New-York tribune., 1880-07-01
THE YALE HIRVARD RACE.
FAIR PROSPECTS OF SMOOTH WATER AND GOOD
wEATBER-A CLOSE CONTEST EXPECTED
LEY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIRUNFL

FAIR PROSPECTS OF SMOOTH WATER AND GOOD
wEATBER-A CLOSE CONTEST EXPECTED.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRTBUSF.l
NEw- LONDON Conn.,. June 30-lf tO-day's sun
set hours are vouchsated IN duplicate tomorrow,
the University ought to take place at the aD-
pointed minute and place. and please everyone ex-
cept the defeated crew. A large fleet of pleasure
yachts is at anchor the harbOr and the hotels are
lively with the jaunty manners Of merry cOllegans
and their friends But so tar there is appearance
of crowd and this staid old city refuses to get
cited of itself. The hustle will begin at noon to-
morrow with the arrival of the first excursion
trains.
New-London's interest, as evnced tonight, Is of
practical nature. 1t expresses the hope that the
Yale crew will WIN by quarter of boats length,
not because it takes special pride i'll the powers of
the Nutmeg" crew, but because such result
would insure big racing day for New-LOndOn the
year to Ii is felt that repetition Of the de-
lays and uncertainties to which a swetermg crowd
was subjected a year ago would discourage bout
racing a popular sport on the broad Thames of
Connecticut.
Both crews were ont for practice between and
this evening, and appeared to be in excellent trim
and equally courageous. Two small steamboats,.
with friends of the crews, steamed to Gales ferry
to note the actions of the men. lt is pful
among 1al6S friends that neither of the new boats
proves wholly satisfactory. There has been talk of
using last years shell. The Chinese coxswain Nun
Yew Chang, is a success in practice and throws bis
heart into the sport, with the obvious intention of
making a flying pigtail the streamer of victory
The Yale considerably elated
over the result Of the base ball game at
Cambridge to-day, and ready to believe
that the success of the "Blue" has become epidemic
The Mayor of the ctV has supprpSsed pool selling
The private betting has been mostly even. One
person to-day has been offering 20 to 10 that Har-
ward will win. Among the Harvard men the ODn-
ion seems to prevail that Yale is confronting them
with better crew than the ono defeated by the
Crimson .ast year, and they affect to be not so
may be- they very jolly at 8 O'clock
supper this evening. Their headquarters at Long
Cove rang with GeeD-chested chOruses. Yale was
suDping at the same time, and with Ominous quiet.
Yesterday morning the 4aie crew twent over the
course IN 21 minutes with tide and wind favoring
THIS is faster than the winning time of three of
the four past contests.
The time for starting has been postponed half an
hour, and at a meeting held yesterday afternoon
the crews agreed to be at the line precisely at half
past O'clock. If the umpire decides that
thh water Is too rough three guns will
be fired fifteen minutes as signal that the
will be rOwed at o'clock Should there be
another pOstponement it will be until o'clock
Friday morning. lt has been the rule ordinarily
after the tenth stroke. Yesterday afternoon the
umpire was given power to recall account of ac-
cident or other cause at his own option during the
race