New-York tribune., 1876-10-17
YALE UNIVERSITY REGATTA.

A WINDY DAY AT LAKE sALr0NsTAII-POOR IlME'
But CLOSE RACES.
tFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRBUNEl
NEw-HAvEN, Conn.,, Oct. 14.--There were
two drawbacks 10 the of Saturdays regatta
The first the lack OF train from NeWllayen to the
lake account OF press Of travel to the Centennial
Exhibition The second was the fierce WIND during the
first two races. Notwithstanding the lack Of a train
however, large crowd gathered at Lake satOnsall and
at O'Clock impatently awaiting the first race.
Numerous private carriages filed with the bellies OF
Ncw-Hayen, added much to the scene. The first race
for bargcs course, two miles turn about the prizes
six silver badgcs The following three crews entered all
from the academlcal department:
Crew OF II buc-F Stims0n o. weight l57; c. I. AL
yorl az; NJ vain; l6i A. W, Cole loj; ". W. Colin
Crew w. Of - yCaer& bershmrr % vtish IA; L.
H. schwab l67 II. W; Bowen l7Gi A. D. Chandler lGyi j.
crew Of 10. whi,e-ii > Green o. weight 49, J. O.
hyde. l6s H. Livingston tsG ij9 C. T. Xidr.eh c, li3.
The men Of the crew Of II were with one exception
(WalnJ the when the crew won the barge race
OF last year Two Cooke and Collin pulled IN the
winning Springfield crew. Both - and 70 had NUM-
Der Of new men, the latter having for their captain o.
d. Thompson. another member OF the Springfield crew.
I'm position the ~ crew was the Western bank and
somewhat more sheltered from the wind II occupied
the center aud 70 the eastern shore. AT the word Go'
- secured the best start II following, and 70 bring
ing up the rear with quite splashng They soon set
tied down to work u pulling 40 STROKES to the minute
20 thIry-eght and IS thrtySiX The of IT was
the first 10 turn the sakebOdt, followed by 7S and 70
About quarter mile from the finish TO- by splendid
spurt placed her PROV even with that OF n From this
on the chances seemed equally divided, one boat and
then the other pushing 10 the front At the very last
moment ~, by hcrculcn effort gained the lead and
crossed the line perhaps eight feet in advance Her
time-l3 minutes 27lI seconds-excceded her winning
time of last year by nine seconds The tune OF ~ was
l3 minutes 2s2 seconds 7ss. l3 minutes 40 seconds.
Next came the single scull The course was the
same a. the former one and the prize silver cup The
following gentlemen from the acadcmlcal department
were entered:
7. rcet - color, blue weight, l32 pounds gIn1dsu,,
r. p livingston, 70, colo., red weight, l3j pounds
At the start Pcct took the lead bat he did not hold it
long Livingston easily winning the race in l6 minutes
q, seconds Pcct. time rs minutes 5jA seconds,
wilson, Il minutes lG'I seconds Liyngston- brother
II iying.on won the same race last year in - minutes
pa, seconds. Can't. Cooks time, in the last South
worth race was - minutes % seconds KENNEDY OF tIe
Centennial fouroaIcd crew 10 sald To nave doAc IL III II
The race Of the freshmen Of the aoadcmical and scien-
tfc DEPARTMENTS was the same course. the prHe
hciug handsome gs. The crews were made up as
follows: 81, - Obj, ,,, 100 . T
J'frft I3o' T. B Wilson, ij6 ". l.. shyant ~ J.
W,rclad so NJ. Booth sirokel. l50 G. w. Hart lcoNh
cia.. Of 80. buc-c p wurz bowl ~; y G. Osborn
i5S = 81 Cur.i.s ,strokc los W Benner cox. NJ.
The ~ciruthr, SECURED The lead at tue start put iue
Academies soon forced them into the rear pulling
about - strokes the minute. The Scentlnc' kept up
the killing pace Of ~ 10 the minute nut the Acadrml's
d NOT ln-r their advantage and easily won the race IN
the fair time OF minute, seconds Inc URIC oI the
Scl,utiucs Wus . minutes i3'i seconds. o.. a.. ,.
The grand of the day Va, eNrctcl 10 "' tI' l"II
otrcd she'll race between II aud -. lc crews were
thc same who had before pulled ia the barge ltcc ne
tween tae two classes. included some oi the nest
b,atpg material 90 college. Ine unfortunate sickness u
ON of the II crew. however, caused the race 10 Ne en-
tlrcl, one .drI. The crews were rs foluW-;
Cas- of - wlu-B. :. keato lbo") H. Livingston T. T.
HYDE % p. Thompson tStroac. . -. ,,.,. p ~
tlI-. OF II, blue T.. AlNori, DOW, n w OVic T. -
Cooke. v. W. Collin (strohcl -
The prizes >,aiins, the course thiee h,lIs, un
aNout - took thc lead from the start ana kept u
throughout the At the sak'-boat she was pressed
very hard hy -. but rcItiucd her Lead oHShJ
10 l., said that favored 10y lce-shore Ihr Time
wa. Il min, % 30 Sec; 17s time was - NM, - 'lo
Ihe officers or the regatta were as follows;
Eefrrtc-Pr \. VI. Mhtcl'r.
Tim. kcc,rr-J. B. AtVattI, IL
Judg,s-At the point lTof H. l.. Richards AZ te niper
stah, H. G. Lawrence - 3. = ~ al the lower STAKE AbootI
IIoysradt 4. r. y. Smith. ~ y.
Cuumttrc-1i, Eu-co0 Hall Iine fercy hoJeItSi 80
Dexter Porter; ). =. r., !I.nr Mason, Thomas.