The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-18
THE FRESHMEN'S RACE AT SARATOGA

The following account from the New York Su
Of the great boat race at Saratoga on the 1911
inst, will be read with interest at this particula
time
At about noon the starting signal was given
the crews catching the water almost slnultan
eously, and all making good start. A close
and more exciting contest tnan then ensued has
never been seen in a freshman race. The
youngsters pulled with dash that older oars
men might be proud of. Brown got a trifie the
best of it shortly after the STAR running hel
bow tip q quarter length ahead of Corr ell which
could Just be called second, while Princeton and
Harvard were third and fourth. 1t was close
work, and there was really no difference to
speak Of.
ALI rowed steadily down the course, the Har-
ward youngsters swinging finely, but catching
| the water only fairly. Brown splashed q trfe,
and seemed bit nervous, and near the hall
mile Harvard had showed her nose IN front oil
| both Brown and Princeton. Cornell had at this
| point also quickened trife, and was the first
| boat. 1t required powerful glass, however. to
detect the changes, SO slight were they. Prince
| ton steered out of her curse, but quickly ran
| back into it again. At the half mile Cornell led,
| with Harvard second, Brown third, and Prince
ton fourth. At the three-quarters it was plainly
perceptible that Harvard's stroke was telling
| and she gradually forged ahead, and at the first
mile had light out decided lead. At this point
Brown had crept up 20 second place, and Cornell
dropped back to third. The orange and black
cOlOrs hepU IOuTln place, ana sJlli tn6re was
scarcely half a Length of clear water between the
first and the last boat 1t was one of
THE CLOSEST CONTEST EVER SEEN
between such number of boats. A milar con.
test tomorrow between the thirteen Il iversity
crews would be worth crossing the ocean to see.
1t was anybody's race at this point, with not
boats length between the four crewe But soon
Harvard and Brown slowly forged ahead and
Princeton began picking up little and quicken
ing her stroke as she cid so. They were plucky
youngsters, and ere half the race was rowed had
got back to third place, leaving Cornell in the
f,urth. Harvard's stroke was the prettest Of the
four, faulty perhaps, but showing capacity for
future development. Brown was nervous and
rolled little. as did Cornell, but those Ithaca
boys have vim in them, and though their stroke
was not sty lish one, they hung grimly on to the
ether three and would not be shak Off
The mile ard half was made by Engelhardts
trusty chronograph in minutes and 30 seconds
Harvard still led, with Brown. Princeton and
Cornell following closely in the order named. By
this time some one boat should have drawn de-
cidedy to the front, but they stood almost as
they did at the start, and twenty-four sunburned
backs swung back and forth nearly on a line with
each other. At the three-quarters the positions |
were unchanged, but as the four crews dashed |
toward the mile range of fags, Harvard put ON a |
little more steam, and her lead was increased to
over half length. Brown pluckily held on to |
the second place, leading Princeton quarter of |
length, while Cornell was scarcely quarter OF |
Tne Ithaca boys, with stroke not over thirty. |
six to the minute, pulled as fresh az when they |
started and held their own. The boats dashed |
past the two-mle flags in IL minutes and 81 Sec
onds-n0t bad time for freshmen. Harvard was |
still leading, with Brown, Princeton and Cornell |
closely following, and the same slight interval |
separating them. Up to this point there had |
not been clear water between the boats since
they started. The roar on the grand stand and |
along the lake shore increased and the partisans
a mr. ga oil
the air with shouts of encouragement Over all |
was heard the var-cry of Harvard, which has 80
often cheered the crimson colors on to victory.
CoRNELLs SPLENDID VICTORY.
The youngsters in the van swung back and
forth furiously at their work, but so did the
Browns and the Princetons and the Cornells. 1t
was anybody's race yet. AS the Brown crew
covered the eighth of a mile the port bow or port
waist (and there no time to see which,
slipped his oar and caught crab, and they were
/ couple of lengths behind before the stroke was
'egalned. Cornell slipped easily by and took
hird place. Nothing daunted by her mishap,
he Browns, urged by Parrot, the plucky strohe
oent to their oars with WILL and, quickenng
heir stroke, began rapidly to regain the lost dis
ance.,, Inch by inch they crowded up to the
% nell, until their bow tips were opposite one
mother, and both were overtaBing Princeton.
At about the hall mile Cornell overlook Prince
on, and inch by inch forged ahead of her. At
he three quarters Brown did likewise, and then
ne posltlonS were HarVdTu COrnell, Brown and |
'rinceton, though it was difficult to tell which
7as ahead, Ell -rvard or Cornell. AT the beginning
the last eighth of mile all the crews quick |
ned their stroke. All thought of form and
lyle was lost in the desperate struggle which
ollowed to the finish CornelPs boat fairly
1mped as the stroke quickened, and inch by
lch she forged ahead. The Harvards did their I
est and so did the Browns and the Pfincetons; !
ut the Cornell crew dashed past the finishing c
inners of the first honors ever scored by their /
ollege in an intercollegiate race. Harvard was t
ext, five seconds later, and Brown and Prince /
N came in at intervals of two seconds after :
award. The official time is Cornell, 1892:
award, 1874; Brown, 1885,; Princeton,
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