New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-02
YALE'S TWO VICTORIES.
A BAD DEFEAT FOR THE HARVARD VARSITY
CREW.
BEATEN BY SEVENTEEN BoAT-LENGTHs on THE


rHAMEs-FAsT TINE OF THE WINNERS.
New-Iondon. Conn, July Especial. The
deuble-eagle imperial token Of twofod Domino
ton, is Yales ensign tonight. Her freshmen ana
varsity crews won victories to-day on uo
Thames which added new honors to the glory
crowned old university. In both contests her
odversaries were defeated in a style that made
all Ifs" and explanations and excuses seem hol-
low and meaningless. Her successes were due
purely and simply to the superior skill, vigor
ard endurance of her men. They outrowed their
opponents a. the Gloiiana outsails brlck
schooner. Honor went to whom it was due, and
the vanquished Harvard could not withhold the
tribute of sincere admiration for probably the fast
est college crew that has ever sat in a she'll in
,his country.
Satisfactory as was the result in the big race to
Yale men, the contest was too onesded 10 DC
# great interest from the point of view of pure
sport. Harvard led few inches for three or four
strokes and then the nose of the Yale boat went
ahead. After that, ii only question OF how
lar the crimson should be beaten. Her crew
worked with the tirelessness of machines. Ihey
spurted nearly all the way. Starting out with
4 tremendous burst of forty strokes minute, they
rowed one, two or three strokes more than 1aie
each sixty seconds Of the race. All that Yves In
shell did not respond to the power put into the
oars 1t seemed to the Harvard men that barna-
ces covered her bottom, or that some Old Man CT
the Sea was clnginu TO her keel and retarding
her progress.
The Yale eight rowed as II on dress parade
There was no hurry, no excitement, no apparent
anxiety 10 win The men moved with clean,
swift, dexterous action that seemed intended to
win the applause of the women, rather than TO
break II possible, the intercollegiate four-mile
record The eight broad. bare backs swung to
and fro as easily as pendulum. Eight long oars
caught the water at the same fash, and left II
again with the same unity of action The eight
shining yellow blades were buried the dis
tance under the dark emerald of the Thames and
travelled back the some distance above it. The
water was cut as deity as with knife. Every
motion of every man seemed to be in response to
an impulse from machine Of iron and steel
human idiosyncracies had been overcome and cast
aside.
The time Of the winning crew for the four miles
was twenty minutes and fortyeight seconds In
the opinion of George A. Adee, timer for Yale.
the record of twenty minutes and ten seconds
would have been broken had all the conditions
been favorable The surface Of the Thames was as
smooth as lawn. but other circumstances were
not actively seconding the efforts OF the oarsmen.
The tide aided them only trifle, the wind not at
all Had these clements given hearty and sub
stantial cooperation, the time would have been
a handsome figure lower.
Then, Yale was never pushed. After the first half
mile her coXswain never saw his crimson-shrted
rival unless he turned his head An opposing crew
that was nearer Yae's form would have made her
cut down her time not little. AS it was, she lever
really spurted and her men finished in condition
bol n,ila at n
Nature made up for her righteousness in caus-
ing the freshman race 10 be twice postponed, and
finally TO be rowed in the rain, by giving favor
able conditions TO the big contest Once or
twice in the late afternoon, sprinkle OF rain
caused the spectators little anxiety, but 1t
gave them no real Inconvenience. The race was
to begin at o'clock, and half an hour before, q
great canopy of black was spread overhead 10
ward the north and the southwest, strips OF bright
sky showed just above the horizon. Soon the
band of light blue that surmounted the hills
to the northward spread its dominion toward the
zenith and relieved the sombreness Of the heavens
The water of the Thames reflected the frown
overhead, and its dark green was deepened 10 an
almost funeral hue. The sun at no time let the
light of his countenance beam.
Thus much for the sky and the water which
mirrored it. All else In view in holiday mood
two score or more of yachts were anchored. All
were gay with flags. Besides the club burgess
owners flags and college colors at the mastheads,
lines of flags were strung from the rigging to the
deck and from mast 10 mast, and spar to spar
The flags were the colors Of all the nations that
have ever figured in comic opera, and of all those
that ever will On the decks and
in the rigging of the boats were spectators in
profusion many of whom added TO the color
ing by waving blue or crimson naes. The yachts
included the Seneca, Sycamore, Sayonara, Sui
tana, Dauntless, Atlantic, the sloop Nlrvana,
Water Witch, Rsdha, Vedette, Alcaea Syph,
Intrepid, Viator, Sapphire, Marguerite, Feneila,
Rcposo LAdoSa, Alert, Teva, Golden Fleece,
Corsa.r Fedalina Cora and Constellation. Many
more were anchored below the bridge.
Iialf-a-dozen big excursion steamers and many
oflicious pompous little tugs carried passengers
to the number of thousands; other thousands
saw the race from the observation train. This
was, like the circus, larger and better than
ever before" 1t was made up Of forty fiat
cars with banks of wooden seats. The track
runs along the west shore OF the river and the
moving grand stand is an advantage of the New
London course which could not easily be dupl-
Gated on any other available stream.
The start was up the river, where the banks
are covered with dark green foliage, icstful to
the eye and refreshing TO the spirit Above, the
river is lost in the hills covered with that blue
mist so dear to the artists eye Below. the stream
winds too but not enough to prevent the laying
out of a four-mile strashtway course, ending Just
above the railway bridge. The starting point was
near the west bank but the course then stretched
toward the eastern shore.
1t was just 3 o'clock when the Harvard men
walked from the boathouse at Red Top, carrying
their cedar she'll They white sweaters that
made their giant forms look Of heroic size Quickly
getting into the boat, they rowed at smart
pace across the river TO the starting point. AS
they passed the tugs and press boat, the passen-
gers Of Harvard sympathics cave them the fine col