The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-29
YALE FAR AHEAD.
Harvard Oarslaen Beaten
by Six Lengths.
a VERY rSEouaL coxrEsr.
rhs Defeated Grew showed Peer
Trsining and Soon wsas
20 pieces.

NSw lo>naS. Coan.. June N-rhe
fourteenth annual foarmile x,rxixhtswsy
eigetosrec rare between crews renrssent.
sag the universities Of Vale and Harxar,
was rowed this evening over The Thames
raver coarse. and won by Yale hy six hoat.
lengths The Official time was, Yale. ., N.
Harvard. @is~. The series OF races he
tween these colleges now stands. Ys,e-
eight vfrterfcs' Harvard. six ysefcrics
fase also eelds ths record for the fastest
sl'ss' over the course. 2o:io made lass year.
The crowd which saw the race Was un-
usually large, there being several thousand
n'ers strangers in town than fer several
YEARS All the desirable points alou. the
coarse wsre packed with people. The race
was originally sci for II o'eiock, but post
fened antsi this evening on account OF
rough water.
The crcws were promptly sent away at
40. Harvard started otf with stroke of
-. and Yale 81 Al the end os the QUAR-
Der mile Yale took the lead by about ten
feet Both crews were In excciient form.
and In the next quarter mile neither
could gain an inch Juss after passing the
hMi.miie nag Harvard took the lead about
leu fssef This Harvard held bat few
seconds As the crew neasea the mile dag
fale spuftfif, gaining q quarter length
aud passing the mile Tag ia s4s. palliav
s. strskes, with Harvard TIVE seconds be-
Rind, pulling 81.
The squirt hy which Yale took the leaa
Al tae nsiic ssstirs; the race. as. after pass
sng thss rcint. Yale gradually increased
her lead, ami Harvard Was unable "a pre-,
ven, a. Naie passed one and one half msles
la u, pulling -. and Harvard in -.ls.
rnittng 20 strokes. The Yale men sironpesi
their stroke IN 10 while Harvard inrsesssssi
hers TO Y The effects OF the hard race f.sr
osie aud one~hsif miles were plainfy visible
IN the Harvard boat. Finley lNo. - and III
tom No 81 were losing form, and Finley
was SLOW In getting his oar ont OF the
water after each stroke Yale. however.
was pulling tn perfect form, every man in
me boat sliding as cue man, and hitting
their oars In rerfect time.
Al two miles Yale showed . hoas's
length OF clear water, and the race was
hnsshcd, 50 far as Harvsrd's chances were
concerned. Al that point two miles) Yale
Wa. pulling *, and Harvard ~ After
passing the two tiass, Nos. aud 7, the
Harvard bat, splashcd badly. aud their
hods movement was bad. Yalcs sweeping
strokes sent her further and further ahead,
snd al The two and one-half mile flag they
had a lead Of fnll four lengths. From tho
two aud one. half miie tisg 10 the three
aild one-half fag the positions remained
The same. After passing the three and one
hsll Vale graSnails Increased treir lead,
with no apparent effort. In the Harvard
test things were different
AZ three aud three. fourths miles Yale
struck siaoth water cissse under the bank,
and two additional lengths were quickly
slied 10 her lead. Harvard made q fsnsl
ehJft to lessen the distance, but 10 no pur~
fn~e, rs ! ale crossed an easy winner by six
lengths. Harvard lost because they were
not so well Taught rs Yale sud because
their stroke. when nj IS, was not So effec-
tive ss fsle's az 50