The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-29
Average weight. 1855 pounds.
COLUMBIA.


Average weight. l4'Ss POUNDS.
There were a fair tide and fairly fresh
breeze from the south. blowing UP stream.
when the crews were sent 9Tay ry Referee
Worked W. H5oHfs ia the va T9G
Harvard and Yale both together Colum Ola
set up stroke Of 81 to the minute and pulle
good form, and Yale. RENE herring Bob Cooks
dEeet0ns hsga9 with 49, Fer the hd rst few
to forge ahead. The latter crew hit up their
stroke little, and pulle with the ease and
swing that would have done credit to varsity
tic. Then Columbia, with more pluck thun
judgment. perhaps ran her stroke up to y.
and kept it there until near the first half-mie
At this point it looked as though there. would
be neck and meek &c, light between 3 colum a .h
New Workers. The crews passed the first halt
Ma aiS n minutes % seconds; Columbia
minutes % seconds; Yale's machine like work
had things ali her own n way way to the insh s"'
stroke to So in the second half mile. :. Her
SLOW slow columbia's was ever slower, The blue
and white crew lowered their stroke down to
Of he sfy the e lie H ne
were: Yale; 4 minutes g seconds; Harvard.
~ f6s I'M 4 minutes
be seen that Columbia could not beat Harvard.
The necessity for Colu bias ADOPTING q new
hall H mile. they RULED as though under con-
tract to bail up the water with big spoons.
Vicious dir at The water st SO snort and snsppS
that the boat did not derive anywhere near the
benefit the crew deseryed Amid viz hHzz%s
7minutes, 80 seconds. Harvard in 2 minutes
81 seconds. and Columbia in minutes 80
:. In the last half mile Columbia went to pieces.
From this point the race was simply pro-
sp IND he m w a4 81 S the sste sasst
tory Yale shot across the finish line in 10
minutes % seconds; four and half lengths
launch shot Up alongside Sf the Winning crew
crew finished in good shape
Es{sSss SUIT Tspts% sps brEs
F, n. Watrous and D. +. Jones for Harvard.
nrhe With Yale cr H and ied Win en- s
thusiastic wearers OF {ale's colors. Girls with
Of bhOns and hsess ds
sticks were everywhere. Not much money
changed hands on the result here.
Fights. All Indications point to fast time and q
close and exciting ting race On Friday; Cock had
ns cut 94 snS e et h@ wsra
son Perkins's, critical eye. Perkins by the
steam launch. John Harvard. and is now legally
able to command q ten-ton steamboat on the
North Atlantic seaboard.
Regarding the prospects OF the two crews.
Yale's chances are slightly better than Har-
wards. Capt Cook Is sure that the Harvard
crew are faster and better than Yale: while
can whip his eight. Harvard now admits to
having made her best row over the four-mile
course in u minutes 80 seconds. and says
Yale has made the same distance In 20 min
utes 40 seconds Cook says his men lack
strength. while Perkins devoutly wishes for
speed in his crew.
A delegation OF Columbia College men came
down from Gales's Ferry late this evening and
gave the following reasons for their defeat:
to have oiled the bottom OF the shell just be-
fore the race. Through ignorance he used
varnish instead OF oil. When the crew discov-
cred the mistake they Mt once turned to to
undo the mischief The shell was ru hbed over
with alcohol. This was the cause Of the delay
at the start
water. they say there were, great, rough
patches OF the yarnish still left to retard the
ing. in the first half mile. suffered from severe
cramps. and Sturgis. In the last half. caught
crab. The men a SO declare that tho referees
boat was run so close to them that the suction
delayed the shells speed.
Tho freshmen races on the Thames date
back to 1880 Before that number OF races
were rowed by freshmen six-oared crews OF
the several universities and colleges. In 1880
an agreement was entered into by Hnryard
nually over a two-mile straightaway course.
In 1886 Yale Joined in the arrangement. bring
Ing about the so-called triangle contests. The
winners have been as follows.