New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-02
THE RACE.


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TIE RACE.
@ Authoritative minutes before II both crews were
in their paper boats and pushed out on to the river
both in fine shape; Harvard, for the first time on
record pulling The slower stroke, and YALE as here
tofore i'm unapproachabe form. Though her friends
razed anxiou.ly at some of the new light men for
ward and then aduiringly mt the four mn slse lel
lows pulling so steadily and formidably in the
Harvard waist. Harvard having won the toss took
the west course Yale fyl in at the east, and at five
minutes before / all was ready. The referee starts
them after a novel STYLE counting zone, two three
four-tow and they went forthwith Tie start was
fair bat tie drill of Cooks fine points OF Startng-scI
ence helped Yale to the lead almost at once ana WINE
ovorvodv WAS holding ms breath with watching the
first wild rush Of the st,gge, and before the brown
hacks had fairly settled down TO the long pull Yates
charm nose uusld ahead half length so quickly
Tint IT. was Lard TO say how the ledd was gained
For SOM furlongs Harvard almost mOnOpoilzed the
curr.nt but took curve TO follow, it while Yale
vent nearly straight to the mile point. he start
was made with great difference IN the number
OF strokes; Yale pulling 3} and Harvard 80 to the
minute Harvard dropped TO 80 after the first lurry,
and during the many varying changes IN stroke
was generally two to three per minute less than the
Yale men, who generally pulled about 81 until near
TIE end 81 the race. Al the lbot bIiNEt NAN d
nile down Yale's lead faded away, and for
couple of minutes the struggle WAS neck and
neck. There it became evident that it was to be a
close race and all oulookcrs watched with breath
less interest the prows anioSt line. Harvard
soon drew a tilc ahead. though nothing TO cause S.
rious alarm at MS stage of the and at the mile
line, which the leader passed IN five minutes and
thirty seconds tie two boats as seen from the SIDE,
are run into one long one. Here both were steering
TO the east to catch the current and Harvard, con-
tinuay gaining little, soon showed clear water
between her stem and ldle's bow. At the mllc-and-
a-half Harvard had length Of clear water stlii
pulling thirtythTee 20 the minute with Yale still at
fh,rty-seyen. The water was tocrable smooth
down to this point and both crows were pail
ing in good shape. just below the two miles,
where the ancient fcrryman of Agawam propels
his sleepy scow Is the sharpest of the course bend
and here the wind struck the contestants full, and
the boats began 10 bob the little seas, and the
oars TO splash and dash in spite of the skill OF the
oarsmen 1t is to be noticed that Harvard obtained
her lead on the smoother water before the
rough was reached as between the second and third
mile Yale held her own more successfully than she
had done on the first two miles out of the wind.
Harvard kept as close up as possible To the mgu-
west bank for shelter, and Yale, having been some
what causclessly warned off of Harvards course
UDuuQgQ
no doubt IS where the Yale men exhausted them
selves, both boats beginning to ship water, and
Yale getting the larger share owing not SO much to
worse position As to lack ofthe washboards with which
Harvard had had the foresight to supply herself To
+be three miles the two crews held their own. The
rowing of course was uneven, ana both boats CON-
pared with their ordinary practice, though not more
than was to be expected. But when, at the three
miles the Yale steam launch of Mr.. sheffield, full oil
men and Auttering with blue "hcoped it up fol-
YALE and Wood CALAMITY responding, put on a
grand squirt ii went all to pieces forward in the
effort to respond and the little distance gained by
the rush was at once lost again. Half full of~wateI
and sblpping more at every stroke with number two
and four badly pounded and bow evidently dis
tressed il was hard look for Yale. Harvard III
some distress though with less water on board, Mas
pluuQing through the waves with strong swinging
stroke and no special signs OF Weakness III was q
terrible race at the last half mile.
The veterans IN the after seats of the Yale boat
made another tremendous effort, the stroke ny
almost TO 40 and moved up again. Yale onlookers
took heart for a minute but the men in the bow
tired with the protracted struggle. did not back NJ
tbe stroke the oars fell ragged, the boat rolled and
dragged. and Harvard, though close matched by
the splendid efforts of Ward and Cook and Collins
and Thompson, managed 10 keep away to the finish
Cd crawled over the line at snaiPs pace, water
Iogoed and spent, but a winner after the most ex
Lamstinu race ever pulled by an amateur crew IL
tins country. and winner by bare two lengths
Time Harvard. "A minutes 80 seconds; iaie' %
,oinntes. AZ seconds race two full minutes ongeI
than that of last Tuesday. aud TWO ana q hah
minutes longer than that oil last year.