New-York tribune., 1875-07-14
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
VICTORY OF THE CORNELL FRESHMAN
CREW.

Of lHE SVhNIhh
CREW.
THE DAY ALL THAT COULD DE DEsIRED-NO DELAYS
IN srARTING-PAILURE OF THE sINGIE-sCUIL
RACE-THE RACE To BE RowED AGAIN TO-DAY
CORNELL THE VICTOR IN THE FRESHMAN RACE.
The University contests at Saratoga began
Yesterday with the single-scull race, for which
there had been seven entries. Five men with
drew, leaving the representatives OF Yale ana
Harvard to contest tie race. Owing to mis-
understanding, the Yale boat did not appear,
and the Harvard boat was rOwed over the
course alone. The race will be repeated TO-
day. The Freshman race was contested Dy
The crews of Harvard, Cornell, Brown, ana
Princeton. The Cornell crew won the race by
q surprising squirt at the finish. Brown lost
the victory by Catching a crab" Harvard
was second.
THE STUDENTS IN POSSESSION OF THE
TOWN.
TUESDAYS RACES AN ATTRACTION TO COLLEGE MEN,
If NOT TO THE REST OF THE wORLD-THE REIGN
OF RlBBONs-soCIAL AMUSEMENTs OP THE
tr,.prNTs-JouS MoRRIssEY's PLACE MORE FIRE.
ouENTHD by STUDENTS THAN IN IA.
lBY TELEGRAPH FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE
TRIBUNE.l
SATArOGA July 13.-Just as one star difereth
from another star in glory, the Freshman race Is
of inferior magnitude 10 the larger contest tonor
row; but its nferiOrity is in kind rather thah III
degree To the college world, whose axis now runs
through Saratoga County, it is full OF interest.
When the athletic honor Of their college is con-
eerned the upper classman and the graduate VIII
sbout themselves hOarse TO encourage Freshmen as
1 the
tbev were Freshmen themselves again. lhe pha-
lanx of sicht-seers will come tomorrow, ana the
elasticity of the corporate limits of Saratoga VIII pe
taxed 10 the uttermost; but to-day the town belongs
In the students. One sweep of the eye is PROOF
enough OF this.
IN fashion of ribbons has risen to a rage to-day,
and the whole population has lowered out INTO all
the possible and impossible colors OF the lalhpo"'
There are fanllies divided against themselves on
color lines wLer the father stands by the lae biue'
and the son rebels in favor of Columbia, going him
one better on blue and white, while the daughter
elnps TO her sweehearts coors and enters her FAM
ing protest for Harvard One carriage that drove to
the lake, filed with merry throng, was curlonsy
and evenly divided in this way, Yale and Columbia
disputino the majority The coachman was the bal
ance of power and he carried the day by the blue
pennant TO his whip. The three delegations wmch
are strongest are Yale, Columbia and Harvard, anu
which has the plurality would be hard to say. lhe
numbers of each mount up into hundreds Princeton
has a strong backing while the other colleges are
made known by bright patches of color here and
there.
In the panses of discussion and prediction as to
the results of the contests aggregated Young Amer
lea goes into the business of Irritation with system
and an energy that would do credit to more ln-
portant and intricate transactions. All the girls
will agree that il would be well if they adhered TO so
Innocent pursuit. But the splendors Of Mr. Nor
risseys magnificent drawing room allure even those
accustomed to seeing fine parlors, and his
Select Institute is said to lie crowded
nightly with students. Last year, there were so
many objections raised to Saratoga, because Mr.
Morissey was member of the business community
and because of his peculiar method OF making
living that the students generally avoided his man
ton which, in the rural districts, is supposed to pre-
,ent an interior of solid gold varied with precious
,opes as big as eggs and to have subterrancan con-
nection with the bottomess pit This year the fear
pf scandal seems to have left them, fully onehaf OF
he PLAYERS being reported to Inc college men. Large
stories are told of the good luck which some of them
have enjoyed.
But there are many men here of a steadier sort
With all the immature and weak faces that meet
,ou in a crowd of students, and with all the marks
Of dissipation and frivOity that can read there
lhe hosts of college who are filling every hotel
and covering every sidewalk in Saratoga to-day are
IN the main hearty and manly looking set of fcl-
lows. Of which no country and no college need be
ashamed