Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-07-21
The College Regatta.

The regatta on Saratoga Lake 81
Wednesday was Il complete success, and re-
sultinc in the success of the Cornell crew
made a wondelf ul record for thtt college
his wear. as it won in the Freshman race
the day before. The follow ng is til"
Springfield Republinm'S account Of the
University race:
At a quarter past twelve, the signal WIS
riyen. 1t was impossible To say which
boat caught the water frs. - even Wa
The start, but Harvard, Dartmouth. Cor
nell and Columbia speedily drew them
selves clear of the rest and passed the first
h .f mile in that order. Cornell pulling ut
Sc to the minute. Columbia IS, and Dart
mouth and Harvard, II each. Close be
hind was Brown. pulling IS, and Yale -.
The slowe>t strokes on the lake ii .milton
and Union, were out Of the race after the
first eighth of II mile, but both pulled with
pluck to the finish. At the mile Cornell
mad taken the lead from Harvard. Colum-
bia had pulled up with Dutm mth AMI
md was pulling 4 neck and neck race
with her. Brown. pulling plendldly. WAS
lose behind and opening the gaps between
ale and Wesleyan 1t evt.y >.roke. All
the crews We're now bucklcd down 10 hard
work. but owing to The roughnes> of the W /
ter none We're pulling 50 evenly ~ the did
Freshmen crews Yesterday. Cook Of de
aught two q abs III The start. aud early in
he second mile Bradbury of Brown caught
!, bad one. SO much - that til il boat fell
mack To about IL. Gtle Wesleyan. Will
lams. Amherst and Bowloin all shooting
,hc;td. The halfway point WAS reached
much in the same ORDER, Cornell :; cle.,r
two-lengths ahead. Harvard and Columbit
sharp seconds and Dartmouth almost uerk-
lnd-ntck with them. b hind them :,
>hlrp struggle WAS going on between
Wesleyan and Yale for the fifth position.
but 1T the second mile. Wesley IN h-ui
won it. Meanwhile. another sharp con
test was going on for the seventh position
oetwccn Amherst and Btown. who hta
both dropped Bow loin an Will ans.
The race for the last htlf-milr between
hcsc two crews WAS one 81 til. prr;ii,.>
sights of the day. Nrck-tmd-n,ck the,
anne down t. The gran stan I. and almost
nerk-and-nrck they passed. the finish, bI.
Amherst four >ccon ! ahead In The it>.
half of the second mile. Van L,unrp. th,-
zig man in the Princeton boat i,,iAicl.tn /
they drew ont of The race.
IT. >tuI1f' tlDN Ia Ill lt-t ii III III 1T
VAS fine. bat not - brilliant. IL ihr nnl>l
of the Freshmen race. T. those OF US h"
we're ste ,uing sidc-hv->i,!c with the crews.
Cornell seemed Il sure winner, and the IN
tere>t ccnlercd in the Sir IgrIe for tn. sec
ond place between Culumbi.,. Harvard am
Dartmouth. which WAS close. clear TO Ih,.
finish. And nov W. could hear HE ruai
Of voices from the grand staff. and could
see the crews rebuilding their ,tfnr.> al
the oars. Two OF three OF the men in ii IL
Yards boat Wee evidently htkel. In
obey never let mp for an instant. Cook an !
The Yale men l.,bored until it seemed a.
Though something must givr WAY. bat ii
WAS all of no avail. ~ the hoIl> nrtrcd
he grand stand. The few c .rnrll mn rs
Sembled there cll"ercd brlvrlv. but Il,
chief excitement W Is between friends OF
Harvard and Columbia. VINO were htlt
wild. just in the last eighth OF 4 mile. on,
Of Coumbia utr-mcn caught 4 rrtn. In
recovered quickly. and. >partimr hard
they came over the line >hor, h ali l,.n.ti
ahead of Harvard. who in turn WAS clos |
pressed by ID t;tmouth. Wesleyan. Itir.
Amherst and Brown punched clu>,. behind.
The IribHH,' account says Dartmouth
was one of the grand surprises Of ;tr r.,c...
md that WHEN her men came in ;hry look
cd As if they cDull keep on 1t tn sam
pace for a week without diff atty. The
Dartmouth boys sly tn V wou.l have don,
better had their boat been properly rir.eJ
for the rough water-as it wa~. whenever
they attempted to squirt they ship,,e VA
ter. and had to give Ii up. The Amherst
crew made 4 good show. although the
boa. WIS in bad condition AMI on. of tLei,
men WAS no. tit t. he in The race. Fin, time.
was. Cornwall. los II: Columbia. 1-ot
IL; Harvard. LOO ; Dartmouth. l1-1o
j.; Wesleyan. l1-l3 81: Yale. l1-lI 81
Amherst. l7-2o 81 Brown, l. 81 81
Williams. l1ij. 81 Bowd,in. l7-.5p 81
Hamilton, Union and Princeton not taken
The Cornell boys received Il great ovation
on returning 10 Ithaca,