The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-02
A BAD DAY FOR HARVARD.
HER MEN NO MATCH FOR THE CLEAN
CUT sCULLERs OF YALE

A Great Crowd on the Banks OF the Thames
Watch the ois.ti.e Varsity Crews DO
Battle, hut They saw One-siaed Race
Harvard In the Rear from start TO Fin
ISL, and Several or Her Men Collapsed.
New LONDON. July 1.-There were barnacles
on Harvard's shell to-day. There was pot
lead on Yale's. As result. the Yale boat
slipped about eighteen boat Lengths away
from that OF Harvard in the four-mile straight
away pull. Yaes boat made the distance In
20 minutes AZ seconds; Harvard's shell did
not cross the line until 54k seconds later. 1t
wns evident before the first half mile flag was
reached that Harvard could not win. The
Yale men finished in fine style. Notso with the
crimson oarsmen. however. They shot down
tho last quarter OF the watery line Knocked By
two rows OF roaring cannon. screeching whis-
ties. Changing bells. and bowling humanity.
The whole crew collapsed. Cummings and
Winthrop wrigRled second In their seats
after they stopped rowing. relinquished their
grasp on the oars, and then keeled over. Capt
Keton got out OF the shell and lay down upon
tho float. He was in o semi-conscious condi-
ton for while.
It was the fret time since these contests
have taken place ON the Thames that the
weather was unfavorable. A driving rain
storm set In carly in the morning and kept at
1t until afternoon. Tho weather. however
had no apparent effect on tho crowd. Some
thing like $4,000 persons must have seen the
race. 1t was panorama OF old age
middle age. youth. and beauty. There were
young women with deep blue eyes. dressed in
dark blue gowns with dark blue ribbons drip
ping blue drops Of water on the sidewalks
There wore other young women In crimson
gowns and rejecting fair Harvard's color from
their checks. Others wore combination Co.'S
tunes with red and blue ribbons draped to-
gether. They figured on being neutral before
the race and partisan after It had been de-
cided. The young men who escorted the young
women wore white flannel trousers, with tho
bottoms turned VI Of course. and variegated
blazers. All Of them carried flags Of their col;
boon provided with unknown quantities Of rib
bon by their sisters or somebody else's sisters
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Everybody In town went up the river IN tne
| morning to see the Yale Harvard Columbia
| freshmen row their race In the rain. When
| they got back they had barely time to got
| dinner. There was dinner In New London for
| only about three-quarters OF tho gathering.
| The other quarter had to so hungry or lie
| satisfied with q dish Of raw Iuahogs and
pepper sauce at the fish markets. At n quar- or
| OF S the observation train with an engine
| at either end moved slowly out Of the
| yards for the starting point There were forty
ordinary flat cars coupled together. with cir;
| cus-like seats OF hard. bare pins boards and
canopcs Of cloth. Every car was packed
| were masse6 with crimson shouters and I'll
| teen with blue, The resi- were divided. Each
| shouter was armed with tin horn. a buzz saw
| rattle. or a red or blue rooster with an awful
| crow to take the place Of his voice.
When tho observation train arrived at the
| starting place. off Ba..lett Point. both Of the
| crews were already at their stake boats. With
| one or two exceptions. no steamer ATTEMPTED
| to follow the crews down tho course, All tho
| excursion boats and yachts were anchored at
| intervals on either side OF the course. Prom
| inent among the yachts lying gracefully at
anchor were the sultana, Dauntless. AlcGa.
Atlantic. Seneca, Sylph. Intrepid. Sayonara
Fenella. Repose. Ladoga. Alert. Reva Saga
more. Golden Fleece. Fedalama. Constellation,
l!adha. yidette. Vlator. and Senator. Yale had
the east or !. Eel Grass" course. and Harvard
had the west. The two crews as they waited
for the word. were made up as follows:
HARVARD VARSITY CREW.