Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-27

aud splashed quite nadly, then settling
down each crew gave pretty cAhihi.
hilton Of rowling. The Hnrvafjs, how
ever. were clearly sending their bOnt
along better speed than ever shown
IN practice nnd were gradually creep
10y away from Yale. lale'- work ON
the other hand was much inferior 10
that seen In their daily practice. AZ
tie hall milo Harvard led by n clear
iougih. All during the second half
Harvard continued 20 giiu. Here The
nteamefu crowded on tho boats aud
the swell caused 10th Ia do come rag.
gcd work for few strokcs. Nearing
the mile fiag, Harvard increased her
lead 10 nearly three lengths. From tho
mile 10 III. mile aud half, Harvard
continued " gain aud II became a
question NJ 10 how many lengths
Harvard would defeat Yale. In the
noxt half Harvard by strong and
steady work Increased her lead 10
nearly six lengths. Yalo's hoat uon-
tlnuud 90 settle and hang, and it was
now procession. just after passing
the navy yard the tug "Casslc" got
square into ifafvhrd's course, and they
were obliged 10 make Wide swcrve.
Yale, however prufi,cd 10y thls inc.-
dent, and Harvard, getting hack into
their course, continued o. widen the
gap between their boat aud Yale. At
two aud nalf miles Harvard gained
an additional three lengths, and after
passing the three aud n half mile ilng
they hsd good lead Of ten lengths.
After passing the three and hall
mile iag both crews settled down
for u final sInft, aud here
again Harvard showed her NJ.
JeTiority Ia every way over the New
Haven crew, both crews doing excl.
lent work, but Ilarvard's shell con-
tlnucd 10 show steady gain, aud they
passed the pole pulling fufty strokes n
minute whilu Yale, eleven lengths bc-
hind, rowed thirty-.vcn. Hnfvnni's
aud Yale taddied up 10 Gate'a ferry.
The officials wcrci Referee, William
A. MuikcthAm, Columbia; Judge,
Lawrence, Il. sexton, Harvard. bob
| Cook, Yale, timers, Charles n. Adams,
Harvard, George a. Dee, Yale.
rhe cause Of Yale's unexpected aud
and overwhelming defeat l. found In
the fact that two OF her men, tho two
moot important In the boat, thc stroke,
Gould, aud Hngrfmau, No. were not
cluai 10 the occasion aud Lost their
heads. A. Harvard began 10 increase
the lead near the sud Of the ifst mile,
Gould cut his stroke short aud pulled
with dimlnisud effect, the rest of tho
crow instead ~ keeping time with
Gould, followed lIagcfinau'a stroke. AZ.
ter n while Hagvfnlnn got ratified. tiic
result being that Tor the greater part Of
the race the men In the waist nnd bow
followed th. stroke set by Captain
lIruwstsr. The ditirrnc. In the swing
Of thu men were slight, hat enough "a
cAus, Yalc's boat n hang petceptably
after each STROKE nni 10 settle 40 badly
an that the bow frequently WIS out Of
Nv. water for three or four feet. 10th
crews were also greatly annoyed by
tho swell from ths biz steamers that
followed tho rrrsn. In speaking ui
this point. George A. Dee, well.
known Yale man, expressed himself
most .mphsiicaily and drolarrd fals
ought not 10 row another race over the
Thames course. A number of other
Yale men declared Yal.'s crushing lie.
feat wins due simply 10 the fact thai
they were outfUwcd 10y Harvard. The
Harvard rrrw came down the river nj
y. M, aud, headed by STANDARD
beafcfu Carrying tue two flags they won
In todAy'a race, went 10 the P~quoi
house where they were tonight ten
dcTrd reception.