Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-01
YALE IS The VICTOR
IN a suPEaslf aowEO RACE
Eus xnr,s sni . uzif ssisss sAs Cssss-
80 shssa l~a1s 60 rhss she n1~s
sp~sssss - Ivs~~pA

Sx~ Losrox. Conn. June 0-fAls
Goa ths srs<S se@s race tod~y. cr'~ssf,g
The 1nish iins i've lrnyths ahead at
HARVARD The tins wAs: Yale. 3oi =;
Harvard. 35.lA The race v4s tesrsnc
oDs. Al the START Yale paiiet thirty ear
strokss. and Harvard forty. Ga the
third nis H4<sssd psiisi thirty eight
STROKES and Ysis sontinssd the steady
THIRTY ~ stxok~. he RAPID stroke or
Harvard sas tco much. and 81 the crit.
cal pernnd fsls wee comparatively frs,sh
en- abls ~ mike s1s hig squirt vhsch
ssnt the Yale eoisns pat the line vim
rsg.
The visltors in tAs city turned out 80.
mae bsfogs , O'Clock sna paced she
tosu Ia = fever Of excite usefit TILL thu
appointed hour. Tho streets wero
cro~ded before the advent u the FIRST
train. AZ 10 o'clock the l.ss too miles
Il he coarss. from the naval station ~
Winthrops point. sss q canfused Unns
u crsfs. cou4plessiy ding the eounBr.
The harbormssst>rs bal vent ahead Ut
the proeensloo and effectively cleared
The course for ths eixhts. The people
-as the race sroua yachts. schoonsrh
siaops. @~iiing boats. United States vess-
~e.s. nsptha launches. ETC.. from the ot,
rervsfr5n train a nearly forty carr. and
from many ether points Of tnc pusisson
along the Groton road. which stretches
aiong the east sale u the river.
n,owinx "a Poslstoas.
ial.s crew left their quarters hrst-
~ i0.-5 the shell vas lifted from the
landir; into the water By eight silent
oar.men and = moment laseF IL was
manned BY its chosen crew. The roe
down 70 the start wss brisk ono. Coke
vain Olmstsad's admonitions being
shaEp and his direcsions 20 Look alive.
there. u.sn.- being followed TO the letter.
The Harvard osrssnen 6anped from
led Top fo their boat house on the nhorc
az 1915 and at 1850 bad taken position
Ia the snell They rowed laxily s<1oss
tho Thames - the start. exactly oppo-
site the quarters a the blue. and both
sixhts were On the line 1t IL O'Clock
sharp. liz Wa the hardest - we'll ~ the
closest race pulled by the great rivals
Ger years. and until the last hall mile
Was reached tho contest hung in the
balance by magnificent equipoise.
As has been the case for three years.
the betting on the morning Of the rsce
opened with big boom Tor Harvard
At tho Croker house. tho headquarters
az tbs college enthusiasts. the final
wagers that wore made last night were
placed IN Tales favor by 2 or 3 To l.
Little money, however. vent up Ut this
figure. At daylight this mosainx the
Harvard money market commenced 10
look up. The biggest odds Yale bad TO
give saiay were 10 Z and the biue sup
porters were abls 70 place their wagers
considerably st even monsy; bat the
majority oe bets were pat up in punches
IL eio xgaiusee0
Have the Usual Talk.
When daylight broke every condition
xas favorable for the race. bat about 3
O'Clock the wind veered 10 the south and
grew sfrongcs. The tide Vas almost full
and the wind. In an exactly opposite di-
rocfion. commenced TO influence the sea
in decidedly choppy manner. 1t was
assured. however. that the conditions,
though unfayorable, would have TO BE-
much worse On nccrssifats q postpone
urut The powers that b met ut o
o'clock TO make final arrangements
hoo Cook. Yaie's chief. met Perkins,
Harv2rti's dir-ctpr. and they de-
esded upon the officials Of the race
IN addition fo Mr. Reeves. who vas
chosrn referee q month ago. The officers
are: Timers. Mr. Adee Of Yale and Mr.
Keys ~ Harvard; Judges. Mr.. Cook Of
Yale and Me. Perkins 81 Harvard The
weather conditions were discussed at
length Neither crew was particularly
DESTROYS * rowing the race IL tho south
eFiy breeze continued 20 freshen The
crews srs tho i;ghtsst tins year that
have ro~ed Tor several seasons. and a
strong bead wind and a ehoppy SEA we're
not palatsbis 70 either eight on this ac-
counI The worst part IL the COURSE. as
regards rough water. was she last rlile.
or ths part n>srrst the harhor. Several
conferences were held before il was
finally deessiesi at l0>5s that the race
should - rowed
story os the I.ace.
The bosts began H. get into position
~ losa2. Yale vas given the west side
sad Harvard the east side. At IL GO
the oars we're beat hack the big nasseies
q ia eo~ess stnod cut ike great knots
aud sii wer,. ready fnr the word IA 20
A. li03Si tin words Are you reaiyY-
pere given and then Go A storm IL
cheers broke FROM the multitude ~ on
! isksrs ~ the osrz dropped to the
water Yale siighfly led The sfrokes
were - even that AZ tho tso-nsile ffax
TIE beats WIRE neck and rsck
as tso and ons-hsf miles Harvard
led by noae ~ tie three nai-e Hag
Harvard le,i ~ two lengths. AMI AZ the
quarter Hsrvsrd ztil leL fale. keeping
Ia reserve her strength up "a this time.
increased her strok- and despite Har
WARTS attempt % ds likewise. forged
ahead sud az the thru. and one hall
nlile nsx sss ahead by thr.s isnxths
Then putting IN q magnificent squirt shs
uphafi-rs q the bio. incrsa ss<i their
ls.i and vcn the race BY i've lengths.
AZ thr nesting u the Yale rrew I'M
n-dsately after the race Jonason. the
..I..st.-l