The herald., 1893-07-01
YAlE's BONNIE FLAG OF BLUE,
1t Waves Triumphantly Over
Harvard's Crimson.
The Varsity Boat Race Won by the
Brawny Yale Crew.
1t was . Terrfbis Test Of Endursnce,
and Was Rowed Against a Choppy
sea-Harvard Beaten by
Four Lengths.
Ry the Associated Press.

NEW LONDON, Ct.. June 30.-With
bric-ki-ki-ks for Yale and nine 'rshs
for Harvard, New London awoke to the
red letter day of the year. These
cheers broke forth with the dawn, and,
punctuated with cries of other colleges,
continued necessarily until after the
race. That tells the story Of the day. 90
far as the spectators were concerned.
1t was pre.eminently day of noise.
college yells, cheers. shouts and bedlsm
the result Of the annual Harvsrd-Ysls
boat race.
The town was early alive to the pro-
ceedings of the day. Two Thousand stu
dents who had been staying here the
past week tumbled out of bed long be-
fore 7 O'Clock, and, dressing themselves
in their jauntiest attire, went down to
meet $4,000 men and girls who arrived
this morning to see the great race.
Vessels of all sorts were on the water,
and the houses of the town were most
profusely decorated with blue and
crimson, the colors of the competing
colleges. At 10 O'Clock train OF 40 OBJ
servation cars pulled out from the depot
and went to the starting point, four
miles above town, amidst q pandemoni-
um of yells and college cries.
At the respective training quarters
the crews retired early last night, rose
early this morning, breakfaeted hearth
ly, received private instructions from
their respective ccachers, and passed
the remainder of the morning as suited
themselves.
The Yale crew left their quarters first.
At 10 :25 the Yale shell was lifted into
the water. An instant later it was
manned by the chosen crew, who rowed
briskly down to the starting point. The
Harvard oarsmen tramped to the boat
house at 10 :S5, at 10 80 had taken their
positions in the shell, and rowed lazily
to the start. The crimson and blue,
both eights, were on the line at IL
O'Clock sharp.
YALE's BLUE TRIUMPHs.
Yale's blue waved triumphantly at
noon in her third and greatest triumph
of the week. The annual varsity crew
race over the historic four-mile course
over the Thames was the hardest as we'll
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 with magnificent equipoise.
Harvard had the lead, but the pace
was too fast. The crimson boat shiv-
cred, shuddered and finally collapsed
after resigning the lead when the lace
was three-quarters over. The blue oars,
on the other hand. grew steadier with
every stroke, and at the close were send.
ing the boat along at the strongest, most
uniform and speediest pace ever trav-
eled by Yale shell.
TERRIBLE TEST OF ENDURANCE.
The contest was terrible test OF en-
dursnce, especially when the light
weight of the occupants Of the rival
shells is taken into account. A strong
head wind came up about 10 40, 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 dur
ing 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 a
miniature gale was blowing up the river
valley, but Yale sand, endurance and
training won easily.
Bob Cooks boys were outclassed at
the start by Harvark's sprightlier and
more effective stroke on the first mile,
but it was case of the survival of the
fittest this was evident from the time
Ysle's stroke began to tell at the end Of
the second mile, until the boats shot
across the line at the end of the fourth
mile, the winner by four lengths.
A REMARKABLY FINE RACE.
The race was one of the finest ever
seen on the Thames. For the first mile
the crews were separated by less than q
third of boat-length. Harvard was in
the lead and it looked at first as though
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 her crew. 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 final efforts to save herself,
but the men were not equal
to the occasion. The Yale shell glided
gradually ahead. The men in the mid
die OF her boat soon saw the bow of their
opponents; a few more strokes and
there was water between the boats, and
from then on the victory of Yale was
merely question of time. She forged
slowly ahead and ahead. and amid blow
ing horns and cannon, waving flags and
cheers her supporters saw her sweep
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 in their
seats exhausted. Everybody thought
some one would faint, but none did.
A DEAFENING DIN.
When the winner crossed the line the
din was deafening. Every whistle in
town, on the river and in the harbor, of
railroads and factories, added to the
pandemonium, and the mighty cheers
of victory from thousands of exultant
Yalesmen were drowned completely.
Not man in the boats dropped his oars
while the crews were plying. After the
finish the Yale boat was backed to q
barge near the shore and within five
minutes the eight big, brawny Yale fell
lows were in the arms OF their wildly
enthusiastic college chums. The cap.
tain's arm was nearly shaken off. He
was cheered again and again, not only
for having pulled an individually bril-
liant race, but for his management OF
what was called an exceedingly hard
race; indeed as some authorities put it,