Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-29
YALES GREAT RACE
An Easy Victory Over Harvard in
] The Great Annual Contest.
SIX LENGTHS AHEAD ATTHEFIEIsH

Fourteen Races netween the Rival
coIIeges-Harvard's spasmodIc spurta
Were No Match for YaIe's Steady and
Confident efroke-E Enthusiastic Crowds.
NEW LONDON, Conn, June 2O.-The
fourteenth annual four mile straight
away, eight cared race, between Yale
and Harvard crews was rowed last even
ing over the Thames river course, from
Winthrop point to Gales ferry, and was
won By Yale by six boat lengths. Off
cial time: Yale, n 90; Harvard, 81 55'.
The series Of races between these col
leges now stand: Yale, won 8; Harvard,
won 9.
Enthusiastic Thousands.
The crowd was unusually large, there
being several thousand more strangers
IN town than for several years. Special
excursion trains brought large numbers
Of people from Boston and New Haven.
An observation train of thirty-four cars,
carrying about 5000 persons, followed
the crews, while the new railroad bridge,
Deadhead Hill and all other desirable
points along the course was packed with
people. Bunting of every description
was profuseiy displayed, and throughout
the race the demonstrations by the
friends of the two crews were noisy and
exciting to high degree.
Tho race was originally set for II a.
M, but ON account of very rough water
M that hour, was postponed until even
ing.
Harvard Leads nc the Start.
The Yale crew were the first to show
up, coming down the river at 0:25 and
getting into their boat at $50. The
Harvard crew were slow in getting TO
the post, and it was 7:20 when the word
GO was given. Harvard caught the
water first and her shell forged ahead of
Yale by half length, Harvard rowing
y 81 stroke and Yale q 80. Harvard
Aule began to gain at every stroke, and
at the quarter mile post they were on
|cyen terms Yale then took q lead of
about ten feet Both crews were in ex-
cellent form and for the next quarter Of
IA mile neither could gain an inch
How to Bow.
just at the half mile flag Harvard
worked her she'll upon even terms with
her opponent, and the flag pole was
passed at 2S with the boats bow and
bow, Yale pulling 80 and Harvard 82
strokes per minute. just after passing
the half mile flag Harvard took a lead
ct about ten feet. This lead she held
but few seconds, Yale squirting and
running her stroke up to 30. Yale then
lgnined lead of a quarter Of a length
passing the mile flag 4 a., with Har-
ward two seconds behind, pulling 81
stroke. This squirt, by which Yale took
the lead at the mile settled the race, as
Yale gradually increased her lead, being
q length ahead at the one and hall
mile flag.
Yale passed this point in q Is, pull
ing 81 and Harvard in Z TO-, pulling so
strokes. Yale then dropped her stroke
TO 30, while Harvard increased hers to
80. The effect OF the squirt 60 the one
and q half miles was plainly visible in
the Harvard boat, Finlay mo 81 and
Tilton mo. 81 losing form, and Finlay
was slow in getting his oar out of the
water after each stroke. Yale, however,
was pulling in perfect form, every man
In the boat sliding as one man and lift
ing their oars in perfect time
At the two miles Yale showed boats
length of clear water, and the race was
finished SO far as Harvard's chances
were concerned. Yale was pulling 33
and Harvard 81 strokes.
Harvard Badly Demorallzesl.
After passing the two miles flag Nos.
9 and 7 IN the Harvard boat splashed
badly and their body movement was
bad. Yale's long, sweeping stroke sent
her further ahead and at the two and
half miles flag they had 4 lead Of fully
four lengths. From the two and half
miles flag to the three and half miles
flag the positions remained the same,
both crews pulling 81 strokes o minute.
After passing the three and half miles
flag Yale gradually increased their lead. |
pulling well within themselves and with |
no apparent effort In the Harvard |
boat things were different. Finlay and |
Tlt0n Were slow with their blades and |
each with a different body movement |
from the six others. They looked very
power.
At the three and three-quarter mile |
Yale struck smooth water close under |
the bank and two more lengths were |
quietly added to her lead Harvard |
made a final effort to lessen the distance,
but 70 no purpose as Yale crossed the /
line IN easy winner BY six lengths.
The strokes at each half were Yale
SO. Is. So 8a, 81. 81, 20. Sc. Har-
xard39. 81, b, 81. So, SS.8s. 81.
Harvar1's Men Were u .dsy Trained.
10 summarize the event. Harvard /
made an excellent showing for half /
mile. and did fairly well TO the one
mile flag, but from that point to the /
finish their exhibition compared very /
unfavorably with the machine like work /
Of the Yale. The Harvard lost because /
llor men were not so we'll taught al the 4
Yale men and because their stroke. even /
Ut the rate Of 34s was not 50 effective as i
N0less at 80. At 50 Harvard men pulled 1
well together. but when the stroke was