New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-03
HARVARD UNIVERSITY CREW.

Coxswain .........S. E. Caldwell Is 81 " Haven
=, Referee-George l. Rives. Columbia and Cambridge.
Judge.-I. F. sextou, for Harvard; r. j. Cook. for
for Yale.
Tmers-R McCoos for Harvard; G. a. Adse. for Yale
As the men pulled of their jerseys aud lay their
awaiting the signal 10 start 1t hard any
difference in the crews. Both looked well KNIT muscular
solid. When they beg . to row. however the sd
perority OF Yale apparent. AT 6:29 the signal
go given and the struggle began. Yale got
the water fret rowing s,r,Ke OF thirty five 20 tho
minute. Harvard started with stroke Of tLrtys.x TO
the minute and shot into the lead Before The
which greeted this had fairly left hs vocerous th-oss
OF who devoted their and money back.
ing the crimson flag 1t apparent that the ADVANTAGE
usory. for the Yale increased stroke to
thrty-six to the minute and were equally even with
Harvard. As the crews rowed side By sde rushing
swiftly toward the hslf-mile fay, the superiority
OF the Cook stroke the professional Faulkner
stroke was apparant to every one. Yale hal
the Grotonside OF the river and Harvard the
don side Both had good water and from first
there element OF chance IN the BY tho
time the hafmile flag reached tue bow of the Yals
boat projected In front OF that Of Harvard Both
were rowing thirty.sr strokes the minute. but thu
strokes Of the New Haven told much taau
did the strokes of the men OF Cambridge. that the
the two trlnspOse, ths Harvard hackers
becoming blue ant the Yale men evincing dcsire to
paint things red. Yses time to tho half.nile nag was
minutes fOrtynne scconls With Harvard loss LhaI
two seconds behind.
greeted with canntn whistles and cheers from TIE a-et
OF yachts anchored either side OF tns course From
the observation train on the shore came vast OF
"Rah, -an, raj, Yale" steadily the Yale boat 10.
creased its The whole FOR tho Harvard
ay In their getting III lead th- outset, and tns
chance clipped with It went all hope o, GRIM
son winning At mile flag there Just s.rsas OF
open water the two boats. YIie hsl troppst
stroke to "a ID the minute, bnC every strck, toll.
IIarvaed sull kept TO its 3j strokes anc
made strenuous efforts to close The gap that
was Opening between II. she'll and the Ya!e
boat HarvarPs time at the mile dag WAS j;O2i4 ant
Yales was 4:j9 Now Harvard began to the r1dler
of the Yale boat Neither crew spashel the wator Dut
both rowed as systematically At the nle-ani.
ahalf ag the clear water between the rival boats
increased Yslo's time to tn, point 7:29 md
Harvards 35lf Yale had now red It's stroke 10
81 to tue minute AMI Harvard s Ae!I to its stroke Of
SO. Tue enthusiasm among the followers Of
the blue was intense ana they rent tho
air with their -houta In tbs intervals tho
,upporters OF Harvard tried to chser but they
did II VITA heavy hearts.
So the two boats went rapidly the two milo flag.
There the race would be hail over, aul the Harvard
crew did their best TO CAT lead. But their spurs
only resulted in increasing Yale's lead. Finally t.s
twomile rse reached; and when It Yale was
ar in the lead The Yale they passed the Gag
were only rowing thrtytwo to the minute bus
Harvard srl held iis stroke OF thirty The OF
ale At the two.me hag 10:lO2 and taat OF Hir-
rard 1926 THIS made Yale over I've boat-longths
,he ad. Harvard made tremendous effort to
,ose tho discouraging gap and b. powerful
purt succeeded In cutting down tho lead about two
Their success not enough however,
% reanirnate the dead hopes Of Harvard men wac
watched tho race Al the 2is-me nas Itle's time was
3 :O6 and Harvarts l3 l7l9
FROM the 2i2.miio flag to the 3-n.ie hIg Har-
Tard still continued to increase rapidly its stroke
rinnng up to 80 TO the minute. Yae alsoncreasedi ifs
stroke and up 10 80. Harvard cr-pt up 10 within
ess than Two lengths Of the Yale boat ant dd somo
rowing, but the 3 strokes OF Harvard were
near-d she three ana on-'h M mile nag.
ale 70 80 strokes TO the minute Hi-vari 81, tbs
,ame stroke wLicn they had tak" the tAresinlle
la. Yales time at this mark was lsi3; Hsrvard's
e,s ls:57la This settled he matter. Only half milo
be rowed and II was Simply impossible for
award materially TO decrease the eid OF Yale. The
le crew seemed as fresh at the start AMI ALI TO
.ow stroke Of thirty -nino TO the minute.
Harvard did not attempt To increase
hsy had Away vent the Yale boat to inc finish. aud
.mid the Wild cheers Of thousands came in ny
even boat lengths .
ime was q: :O5 This the time thsJ~ taken byrbo
newspaper men the press bost. the oiicial
ime not being gwen out TO the reporters by tho
efcrse timekeepera The correspondents of va
ious newspapers hor, To see tas races
rnt IN the evening protest to tho cit zens committee
cgardlDg the manner In which they we're prevented
rom getting the official time and tbs crowdng OF the
The two wsns down 10 the iequot House IA tho
ven ng dine and out Of tr.ia!ng. Ihe streets
re filled with college men. And ihs AR
Yale and with college sonss Tomorrow thers
vii be general aud tho town will recover from
10 annual deliriuin.