The New York herald., 1876-07-01

cutting more than one good length from the great
yawnins gap between them HIS men are very hot
ana the great beads Of water all their naked bodies
anu The short sharp groWls occasionally emanallng
from one or two Of her vast oars. held the attention
o. AL on The swt !ttle umpres boat; ior the i ale
men were 30 well ahead that, would not be fair TO
Harvard to force the steamer on past and so throw her
wash back the atter's way, II was
not easy TO see how they stood the
terrible work. Some men IN he boat especially
sought the eye, 1.-the Young Morgan at the bow was
gameiy undertaking thing which seemed too much
for him, and the stout James, at No D. looked as II he
was in the poorest condition Of all and
had partly lost bis back swing anu was
doubling at the waist the end OF each
stroke Until he plainly met his oar, though he was
working away like a tiger That which stood out
with equal clearness was the neat, clean, swing
away forward and aft Of Thayer a, three and
OF Bancroft at stroke. Both we're pulling
lead Yale hal II would have still been hazardous
work TO say that It vas her race, for not eonten'ed
aud again Harvards stroke quic&ened and
spGrted CALAMITY up, now nearing the enemy,
then falling BACK, again bursting sharp,y up ana
keeping he spectators on tptoe at thrty-seven
strokes in the tenth minute. and with half o. the
behind him, he, IN the thirteenth minute, actually
It clean up TO iorly; but the crew could not long
ruE cRIMsoSs STILL HOPEFUL
In the fourteenth minute. when well INTO the long
straight stretch, which from the bend below The
Agawam Ferry makes away down the finish, Bancroft
had dropped 10 his iavorite thr,y.slx but whether
owing to The sharp shout Of tie htt!e thin.faced
eoXswa!n or because tue long second hand OF tne
htte timer between his feet tod him he could do Il,
''-pur her nard,' the referees boat. II shouted
as II from Yale AT the front, but her men aferward
not, and so must have come IRON Harvard
YALEs VICTORIOUS srRoKE
Still her victorious rival keeping faithfully AT the
Old stroke which did her good last ycar, though did
once or twice before the famous thiriythree down all
those sixteen minltos She had but ;our times varied
i, and then out by one stroke II Cook
and the powerful Kennedy swinging their
whole weight heavily on the newer men
in the waist still well equal TO theirs over and
over Bancroft called 10 his men. Now let's give her
a little bit more toss fellows" We'h WIN this race
yet That's good ard other words OF brave,
manly oheer-words that mean something com
ing from working lie always
works; but whoever has rowed in hard,
long race knows when his boat has Il
good safe lead Such words IN the rival beat actually
spurs him on, too. II Yae's boat looked occasional
TO roll and her oars showed the unevenness SO
frequent ID her practice her men, while not swinging
parallel always rolled scarcely any 10 the right or
let-not even the bow, who IL good at H.
Their faces ooked thinner than Harvards, and moro
as though they had fed on dryer diot, and thou h
their wet bodies shone the strong sunlight they did
not seem so perfectly soaked AS Harvards, nor
there much talking, or, indeed, hny
in their boat one did not need TO folio"
them away down 10 The three ini,e
end TO see what winning The race II their oppo-
did manage to TIP the scales 80 heavily as that
goes for litilerather deceives than otherwise. side