New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-02
YALE DEFEATS HARVARD
A CALAMITY CONTESTED RACE.

CALAMITY CONTESTED RACE.
LARGE CROWDS AND BRILLIANT SCENE AR ru,
coCRsE-AN EVEN sTART-YALe TAXES THE
LEAD AND HOLDS 1T TO THE END, DESPITE THE
DESPERATE ROWING OF nLARvARD's CHAMPIONS
THE FINEST COLLEGE RACE KNOWN IN
AMERICA.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRlBuSRJ
NEw-LoNDoN. Conn.,, July I.-Muscle has won
and wod in gallant style Yale has Justly earned her
,aurels to-day. for her crew rowed well and pulled
nhe the piucky giants that they are. But not once
III me Time Is 1t given To the losing crew make
so stubborn fight as did the Harvard men-clinr-
ing 10 Their more powerful rivals with spurt after
Spui' ana pulling until flesh and blood could do
DO more Both colleges have reason to be proud
VI 'helr crews-fale for her oarslncn's glorious
ana hard-earned victory, and Harvard for the mag
nceht courage that refused to yield until the race
""s iost past all hope. But p luck conld not make
amehds LOT inferior strength and weight and Yale
mas added To her record of victories the winning of
'he University race of 1881 bya length and a half.
me SKY which was hazey at daybreak cleared
ana the sun shone brightly as the morning ad
'"iced. stlft northeast wind, shifting later TO
the SOUTH rufilcd the water into white cans along
me course. The exhlarated students who had
hiied the Crocker House with moi Sc and tuu,lt
throughout the night. found that crowds of kindred
spirits had arrived by the morning trains
Boats brought eager students with hat bands and
the whole length of Statest college colors cleaned
on the verandas of private houses or Haunted In the
windows of the stores. The lobby of the Crocker
House was crowded with noisy. excited throng
Old graduates were there, whose faces have been
familiar at every college race FOR years and caow
freshmen too, nosiest of all in their boasts about
4" our crew.,
WHAT THE BETTING MEN THOUGHT
In one corner sat two bookmakers cool and mn.
he Inn 6 Al
young men around Them One and quarter to one
against Harvard and to 10 against Yale were the
odds early in the day, changing by noon TO even
betting against Harvard and TO 10 against Yale.
just before the race the betting l2 TO against
Harvard and TO against Yale. Comparatively
httle money was invested, and few private bets
made at the hotel In the morning it was privately
learned that G. B. Rogers of the Yale crew had cut
ms hand with some glass the night before
His physician had pronounced him able 10
row, and the betting was not affected
The crowds increased and by 3 o'clock the streets
were crowded with the wearers of The bIne and
crimson on foot and in carriages their way to
the river hank. But the assemblage of visitors
was not so large as for the last two years At $50
O'Clock special train arrived from New-Haven
packed full, with blue banners flying from
the windows. AT the time four we'll
filled excursion steamers entered the harbor.
The press boat, Manhansctt. left the crowded
wharves at a quarter to 4-passng the disabled
sound steamer Bristol, which put in this morning
wit broken rudder.
THE SCENE BEFORE THE RACE.
Reaching the finish line, there was presented n
singuary beautiful sight. On the east. just below
the quaint old town of Groton, rose a forest of
slender masts. Nearly thirty graceful yachts Law
there at anchor. the rigging of all festooned with
brilliant bunting; striped awnings covered the
decks, beneath which peeped out the
hrlp ~ ,f
the rear lowered the huge black hull
of the training-ship Saratoga Just about Law
the steamers City of Lawrence City of Boston, G..
K Kelsey and America, their upper decks hidden
by black swarms of spectators. To the west, be-
yond tine tiers IN the Grand Stand, on the green
banks of the river, there a background of car
riages, and in front gathering like that in the par
quet of theatre. Up the on the west
stretched scores of boats and small craft all filed
among the yachts. To the east were the schooners
Clytie. owned by Anson Phelps Stokes, with Com
modore w. A. W. Stewart, of the Scawanhaka Club
on board; the Comet, Albatross. Ruth owned by
Charles Watrous; the sloops Mischief, Mcsiard,
Graeie and Kelpie, of the New-York Squadron the
Rover of the Scawanhaka, and the Pirate of the
Atlantic Club and the steam yacht Corsair The
revenue cutter Dexter lay the finish, and the
Grant just below.
Steaming on up the course a group of patient
walters could be dottng the green slopes of the
Groton hills, and lines of ricketty wagons were
ranged along the riverside road
The wind. which changed about noon. was now
blowing hard from the south and whtecaps were
visible the whole course. "Postponement
snre," was the general opinion, as the Manhsnset
kept on the waves. There were no signs of
life at the quarters where the had been quietly
resting throughout the day. The slender Edith
with Prol.s,or AgasSiz at the bow, darted up and
down the river and soon il was announced that the
would not he rowed until q clock.
WAITING FOR THE WIND TO Go DOWN
The Manhansct made fast at the Noutbyille
wharf, opposite the Yale quarters and just then
a crowded observation train mmbed up with
fully 200 peop,e board. White awnings shielded
the occupants who with the bright costumes Of the
ladies and the futtenng flags seemed like strange
ly-moving terrace of flowers. Black clouds were
rolling mp in the northeast, and soon heavy shower
broke, spreading dismay among the spectators on
boats and trains at the stand The hest thing that
conld happen" said old sea captain; this will
settle the water" And il did for the angry surface
of the water Gained if by magic before the sweep
of the passing storm. BY half-past the rain had
ceased and the wind died away 10 an almost imper-
cepible southerly breeze, and the tide running
out The referees boat called at the two quarters
and Professor Agassiz ordered the enter their
shells at quarter 10 q. Five minutes before this
time both boathouse doors were seen 10 he open
and two minutes later The Yale crew appeared
on the float with their boat. just then
the sun broke out and a rainbow spanned
the river with it's gltterng arch, presagng good
fortune for the wearers of the blue. Then the Har-
ward men brought out their she'll ard at precisely a
quarter TO both crews shot out from their floats.
THE CREWS LEAVING THEIR QUARTERS.
The Yale men were bare-backed, with the excep-
ton of number seyen their bronzed backs and arms