The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-29

The referee was Prof A. VI. Wheeler Of Yale.
A. the crews lay ON their oars awaiting the
stAriin signal. the difference between them
in physique was almost Hs marked as was the
" form after tho race commenced. Stlll both
were lluc looking crews, and n sight OF the SIN
teen gallant youths, stripped naked 70 tho
waist sitting i'm the bright sun impatrnty
awaiting the word. would have delighted AL
absent muscular Christians.
After a few minutes of -uspense, the referees
toat took up position. and Just AT nigh noon the
words Are You ready Coz rang Clearly out
Yale caught the water first with a 81 stroke
and at once s"nt her bow ~ To the front. Ban
croft sot "A stroke OF 30 lor Harvard. Ere n score
OF strokes had been rOwcd Harvard drew up
abreast. and before 200 yards hAd been rowcd
the crimson colors led the bluc hnli length. NJ
the quarter Harvard had dropped to 35 and Yale
way down 10 32 Here Harvard had rolled NJ
lead oi \ length and clear water TINS. how
ever did not worry tho ndherents Of the dark
blue "a, il merely looked rs ii Yale was pulling
a Whiting stroke, and would trot out the dark
horse on the last mile, Ihus they dasheih9ng
ny To- the half milo. where 1t was seen that Hur.
ward had slowly but surely increased her lend
to nearly two lengths.
At the three-quurters Harvard kept at 35
strokes and Yale had gone up 10 81, and this
stroke was continued up To the m.ie Harvard
grin,ly lcngthcnns out the le",.. notwthstnnd-
ing Nalc's desperate effor,s to prevent II. Har-
ward made the nrst ..iile in min. 30 sec.
As the crews IAN up TO the mile and n half II
was easy - be seen that Harvard had still fur
ther tcrcased her lead. being at this pointq quite
three lengths ahead
This alarmed the Yale crow. and. putting on
the steam. they made n desperate spurt ana nj
the mile and quarters had cut down the
crimson's Load considerable. Passing this point, int
however. Th"mns"a ~ Iales stroke down to
/ grinding steadily away at 80. At the
naval srI,,'onbO nearly cnysc TWO %hos begSs rG@
close TO tha western shore, approaches as close
To- the eastern, and then Oh 53S.c e lain inaue
10 tho west shore aga n. the angle Is. however
a slight one, As the crews turned it they
showed out little palmer, and then il was seen
that the crimson crew were nearly four lengths
70 the fore. II was as plainly TO be seen that
Yale had done her best and that barring acct
donta, the race was H1rvards; At the two-Inilc
iiag Yule was pulling 80 and Harvard "a.
just after passing this point an accident hap,
pened which came near being fatal and caused
a sudden diversion Of the attention of the press
TO their own safety, The large steam tug Wm.
L. Gladwish came bearing down ON the star
party Of Yale men aboard Despite the re-
monstrances OF the Captain OF the Gypsry.
rule Of the road at sea, the Capaln OF the Glad
wish steered brutally into the little yacht which
was laying her course straight At the asst mo-
Inent the Gypssys Captain put his he IN oyer,
but too late, and tho Gypsey was struck hard on
her starboard side near amidships, careening
her over until the water poured over her port
guards. Several were seriously bruised. and
narrowly escaped being thrown overheard
large hole was knocked in the Gypsey's side,
and IA she kept her list il WAS thought her boil
ers had shifted and that she was sinking
general scramble WIS therefore made for the
Gladwsh several jumping from height near
ly twenty feet n the air and spraining them
selves badly. without waiting 70 ascertain the
damage, the GladWlSn went cOOlly on, ana those
who had gained her decks were impudently
asked what business they had aboard her.
By the time the two crews We're sighted again
the leader WAS half mile OF
At the two mile and a half flag Harvard was
five To six lengths ahead, pulling 80, while Yalo
had dropped again to a stroke OF 81. Entering
on the third mile Yale made game effort and
spurted up to &c. The crew now began 10 show
evident signs OF distress and II was clear to
even the most sanguine that all sho could do
would be to make "a pluoky fight Of 1t. and go
down with her colOrs nailed to the mast HNr-
ward still kept up her steady, machine-like
stroke Of 3d. and ground grimy on, gaining
with slow but remOrseless certainty at every
stroke. Her superb crew challenged admira-
tOn. The perfect manner In which Capt. Ban
croft caught the water WAS closely followed by
the other seven. Handsomely pulled through,
there was an excellent finish, and, in fact catch,
swing, and finish combined. were about as near
perfection NJ may ever be seen in u University
! eight.
At the three miles and a half Yale still dashed
gallantly on with q stroke OF 36. in n hopeless
chase after her fleet heelod antagonist. Enter
ing the last hall mile the crimson colors had a
clear lead Of seven lengths. The chronograph
indicated that 1t was going to be one OF tho
quickest races ever rowod. and so II proved.
On the last quarter, Bancroft checrily
called on his brave men, and Just to
show what was still left in them, he sent
his stroke whirling up to 40. Down the
narrow lane hanked by hundreds OF beautiful
craft they quickly dashed, Az thuy anprOached