Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-28
FROM ALL QUANTITIES..
YALE wins THE RACE.
A Close and. Exciting Con-.
test on the Thames.
WYOMING TO ENTER. STATEHOOD.
The Bill for its Admission
Passed by the Senate.
l. CHINESE STEAMER BURNED.
A Fire Bursts Out in the
Farm Hill Mine.
THE GREAT RoAT RACE.

THE GREAT HVAT HACEs
v.,s wins Her Fifth Consec utive Vic
tory on she Thames After One OF the
mose Hard Fought and Exciting
STRUGGLES In Years-Neck and Neck for
Two milea-Harvard Pulls q MagniA.
cent Race, bus Yale's superior
stroke wins the Day-New London
Threpged with Feeple-A Gala Day
sscene-The Harbor Crowded with
Yachts and Stesmers-The Weather
and water Perfect for the Race-The
Rushusiasm over tho Victory Inde.
scribable.
IBy Connecticut Associated Press.l
NEW LONDON, Conn.,. June 27.-The great
est, grandest and most exciting race rowed
between the crews of Yale and Harvard in
six years was that OF this afternoon, and
Yale once more showed her supremacy. The
crews which faced Referee Oelrich on the
Thames this afternoon vera undoubtedly the
most evenly matched that ever pulled a race
on the Thames, and she thousands of people
who witnessed the race can well say that
a better one was never rowed on the Thames.
Yale has been pronounced king, but won the
title after one of the grandest struggles in
the history of American boating. The walk
over anticipated for Yale did not materialize,
and 60 close was the contest for two miles
that the supporters of the blue who were not
prepared for such q struggle grew nervous as
they called to mind the words of Bob Cook:
"Yale will lead from the start; il not they
lose the race" At the frst half mile the
8 1000 souls whose hearts would break unless
Yale was victor began to grow nervous, and
as the mile and the two-mile flags were
= = Il IvV ovn IN
the Yale boat, tho friends of the blue looked
dubious. Suddenly q shout is heard. on all
sides, "Yale has spurted," and mighty
cheer rises from the river.
"xALE GAINS, SIZE LEADS"
Is the next cry, and the comparative stiffness
is again broken with the cheers of the Yale
admirers. And we'll may they cheer, for the
boys in blue are rowing In magnificent form
and are slowly but surely drawing away from
the Cambridge eight. Harvard is not beat
en- yet" lie the cry that goes up from thou
sand throats, "See them spurt" But Har-
Yards spurt is met with q mightier one by
Yale, who increases her stroke to SO and
gradually draws away from her doughty
adversary. Before the three-mile flag was
reached cries of "Yale wins with hands
down" were heard on all sides. This prsdie-
ton, however, was untimely, for the bar
wards were still pulling grand race and
straining every. effort to overcome Ysle's
a squirt and their boat was lifted al
most out of the water. Strength
was more noticeable in the Harvard boat
than speed, and though her brawny oars-
men struggled with q desperation born of
despair their herculanean strength availed
them little and Yale was still in the van. At
| 4 the three miles and half flag the Harvard
ra1lv h1t THAI vvar
powerleas to cut Down the lead of Yale, and
| thew seemed to become disheartened. The
| last mile was one of the fastest of the race,
| but the relative positions of the Crews re-
| NAMED the came % at the three and hall
mile flag.
THE DETAILED STORY OF THE GREAT BOAT
Is az follows: At Gas the Yale eight were
seen to leave their quarters and get into thsil
shell, and ere they started to pull down te
the starting point of the contest eight
brawny men walked out OF the Harvard
quarters carrying the shell with which they
made the struggle OF their lives to beat xaie
river to the start. At just 653 both crews
got into position and Referee Herman Olerich
gave the word ssgo.n SIT il an even start,
shoHts the multitudes, and truthfully did
they speak, for tho prews of both boats were
ON q line a. straight as could be drawn. 1t
was an even thing for one hundred feet
Harvard Was rowing thirty-six strokes to thu
minute and Yale 80. To the dismay OF tn
friends of Yale Harvard took the lead In +,
few seconds. UP to thirty-eight shot the
Yale stroke, while Harvard dropped *
thirty tour. Yale's fast stroke had its efkec
and their boat was seen to creep little b!
little towards the Harvard boat. At thu
half mile Yale had dropped her stroke e
thirty-six, while Harvard was satisfied Will
thirty. four. At the three.quarter mile dal
Yale had failed to cut down Harvard's lead
but had prevented their adversaries from in
oressing their lead. Here the only poo
poor work of the race AZ far a. Yale wa
concerned could be seen. The steering Q
the Yale boat was poor, the coxswain takinl
the boat too far to the easterly. This CAV
Harvard slight advantage, which they i'm
proved. In the last quarter Of first mile Val
rowed In splednid form and Harvard's lea
Raiued early in tho race was gradually on
down. In that quarter of mile the va
men overcanae Harvsrd's advantage, an
they crossed the limo neck and neck. II
Official timer says that Harvard crossed II
mile line one second ahead of Yale, but tn
il hardly thought to be correct. As Il
crews shot by the fsg the thousands MOI
| enough to see yelled, "It's neck and neck
At this point IN the race Harvard was stl
rowing "a, while Yale was as SO.
THE NEXT MILE WAS MP AND TUCK.
Both crews were working like Trojsns, b
were unable to gain any advantage. II
two-mils Nag Has passed nose and nose VII
the crews using the same stroke ~ at q
n mile point. Here again Yale WAS steer!
i too far to the eastward, but spurted, and d
man In crimsoa vvera NOT able to take advA