Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-15
The University Race at saratoga Yes
terday-GrsPhic Description OF the
Contest from the Start TO
the Close.
Scenes and Incidents AcCur AtelJ Photo.
graphed-A Prin eetOn Oarsman
Paints from OVer-ExertiOn
Grabs.
Participants In the Racs-Ihe Winning
Crew, and the Official Details
OF Time-The Balls, Etc.

New YORK, July 1.-THE IFibmpe's
special correspondent at Saratoga gives
the following graphic account OF the
University race: At forty.five minutes
past ten o'clock this morning the signal
gun doomed forth the word of command
to the crews to gather at the starting
line. The threatening breeze did not
deter them, and they began to slowly
center at the rendezvous. That speck
/ which appeared on the water just now
put forth its long legs with an instan-
taneous Darwinism, and grew from
dot to line, and from line to an ar
row was the BoWdoin, her
white caps rivaling those on which
she rode. She was in line at eleven
o'clock, and waited for her more tardy
contestants. The Union soon made her
appearance, pulling over from the south
side of the hill. The Cornell followed,
pulling in good form, and was now the
object Of eager attention, since her victo-
ry of yesterday gave birth to
! predictions of another success. The
! Brown now took her station
| by her pirate flag, and Williams came
next. Harvard was next in order, not
| pulling in best of form. Princeton was
| the seventh boat to reach its place, while
Hamilton, Amherst, Wesleyan and Co.
| lumbis all preceded Yale. When this
| boat approached, the favOrite of betters
and sportsmen, and pride of so many
! friends and foes, it was impossible to re-
press the cry of admiration. This might
not be the winning crew; there might
not be here the pluck or luck that secures
! victory; but this was poetry OF motion,
! the steady stroke, the rise and fall of
Cady, the rythmatic sweep Of the oar,
the perfect unity of the crew made the
entry Of the Yale crew, one of the
epochs Of the day. The six oars moved
like one. l dare say each heart beat
like sixty. Dartmouth was last
though not least, as the sequel shows
her big men hammering away at their
short, quick strokes. AS usual, the gath
ering was worth q review. The half
naked boys, brown as Indians, were the
flower OF physical development of the
American college. Their muscles stood
out full and firm as iron, and the beauty
of their tanned backs and shoulders was
enough to convince one that fiesh-cOlOr
ought to be bronze. In each boat the six
heads bend as if by a machine; the oars
fly back; the long brown boats crouch
like dogs held in leash, their noses thrust
out, every cord is strung, and waiting
for wOrd-t9 fly. At last they were ready.
The antique gun missed fire, and Mr..
Gunster, reduced to natures signal,
called out: care you ready?" A mo-
ment of dead silence and suspense, while
each man counts three under his breath;
then, "Gow They shoot like arrows
from bows. The start was made at u :035.
The seventy-eigbt cars flashed ct once,
and in all the line not a boat missed its
stroke. Harvard, according to an old
tradition, gained the best start, the
Cornell crew, the men Of the hour, gained
the next best, and pulled away neck and
neck with the Harvard. At first the
difference was scarcely perceptible, but
soon the Cornell was seen tC pass the
Williams ON the extreme west of the
line and to have an apparent lead of
everything on her side of the course.
On the Snake hill side the Harvard shot
out, driving the Hamilton on one side
and the Union on the other, and it was
not long before she had the lead on the
Yale. The center boats were pretty
well punched, and the green caps OF the
Dartmouth, Brown and Wesleyan boats
were well to the front. At a half
mile the positions of the crews were as
follows: Cornell, Harvard, Dartmouth
and Columbia in the front rank; Yale,
Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Brown and Am
herst close up; Princeton and Williams
were slightly behind; further back the
Union and Hamilton had things all to
themselves. The race at this point was
fine, with Harvard ahead, Cornell pull
ing cleanly about thirty-three strokes a
minute, Columbia at thirty-six already
showing her mettle, and Dartmouth do
ing well. In the center the Harvard
peculiar stroke was noticeable and not
withstanding a want of uniformity in
the boat, there was a certain squirt and
dash which augured well for a final
triumph. Yale was rowing well to-
gether and with the finish Of long
trained crew, but the boat did not move
as her partisans would have wished, and
the perceptible pause at the end Of eacn
stroke seemed to settle the boat and stop
her headway. The first disaster Of the
race came to Yale, who fOuled the first
flag on her course, which may have con-
tributed to set her bEck little. Cornell
pulled steady and with a deliberate
stroke, after the manner pursued by the
freshmen on the same water yesterday,
and made astonishing headway with
apparent ease. Harvard had set her
mind on q good lead and managed to
keep it by an effort for a long distance.
Columbia, too, began to draw about the
mile flag and for time was second in
the race, according to the referee, though
Cornell does not think she was ahead of
him at any time. The race now presented
a remarkable spectacle. The first division
Of the fiotills included Harvard, COlnm-
bia, Cornell, and Dartmouth. Then,
after an 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 latter were Joined by the
Princeton, who fell to the rear. Look
ing at the race from the side, it had but
little regularity, but from the front and
rear toats, following their different lines,
were seen to be dotted regularly; all
across their covers the flags were work
ing to perfection. Few boats had any
trouble with them. The Yale was de-
layed little, if any, by the foul, and
Brown makes no complaint, though it
was thought at one time she had struck
the flag in passing near the middle of
the course. All dashed prOsperously and
proudly up the course, striking with ev-
cry atom of skill and strength for the
lead, but there was little change in the
relative positions after the fret half
mile; the crews which took the lead re-
tanned it, and the crews which first fell
to the rear only dropped far
ther back as the van swept
onward up to the mile and half
The boats and men stood the terrible
strain bravely. The Crimson was still
ahead, Columbia perhaps next, and
Cornell third, though the difference be-
tween the three boats was but few
feet, and precedence was hard to decide
with such a lateral distance as stretched
between the Columbia in the middle Of
the line and Harvard and Cornell almost
st the two extremes. The difference
between the three was not over half
boats length. Dartmouth held her own,
and was pressing the leaders hard.
Always making q fine appearance in a
race, Dartmouth was conspicuOusly
handsome. AS they sped away down
the course, pulling with vIgOr, their
green caps picked them out plainly from
the field, even il the observer failed to
recognize the magnificent physique of
the men. The Dartmouth was one of
the surprises OF the race, .and Yale was
soon to be the other. There was Yale,
hanging on the flank Of the Dartmouth,
in a form Of graceful ease, stroke ate