of
the race log on the surface OF the lake.
The misfortune5 Of Brown and Yale were
less serious, consisting of 'crabs, though
these animals are by no means n joke in
boat race. The Brown men up to
mile and three-quar' ers were well for
ward in the second division, behind Yale
and Wesleyan, but ahead Of Princeton,
Bowdoin, Hamilton, Union, Amherst
and Williams. At this point Bradbury
No. 2 caught crab and Williams,
Amherst aud Bowdoin,went by them fly
ing. The Brown crew now put in squirt,
which attracted great admiration in the
steamers and carried them ahead Of Bow
doin and Williams, one place back OF old
Princeton, in the exact middle Of the
race, while Amherst managed to hold, in
spite of the terrible suffering of Good
now, the stroke, who was severely i'll,
the eighth position, Brown man
aged to hold on to the finish. Will
liams and Yale caught two 'crabs'
each, about there, and the Wesleyan
struck down flag without doing herself
much harm. These accidents changed
the face of things at the rear consider
ably, and in front the Cornell, by re-
quick dash, without apparently
any extra effort, drew ahead Of the
Harvard and Columbia so that she had
clear water, and the other two were left
to struggle desperately with one another.
The Wesleyan was pulling up very fast
here, and the Dartmouth looked as if she
could keep on at the same pace
for a week without difficulty. Now
was the time for Cook to be
heard from, Cornell was gaining more
and more, and the most effective spurt not
to be useless must come son. Cook
SAYS he did call for it, but it did not
come. The boat moved up little on
Dartmouth, but seemed to drag in dis-
way, AMI it was plain before
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