The record-union., 1893-07-01
DETAILS OF THE RACE,

ond mile until the blue bow shot across
the line at the end of the fourth mile a
winner by three and half lengths.
/ DETAILS OF THE RACE.
At ll:40 o'clock Referee Reeves heard
all ready, sir" from the anxious cap
tains. and shouted go" from his station
at the PROV of the Referees boat, and the
oar blades, swung by the regular crews
not substitute being in either boat
fairly clawed the water in their anxiety
to get away.
Here ale's practice in starting told.
and the blue shot ahead. Only for an in
stant, however, was the lead maintained.
Inc blue oars seemed almost stagnant as
the Harvard blades struck the water and
the crimson prov glided ahead by a
beautiful squirt.
Gales slow stroke hardly changed, and
80 yards from the first mile the crews
were pulling side by side, while vollev
/ upon volley of yells from the land and
shore drowned the voices of the cox
sWains in eXhortations to stand steady
and to keep up the stroke.
Just as Harvard struck what seemed to
be her winning lead the eights circled
! the point which had hidden the start
from the thousands Of spectators on the
/ observation train. When the situation
was grasped Harvard's contingent were
frantic. Crimson colors were ramnant
and the struggling oarsmen just below
the shore were reused to their sturdiest
efforts by the laundering yells which re-
verberated from tie shore in resonant
echo.
At the half mile the Harvard boat was
moving at terrific, though slightly un-
steady, pace. The lead had been increased
to about ten yards, though Cummings.
No. :, and Johnson, No. ,. were splash
ing badly. Cummings was powerful in
stroke. His efforts We're perceptiblv the
most vigorous Of any member or the boat.
but his body work was uneven and his
finish ragged.
From the half mile honors were even.
The shells shot past the first mile stake
with Harvard's lead good by nearly a
haIi-length and her stroke strong. The
ale pace, the tradition steady Cook
stroke, was easy and graceful, but SEEM
lngly losing at every dip. The wind in
creased in velocity here and the contest
resolved itself into colossal test of en-
durance.
The rugged breeze began to tell in the
Harvard boat, and the gap between the
prows lessened. One hundred and fftv
yards from the mile post the struggle for
supremacy was fought to terrible finish.
ale moved along, closing gradually. and
Harvard's stroke faltered.
The race was settled in the naxt bnn-
dred yards. Inch by inch the boats
eyened up, and at the end of 100 Yards
squirt the crimson-tlpped oars were in the
rear. Deafening shouts greeted Yale,s
great brace and the crews settled down IL
the grim question of the final test. AS
the mile and a half post was passed the
| Harvard splashing increased.
! The race was one Of the finest ever seen
on the Thames. For the first mile the
crews were separated by less than a third
| OF boat length. Harvard was in the
lead, and 1t looked at first as thonuh she
would win the race. Her powerful and
rapid stroke sent her at pace which
Yale could not equal, but in that very
thing lay Harvard's defeat. The strain
of her furious pace was too much for the
crew. The oars began to splash. and the
men began to 60 to pieces in the boat.
Yale's magnificent form came to the
front. Her shell crept on Harvard's.
! soon they were even. Harvard put on
hnaI efforts to save herself, but the men
were not equal to the occasion. The
ale shell glided gradually ahead. The
men IN the middle of her boat soon saw
the bow of their opponents. A few
more strokes and there was water be-
tween the boats, and from then on the
victory of Yale was merely question of
time. She forged slowly ahead and
ahead, and amid the blowing of horns
and firing of cannon, waving of flags
and cheers of her supporters, she swept
across the line with Harvard four full
boat lengths behind her.
As soon as the crews passed the finish
the men dropped their oars and lay back
on their seats exhausted. Everybody
thought someone would faint, but none
did.
Just beyond this point the Yale oars
men seemed to get their second wind and
to push their boat more viciouslv than
ever into the fierce headwind. The Yale
lead grew, and opposite the naval station
GalIaudet hit up the stroke to clinch the
thing to winning lead.
Harvard here steadied a trife. and as
half Of the race was ended both crews
were rowing in the prettiest and most
uniform manner they exhibited together