The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-29
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~ The New York Tribuhe's special cor
respondent &C Saratoga, Riivea the fol-
lowing graphic account 81 the 'uniyer-
sity race;7 At las the signal gnn
doomed the word OF eomH1and to she
crews to gather at the, starting line. 1,r
The half naked boys, brown as In
dams, were the foyer OF physical de-
velopment OF American colleges The
muscles stood out full and frn as iron, 4
and the beautY of their tanned backs
and shoulders was enough to oohvipoe
one that fesh-oolOr oughs 20 be bronze.
In each boat the six heads bend as If
by machine, the cars fly back, the long
brown beats crouch like dogs held IN
leash their noses thrust out. % Every
cord Is strung waiting for the word to.
fly. za-..I.I 1.'I ''.'7l '.l''." 'H' i f
At last they were ready. The an.
tique gun missed fire The ,gunsterr,
reduced TO natures signal, called out,
6 Are you ready ?' pa, a moment Of dead.
silence and suspense, while each man
counted three Under, his breath, then
% Col" They. are shot like T., ..,,...- ..,. !
b
The start was made. at 12:031. the
seyenty-eight oars flashed at enca, and
ID all the line not D. boat missed its
stroke. Harvard, according to it's old
tradition, gained the best start. The
Cornell crew, the men of the hour,
| gained the next best, aud pulled away
/ heck and neck with the Harvard. At
/ first the difference was, scarcely, per-
| ceptible,. but soon Cornell was seen. to.
| pass Williams, on the extreme west of
/ the line, and to have an apparent lead
/ Of every thing on her side Of the course.
| 81, On the Snake. Hill SIDE. Harvard
shot out, driving Hamilton on one
! side, and Union on the other, and III
was. not long before she had lead on
1 Yale. The center boats were pretty
4 Dartmouth, and Browns and Wes-
4 Ieyan's., boats were well to the front.
At the one half-nile. the positions of
4 the crews were as follOvsi .s- Cornell,
I Harvard, Dartmouth, and Column ia m
/ the front rank, with Yale, Wesleyan,
1 BOwdoin, Brown, and Amherst close
up /; Princeton and Williams were
] slightly behind thesei further back
! Union and Hamilton already had mat
.ters to themselves The race at this
/ point was fine, Harvard ahead, Cornell
pulling clearly at about thirty three
strokes to the minute; Columbia, al
tlirtY-six, already, showing her metal,
/ and Dartmouth doing surprisingly vel
] IN the center. Harvard's pecUlisl
stroke was noticeable, and notWith-
Standing q want of unifornityiin the
boat, there Tas q certain. spirit and
dash which aug9red we'll for the fnal
triumph - -tl41 ,-~4...,lG- - --a55 u
I Yale was rowing we'll together, aud
With the finish of a. long trained crew
but the boat did not move as her par.
tisans Would have wished, and the per
lge eptible pause at the end OF each stroke
| seemed tO-settle the boat and stop hel
Roadway. The first disaster came to
Yale, who fou1ed at the first flag Oh
j her course, which may have contributed
E'tO set her back little. Cornell pulled
q steady and deliberate stroke after
the manner pursued BY the Freshmen
: on the same water Yesterday and made
$50 s. col Astonishing HEADHAE- .ss s5
with apparent ease. Harvard had evi.
IDENTIFY set her raind on good lead, cnG
managed to keep 1t, by an effort, for q
long, distance. Columbia, too. began
to draw mp about the mile flag, and fol
q short time was second. The ease nov
presented remarkable spectacle. The
hEstJ division of the f6tilTa included
Harvard, Golun1bia, Cornell and Dart.
mouth, the rest struggling. ..-..
Il IS For mile and a half Princeton KEEP
decent position. at this point she
Jagged perceptibly, and It was remarked
Ioa.Eboard the referees boat Sic wal
= likely to take a very low. position
: lAeenicott, the captain, noticing the
/ Esudden. drag of his boat, turned and
observed that Mr.. Geo. fPar1nly, of Sew
/ York, who pulled No. 4, was stafinn
| straight before him, with a fix7d look
and worked feebly at his oar. He haC
hardly called to nina, . for Heaven.
sake. Parmly, what's the natter?" be
fore Parmly dropped his oar and fel
back sick and fainting, without reply
INTO the arms OF Mr.. Van Senees behind
him.. aseaI ti5 s@erg 80 - III
8 la The life went out of the boat. and she
fell mournfully out Of the race, a log Oh
s1e surface Of the lake. 81 80. =
krgTAe nisfortunes of Brown and Val,
! WeIe5less serious, consisting of crabs
though these animals are by no means
: Joke In a boat race. . The Brown men
| up TO the mile and Three quarters wer,
! well forward IN the second division. be
bind Yale and Wesleyan, but ahead %
Prncston, .-BOwdOIn, Hamilton. Union
| Amherst and Williams. ffra --.f.f-.-r--i
I T. At this point Bradbury No. .2ieaHgh
| a. crab, and Williams Amherst ana
!. BoYdoini went by them. = The Brow
crew nOWmaIy5 La- 4-.sf5I.;. gicLi---DJ
b EI.f ST. PUT ON A Squirt,
n which attracted great admiration anS
carried them ahead of Bowdofn' an,
Williams one place back of their Oh
J position ia; the middle ofthe race. Whil
. Amherst held, in spite of terrible suffer
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who was severely III. -''li' 50,
-lhB at two miles and a half Cornell had
lead Of several lengths, which had beel
III obtained without quiekening itbgi
ssreke, and apparently without extr
EFFORT. -r -...-..s .... - ,f,,- =
As the seventh and eighth men crosse,
tbs half mile line. the. asHai hoarse roa
greeted them from the grand stand. a1t
/ sent q flame of excitement into ever
: OaEsmens, yeins..gf.yr -f.sff.H OH.
Harvard, though plainly tired, put OF
a squirt, but. .Colambia thrD EFinrFI ever
Jpq4nd upon her gildedJ oar blades, mad
: q superb squirt, and 1openeif between
Harvard and. herself a gap which sepa
rated her by hair breadth from Cor
nell. Within five lengths of-the line
crab was captured on the port side %
y the boat, which made her tremble iron
IIrpfo y to E1dders and she stopped aImos
short. Harvard made a good length
It was a perilous splash. dash AM
!, / founder, with Columbia for moment
bas Harvard swung I'D, but she gathere,
herself bravelyr together. After. a fez
J. limpiDg strokes on fEeaIegs, the boa
caught a swing again, and Just swoopei
over in time, a second half ahead o
3 Harvard. .- 1-'sL ii. = -
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