The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-01
YALE OUTROWS HARVARD.
The Crimson Crew Three Lengths Be-
hind at the Finish.

An Adverse Wind Makes the Time
Five Minutes Slower Than Last
Year Harvard Held the Lead in the
First Part Of the Race but Couldn't
Hold it When Yale Spurted.
New London, Conn, June 30.-There
was an immense crowd Of people out to
witness the Yale-Harvard race this morn
ing. At 9:15, the thousands of anxious
spectators were disappointed to see the
wind veer almost due south and also
strengthen in force, making a choppy
sea At 1857 O'Clock the judges decided
that the water was all right, and at II .04
o'clock the crews were Off, with Yale
slightly leading. At the two-mile flag
they were neck and neck. At rwo and a
half miles, Harvard led by nose. At
three miles Harvard led by two lengths,
and at three and a quarter miles, Har-
ward still led. After passing the three
and quarter milo's flag Yale spurted
and easily passed Harvard, leading by
three lengths at the three and one-half
mile point. Yale crossed the finish line
31S lengths in the lead Time; Yale,
25;0l; Harvard, 25:l5.
ALIVE WITH VISITORS.
The visitors in the city turned out en-
masse before 8 O'Clock and paced tho
| town in a fever of excitement till the APP
pointed hour for the Yale and HarVard's s
race. The streets were crowded before
the advent Of the first train. At 10
o'clock the last two miles of the course
from the naval station to Winthrop's
point was a confused mass Of craft, COM
| pletely filing the course. Tho harbor
masters boat went ahead Of the process
sion and effectively cleared the course for
| the racers. People saw the race
I from Yachts CphDnUppq elonTta
sailboats United States vessels, naphtha
| launches, etc, from an observation train
| of nearly forty cars and many other
! points Of fine position along the Groton
road, which stretches along the east side
of the river The'decks of the crafts were
! crowdedwith gaily dressed spectators, Che
! observation train was mass iof flags,
almost obscuring the occupau IS Of the
boats from the view of everybody
else while the framework OF
the cars was etfectually hidden from
sight by the folds of the enveloping
drapery. The carriages on the Groton
bank were also repositories of crimson
and blue and spectators who caught
glimpses of the contest from various
stations along shore waved their colors
and sent up q few cheers as the boats
shot by.
TAKING THE WATER.
The Yale crew left their quarters FIRST.
At 1925 o'clock their shell was lifted
from the landing into the water by eight
| silent oarsmen and an instant later II was
manned by its chosen crew. The row
down to the start was a brisk 0ne Cox
! swain Olmstead's admonitions being
sharp and his directions TO Look alive
| there men, being followed TO the letter.
The Harvard oarsmon tramped from
the red-top boat house on shore at l0;35
o'clock and at 1880 O'Clock had taken
their position in their shell. They rowed
lazily across the waters Of the Thames to
the start, exactly opposite the quarters
OF the Crimson, and both eights were on
! the line at IL o'clock sharp.
1t was the hardest as well as the
closest race pulled by the great
rivals for years, and until the last
! half mile was reached the contest
/ hung in the balance by a magnificent
equipoise. Harvard had the lead but
! the pace was too fast. The crimson boat
! shivered, shuddered and finally resigned
| the lead, when the race was quarter
| over. 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
uniform and speediest gaits ever trav-
ersed by Yale shell. The contest was
a terrible test of endurance, especially
If the light weight occupants Of
the rival shell is taken into account. A
strong head wind came up about 10:40
o'clock, blew a stiff breeze squarely
against the backs of the crews and kept
the time nearly five minutes slower than
the records made by the crews last year.
Every instant during the race the breeze
increased and by the time half the course
had been traversed, the Thames had been
stirred into quite formidable white caps
and miniature gale was blow
ing up the river valley. Yale's en-
durance, and training won the day. Bob
Cooks boys were outclassed at the start
by Harvard's sprightlier and more effect
i've stroke on the first mile. 1t was
case of the survival of the fittest." This
was evident from the time Yale's stroke
began to tell at the end of the second
mile until her bows shot across the line
at the end of the fourth mile, winner
by 316 lengths in 25 minutes, ~ seconds.