Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-01
YALE THE WINNER

She Defeats Harvard in the Great College
Boat Race-How the Race was Rewed.
NEW LONDON. June 30.-Time-Yale
25:0l; Harvard 25:l5.
1t was pre-eminently day OF noise
Of college yelis, cheers, shouts and bed
lam, the result OF the annual Harvard
Yale boat race. The town was early
alive TO the proceedings of the day. The
2. 600 students. who have seen staying
here for the past week. tumbled ous OF
bed long before O'Clock, and dressing
themselves in their jauntiest attire.
went dowg to the streets to meet the
so, 600 men and girls, who had arrived
this morning TO see the great race.
Nothing under the sun seemed to left
undevised In the designs exhibited In
the original costumes and decoration.
About 10 o'clock the railroad depot be-
came the center OF attraction.
The trains from Boston, New Haven
and New York had all arrived and
the tracks cleaned for the observation
train. 1t was composed OF forty cars,
and to those who had never seen SIM
liar train before II must have been a
curious looking affair The cars were
simply rooted over with canvas and
filled with six rows OF seats which, ris-
ing one above the other, ran the entire
length Of every car. The signal was
given at 1915 and the train drawn by
the two big engines started of for the
starting point, four miles above the
town, and was soon lost TO the eve,
though not to the ear. Every man was
light-hearted except the two captains.
They wete two much absorbed in the
events OF the day to chat and laugh as
did others. They all breakfasted
at 7:45. Their meal consisted Of
fruit, oatmeal, steak, potatoes,
and two big glasses OF
milk. When they had disposed OF that
they went out on the lawns for time
aud were then taken INTO their cottages
where the coachers gave them a final
lecture. The lecture to the Harvard
men was short, but Bob Cook kept the
Vale youngsters In a locked room for
nearly three-quarters OF an hour. Then
the oarsmen were free to do as they
pleased until they started out Tor the
race. The coachers we're very careful
to keep the minds Of the men engaged
on some foreign subject so that they
would not get nervous over the impend-
ing contest. Ysle's crew left their
quarters first. AT 1925 the she'll was
lifted from the landing into the water
by eight silent oarsmen and an instant
later it was manned by It's chosen crew.
The row down to the start
was brisk one. Csxswain Olmstead
admonitions being sharp, and his direc-
tions TO ''look alive, there men" being
followed TO the letter. The Harvard
oarsmen tramped from red top to their
boat house on shore at 1926, aud at
1880 had taken position In the she'll.
They rowed lazily across the water OF
The Thames 20 the etart exactly opposite
the quarters OF the crimson, and both
Fights were on the line at IL O'Clock
sharp. Yale's blue waved triumphant
at noon to-day, In her third and great
est OF the week, the annual Varsity
crew race over the historic feur-mlle
course on the Thames. Ii was the
hardest, as we'll as the closest race,
pulled by the great rivals for years, and
until Tue iucb nall niiiC was lcaNhcN "bO
contest hung in the balance ~ a mag
nificent equipose.
Harvard had the lead but the pace
was too fast. The crimson boat SILVER
ed, shuddered aud fnsll collapsed after
resignlng the lead when the rase was
quarter The blue oars on the other
hand grew steadier with every stroke
and at the close were sending the boat
along at one OF the strongest, most uni
form and speediest rates ever traversei
by Yale shell. The contest was a ter
rible test OF endurance, and especially
il the light weight occupants OF the
rival shells IS taken into account. 1t
wa. O case Of survival OF the fttest."
This was evident from the time Yale's
stroke began to tell at the end OF the
second mile until the bows shot across
the line at the end OF the fourth mile,
winner by three and half lengths In
the time % minutes Il seconds.
How IL Was Rowed.