The New York herald., 1879-10-02

ANNUAL FALL REGATTA AT LAKE sALToN-
sTALL-rHE BARGE RACE AN EXCITING
EVENT.
New HAVEN. Conn.,. Oct. !. 1879.
Old Yale. young Yale and thousands OF tho cit-
of New Haven turned out to-day to witness the
annual fall regatta of the Yale Navy at Lake Saton
stall. The weather was fne. The chief cause
of tho large crowd present the expectation that
the contest between the of 80 and 81
would be very exciting. This expectation was fully
realized. or all the have witnessed between
the various of Yale and other colleges this
contest of to-day between the Of 80 and 81
takes the palm.
The first contest o barge race between the
Of the classes of 80. 81 and '82. The
were composed as follows:-
Glass Of 'soaF. Q. Spencer bow; c;P. wirts. H.
W. Taft, w. A. Peters, F. w. Keator, p. King strokes
Z. W. knevels, coxswaln.
Glass of sl-J.F y. Merritt. bow; W. W. K. Nixon
J. W. Keller. N I; Guernsey. j. b. Collins. P. c.
Class OF S2-W. P. Emo. bow; w. G. Phelps, +. w.
Eaton. c. B. Storrs and L. De W. Cuyler II. II.
Knapp. stroke; a. Fitzgerald. coxswain. The re-
spective crews had each one more Of Last years
University in their boats. 1t thought by
many that as 81 had three University men of last
year would beat 80 at this race, and
this is what the crew ardently hoped for.
At 3:45 the word was given by the starter. Mr..
McHenry. The SEND or was q fair one but 81 gained
she increased toward the turning buoys over 80.
the Of 81 being far behind. The
OF 'a1 reached the stake In trihe less than
six minutes pulling at the time q strokeof ~. while
80 close behind pulling stroke Of Al. At this
time 80 was pulling stroke of 81. 1t required -
seconds for 81 to turn around the stake, and hero
she lost, as 80 turned in much quicker time The
two rival crews started on the homestretch about
evcn pulling tremendous stroke, each crew ap
apparently putting out its best effort. The
coseness Of the contest greatly excited the throng Of
spectators. Men along the banks sho uting them
selves hoarse and exhorting their favorites to do
finish 80 began to squirt, and she gained lead.
hardly perceptible ut first. but which brought her
into the finish second ahead of her rival. The
time made was-Crew or 80. Ism. 3ls.; 81, Ism.
32s. 80. l3m 5ls.
DUNHAM CLUB CLASS 'S3.
The next race was between the crews Of the Dun
ham Club and the class Of 49, They were made up
follows-
nings. 80; G. E Richards, 49, II. P. Johnes, 81 !;
J. B Dimock. 'S1; H. N. Higginson, 80, s. S. s..
stroke; 4. w. Knevels. 80. coxwain.
Class Of 'S3.-J. p. Terry, bow; H. M. Leatham,
F. W. Rogers, l.. B. Hillard. N. I. Folsom. A. Fitz-
gerald. 82.
The start msdc at Al 45m, and bad luck at
tended S3, Folsom caught ''crab" of large di.
mensions. This gave Durham slight lead. but 1t
not maintained. The crow Of 'S3 forged rapidly
ahead and kept the lead until the end After tho
first race. which exciting. this one tame
affair, although the Dunham pulled heartily at
a stroke of AZ at the beginning, while S3 pulled q
stroke of ~. On the homestrech both crews pulled
stroke OF 80. The S3 crossed the line three
ing in IL seconds later.
The change in the time of the regatta Is occasioned
by the general desire to give the Yale football team
chance practice for the fall season, which prom
ises to be unusually active and exciting, and the
Yale boys propose to show up we'll. The referee to-
day was q. B. hogers. president OF the Yale Navy.