New-York tribune., 1880-07-02
HOW THE VICTORY WAS WON.


THE YALE CREW USES lis QUICK RECOVERY sTRoKh
WITH GOOD EFFECT -INCIDENTs OF THE cox.
TEsT-IMMENsE CROWDS.
BY TELEGRAPH THE TRfBUSgl
NEw-LoNDoN Conn.,, July 1.-Ihis year victory
perches on the blue banners OF Yale with nine boat
lengths to spare
The ale-iIarvard race was rOwed under cIrcum-
stances very similar to those of 1879 and Yale gave
Harvard just such thorough drubbng as the lat
ter gave Yale a year ago. The was scarcely
more interesting but It rowed in finer style.
Yale had the nerve to pull IFS new quick recovery
stroke to "A fine finish! Harvard was clearly at adj
vantage with the measured stroke. but roWed in
fine FORM Before the second mile flag was reached
the crimson seemed to be almost hope essly behind
Everything passed off with admirable smoOthuess
except for fatal accident the tram accompany
ing the race whlch resulted the death of the wife
OF DR.. William Appleton, of Boston, aud Of -. Waldo
Lincoln. president OF the Boston aud Albany Rail
way
The right kind of night preceded the and
the crews awoke rested and vigorous. Even the
merry cOeglans at the hotels, who had forgotten
the old adage early to bed and early to rise ap-
peared about 9 o'clock looking fresh aud uDcOm-
monty cOpper-cOlOred
4 finer Summer sky never smiled upon New-Lon-
don than the peaceful cloud dotted Of this morn
ing. The sun would have been blistering hot bat
for fine breeze from the Sound blowing directly
up the river
New-LondOn's wharves are cheerful lettering
places. Looking down the harbOr this morning
perhaps half a dozen freghtng vessels could be
seen, aud certainly not less than a hundred yachts
Of all sizes. The Pequot Point could be seen in
the distance marking the entrance to the Sound,
and gay with riags. Between 1t aud the walls
of was he n
revenue cutter General Grant, which arrived during
the night A few visitors who were tired OF tho
wharves spent part of the forenoon in rambling
about the gently slopng bluff on which the town is
built. Two prominent NEWCOMERS were here
resting in the shade of a giant elm aud gazing with
admiring eyes about them. They were Colonel
Sas Burt Naval Officer Of the Port OF New-York,
aud Appraiser Howard. They came on the revenue
cutter General Grant and return to New-YoTk to-
night
ARRANGEMENTS FoT THE RACE.
At o'clock a brass band marched through tho
streets but the of the crowd still not very
encouraging. The river is about three quarters Of
mile between its banks above WInthroPs Point
on winch the grand stand was located. Haf-dollar
seats here afforded view of the whole course
straight away four miles up the river and the crews
rowed toward the spectators and were easily dis
tinguished In their relative positions during the last
mile. An excellent system of signaling Indicated to
the spectators the relative positions of the crews 40
the end of the first. second and third miles
The moving grand stand designed to follow the
race on the railway sklrting the river
was we'll, but not carefully handled nor
gotten up. Ii consisted of twenty-four
platform cars each with four tiers of seats In am
phtheatre STYLE and shaded by a cloth canopy.
The seats were cushioned, and would accommodate
1000 spectators at 81 apiece. 1t was about two
thirds filed.
Among the yachts anchored on the east side of
the course, near the finishing point were the Coz
lumba, owned by Lester Walack. the Magic. the
Phantom and the Wanderer. The revenue cutter
Grant subsequently joined them, and made a great
display OF bunting.
The college boat-houses are on the east side OF
the river near the starting flag, and are fayorably
located
The novelty In the Yale boat was the Chinese
coxswan Nun Yen Chang, of the class of '73.
He was twenty years of are. feet 2l2 inches high,
and weighs only ninety pounds one pound less
than the Harvard cOXswain.
The Two crews entered their boats as followsi