The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-29
YALE WINS THE RACE
She Stands Eight to Harvard's
Six and Has the Time Record.
THEo. ROOSEVELT ON REFORM
He Speaks for the Civil Service Commission
Annie Weiss Murder Cronin Grand
Jury-Mrs. Hayes Funeral.

! New LONDON, Conn, June 2S.-The
fourteenth annual straightaway eight-oared
race between the crews representing the
universities of Yale and Harvard was
rowed this evening over the Thames river
course and was won by Yale by six boat
! lengths. Official time-Yale, q 80; Har-
ward, 81 :55.
The series Of races between these col
leges now stand: Yale, eight victories
Harvard, six victories. Yale also holds
the record for the fastest time over the
course, 20:l0, being made last year.
The crowd which saw the race was I'M
usually large, there being several thous-
and more strangers in town than for sew
eral years. All the desirable points along
the course were packed with people.
The race was originally set for II o'clock,
but was postponed until this evening on
account of rough water. The crews were
promptly sent away at 7:2O Harvard
started off with a stroke Oof thirty two
and Yale thirty-two. At the
end of quarter of mile
Yale took the lead by about ten feet. Both
crews were in excellent form, and for the
next quarter of mile neither could gain
an inch Just after passing the half mile
flag, Harvard took the lead by about tenfeet.
| IuiS G1dTNdEu H6lu DuG a lew ScCUuuS. AS
| the crews neared the mile flag Yale spurted,
gaining quarter of length and passing
the mile flag in 40, pulling thirty three
strokes with Harvard two seconds behind
pulling thirty-one.
The squirt by which Yale took the lead
at the mile flag settled the race. as after
passing that point Yale gradually increased
her lead aud Harvard was unable to pre-
vent it. Yale passed the four miles flag in
n,,1
7:19, pulling thirty strokes The Yale
men dropped their stroke to thirty, while
Harvard increased hers to thirty-tWo. The
effects of the hard race for one and half
miles were plainly visible in the Harvard
boat. Finley, No. 5, and Tilton, No. 6,
were losing form, and Finley was slow in
getting his oar out of the water after each
stroke. Yale, however, pulled in perfect
| form, every man in the boat sliding as one
man and lifting their oars in perfect time
| At the two-mile flag, Yale showed a
boats length of clear water and the race
was finished so far as Harvard's chances
were concerned on that point. AT the
two-miles flag, Yale was pulling
thirty-three and Harvard thirty-two
strokes. After passing the two-niles flag
Nos. 5 and in the Harvard boat splashed
badly, and their body movement was bad,
while Yale's sweeping stroke sent them
further and further ahead. At the two and
half miles flag they were ahead four
lengths. From the the two and half
miles flag to the three and Il halt miles
flag their position remained the same.
After passing the three and half miles
flag they gradually increased their lead
with no apparent effort.
In the Harvard boat things were differ
ent. At the three and three fourths miles
flag, Yale struck smooth water close under
her bank andutwo additional lengths were
quickly added TO her lead Harvard made
a final effort to lessen the distance but to
no purpose, as Yale crossed the line an
easy winner by six lengths.
Harvard lost because they were not so
well taught as Yale, and because their
stroke, even at the rate Of thirty-four, was
not so effective as Yale's ct thirty.