New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-28
CRIMSON AND SCARLET WIN
THE COLORs OF HARVARD AND CORNELL "a
THE FRONT.
CAMBRIDGE FRESHMEN DEFEAT rHEIR Co1es
PETIToRs FROM coLUMBIA-THE OoLUM.
DIA UNIVERSITY CREW CONTESTS
A LOSING FIGHT WITH DIS
ASTROrS RR AyEKY -
AsTRoUs BRAVERY.

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IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE raiBunkI fs
New-London, Conn.,, June 27-The stoutlunged
Young men In rcdstriped caps and blazers and ths
pretty girls who carried red parasols aud wore red
ribbons had II oil their own way on the Thames
this evening, for Harvards crimson shirted oars
men easily won the postponed freshman race
against Columbia, and Cornell whose colors are
scarlet even more brilliant than Harvsrd's
crimson, carried of the three.mile contest againsY
Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania.
Both matches were full Of spirit and interest,"
and drew together perhaps the largest crowd Of
spectators ever seen on the Thames race course
on any other than Yale.Harvard day. An un.
fortunate delay in starting the triangular match
spoiled part Of the evenings enjoyment. Ths
crews did not get away until just about dusk and
by the time the finish line was crossed nearly
everything except the fact that Cornell bad
won was lest in the rapidly approaching dark
ness. No Official time could he taken for tho
last haH mlle and the positions of the
two losing crews could only be appropriated.
But the closcncss and excitement of the three-cor.
nered contest through the gathering dusk the
pretty picture made by the freshman crews, both
rowing in almost exhibition form down the long
lane between the river craft OF all sorts nthered
for the race-lay the variety and animation of the
scene from the Groton Bridge to the old Navy
Yard, a moving water panorama, which changed
with every minute from late afternoon till sunset:
the perfection in wind and water of all the con.
dtions for eight-Oared rowing-all these will maze
to-days races brilliant memory in the history of
college boating at New-London.
The two contests in themselves, too, were not
unworthy, apart from the general interest excited
by the circumstances which surrounded them. By
beating the Columbia freshmen in easy time the
Harvard freshmen regained the SUE
premacy in irstyear boating, which they lost IN
1887.
The Cambridge and New-York youngsters rowed
in excellent form and made fair time against the
tide. and both winners and losers finished with
wind to spare. sharp contrast to the broken oou-
diton on which both freshman crews in Tuesdays
race got across the line.
Cornell, ly debating Columbia and PennsyL
vania, has won a creditable place among eight.
oa.cd boating colleges Her is q fast and
strong one, distances up TO three miles Showed
and the men are counting now on trying theis
strength against Yale in the mile-and-a-half raoa
for the Sharpless cup at Philadelphia.
1t is said to be likely that Yale will row on tha
Schuylkill II SO, the match there may result in
a agreement by which Cornell will be substituted
for the University Of Pcnnsy lvania in future pre-
liminary matches with Yale on the Thames. Corr
nells time to-day was notably fast. According
TO the officials on the referees boat the Iulaca
men made two miles and half in twelve minutes
and forty-seven seconds. The time for the three
miles was fixed approximately at fifteen minutes
aud thirty seconds. Columbia was probably Ave
seconds and tho University of Pennsylvania nina
seconds behind.
The Harvard freshmen made their two miles
against the tide in twelve minutes and twentys
ri,
slower. The race was started pretty
promptly, the two shells getting TO the fags
oil Gales Ferry at about hall. past o'clock Tho
course down the river to the finish at the
new railroad bridge. The tide wus running up
the river at the rate of about a mile an hour and
light breeze blew in the same direction. Bus
the boats had no ugly sea to meet at any point
and the conditions, except for fast time, werc eN.
cellcnt. Harvard had the east course, on which
the tide WIS stronger, q slight handicap for tie
crimson. Fifteen minutes were spent in getting
the two crows ready for work and ranging tho
river craft at a safe distance from the line the
oarsmen were to follow. From the Navy Yard
all tho wa" down the broad surface Of tha
Thames was thick with boats Of every descyipA
ton, from the bobbing dingy TO the graceful
yacht and the unsightly excursion steamer. All
the fleet that plies in the New-LOndon waters
was there, with renforceme nts from Norwich and
tho towns along the Sound. Tugs and steamers
wrro decorated in the colors Of the different col
legcs, the great majority, however, flying the crim-
sou. The steam yachts were the gayest of all They
had bunting strung from mast TO mast and fags
Tapping from every part Of the rigging. Tho
Cora carried party of Harvard men and tooN
aboard the victorious freshmen when the race was
over. Other steam yachts the river were the
Stranger, the Dagmar, the Venture, the Nereid,
the Neaira and the Unquowa. The last waa
!ecked with blue and white, Columbias colors.
Sailing yachts, sloops and schooners too numers
ouS to press into q catalogue lay at anchor along
he east side OF the river just of the main channeu
The Yale launch and the Columbia launch danced
,bout over the water watching the preparations
for the start. The Harvard launch was used al
he referees boat, and from it the referee, Mn,
Watson Of Harvard, directed the race.
Finally, about quarter Of the two crewN
,lcked into line and took off their sweaters,
The Harvard men, as the table below shows, far
,utweighed their opponents. Here is q list o1
he two