Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28

judges at the finish were Morrison for Yale
and Ran Toul for Harvard.
There was but little betting. Offers of 10 to
. on Yale going begging for takers before the
race. The water was In perfect condition
and everything was favorable for fast time.
Many expected to SEQ the record broken and
the time, which is only ordinary considering
the favorable condition, was q surprise to
all. There was great throng on the river,
while the observation train contained the
city outnumbered Harvard's three to one and
the blue predominatsd.
THE RACE. 2
The Associated Press Account OF she
struggle. ST.
NEW LONDON, June 27.-The fifteenth an.
nual four-nile straightaway, eight oarsd
boat race between the Yale and Harvard
university crews was rowed this evening
over the Thames river course from Gales
Ferry to Winthrop Point. Yale winning BY
three and half lengths in 81 30. Haryards
time 21:40. This IL Yale's ffth successive
victory, and the record of feur-mile races
now stands: Yale Q, Harvard 6. The race
for three miles was one of the grandest and
prettiest struggles ever Witnessed over the
Thames river course. At no time during
the first three miles was either crew able to
obtain a decieive lead, and during that time
Harvard had the lead twice, holding 1t, how.
ever, but a brief period, Yale by their grand
squirting and and. st staring: small quickly ays
Harvard held Yale with great pluck. but
after passing the third mile flag Harvard's
stroke seemed to have lost some OF it's effect
iveness, which, with psrceptible roll OF
their she'll and three or four slight swerves
by their coxswain, caused the Harvard boat
to drop slowly but surely astern. Yale
finished strong. keeping up their long,
steady swing with almost faultless precision,
crossing the line and resting on their oars
without the least sign Of distress, while in
the Harvard boat at least three men were
clearly showing the effects of their deter
mined effort. Not for years have 80
many people Witnessed Yals-Harvard
event. All along the course from start
to finish were scattered scores of large sail
and steam yachts, large excursion steamers
like the Rhode Island, City Of Worcester,
Elm City and others and countless small
yachts and open boats of every description
crowded to their utmost capacity. On the
west bank was the moving observation train
of thirty-three cars; at the navy yard oppo-
site the two-mile flag the large wharf and
the man of-war Yantic and the sloping bank
at the finish were black with people. The
conditions were excellent, there being q
slight ripple on the water caused by the
breeze from the sound. At $3.50 Yale pushed
off from the float and padded to the starting
point, Harvard getting into their boat and
following as soon as Yale came in sight.
Both crews backed up to the line In a
hf1of r,aau 1ika anner and var0 oiven the
word Ego" without delay. Harvard made
much the better start, sending the bow Of
their shell to the front and by pretty piece
of rowing gained nearly length, Yale's bow
being opposite the Harvard coxswain. Har-
ward kept this lead to the quarter, where
Yale's powerful and maehine-like stroke
changed matters very decidedly. Yale's
exhibition of rowing the shells were again on
even terms half length before reaching the
half-mile flag. Some idea of this des-
perate struggle may be had from the
fact that the bow of Yale's boat
gained on Harvard at the rate of one
man for each four strokes. This was
kept up until Yale's shell was half length
in front. Yale held this advantage to the
three quarters, where Harvard succeeded in
positions were maintained to the mile flag.
Just after passing that flag Harvard increased
her stroke and again pushed their shell up
even with Yale. Here another splendid ex-
hibition of rowing was given by both crews.
It was difficult to tell which crew was ahead,
so evenly were they matched, but as they
passed the one and a half mile point Har-
ward apparently had slight advantage.
Nearing the navy yard Yale struck a
strip of smoother water under the lee and by
another squirt again took the lead, passing
the two-mile flag with lead of half q
length. Harvard tried hard to respond to
Yale's squirt, but It's effect resulted In giving
q slight roll to their boat, causing the cox
swain to swerve a tride. Harvard had evil
IDENTIFY made their greatest effort, and failing
to hold her position dropped gradually be-
hind until at the end of the third mile Yale
was one length ahead. Here both crews were
pulling thirty-six strokes and nothing was
gained or lost during the half mile. Al
31< Males Yale began to show clear water
and gradually pulled away from her rivals.
Az the Yale boat crossed the fnish line the
crew stopped rowing and waved their hands
at their frantic classmates. In the Harvard
boat Nos. /, and s fell forward, evidently
having used their last pound of force. Dash
ing water In their faces they soon recovered
and padded sadly away. During the last
two miles the race was pulled amidst a con
tinuous footing of whistles and booming Of
yacht guns.
COLUMBIA AND HARVARD.
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