Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-01
YALE WINS AGAIN.
HARVARD, HOWEVER, MAKES A
PLucKY STRUGGLE FOR VICTORY.
The Time Rendered Rather slow by q
Strong Head wind-The Race
Course-Bali.
rBy telegraph to tho DIspa,ch.l

New LONDON. CONN, June 30.-Ihe visit
ors in the city turned out en- mdsse before
o'clock and paced the town in fever OF
excitement till the appointed hour for the
Yale Harvard race The streets were
crowded before the advent OF the fist
train. At 10 O'Clock the last two miles OF
the course. from the naval station to Win
throp's Point, was confused mass OF
craft, completely filing the course. The
Harbor- Masters boat went ahead of the
procession and effectively cleared the
course for the eights. The people saw the
race from yachts, schooners. 5loops, SAT-
boats, United States vessels, naphtha-
launches, etc. from the observation train
of nearly forty cars. and from, many other
points of fine position along the Groton
road. which stretches along the east side
of the river. The decks of the craft were
crowded with gayly dressed spectators,
the observation train was mass or nags,
almost obscurlng the occupants OF the
boats from the view or everybody else,
while the framework of the cars was
effectually hidden from sight by folds OF
enveloping drapery. The carriages on the
Groton bank we're also repositories OF
crimson and blue, and the spectators who
caught glimpses of the contest from
various stations along the shore waived
their colors and sent up few cheers IS
the boats shot by.
GETTING INTO LINE.
Yale's crew left their quarters first. At
1925 O'Clock the shell was lifted from the
landing into the water by eight silent oars
men, and an instant later IL was manned
by It's chosen crew.
Therow down TO the start was brisk one,
Coxswain Olmstead's admonitlons being
sharp and his direction to Look alive
there, men," being followed 10 the letter.
The Harvard oarsmen tramped from Red
Top to their boat-kouse on shore at 1926
o'clock. and OF 1880 o'clock had taken
position in their shell. They rowed lazlly
across the waters of the Thames to the
start, exactly opposite the quarters Of the
crimson, and botn eights were on the line
at II O'clock sharp.
IL was the hardest, as we'll as tho closest
race pulled by the great rivals for years.
and until the last half mile was reached,
the contest hung in the balance by
magnificent equipoise.
Harvard had the the lead. but the pace
was too fast. The crimson boat shiyered.
shuddered. and finally resigned the lead
when tho 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 speedy gaits
ever maintained Dy dlo Smell.
TERRIFIC TEsI OF ENDURANCE.
The contest was a terrific test of er 1u-
rance, especially if the lightweight ocGu-
pants of the rival shells ~ taken into &C.
count. A strong head-wind came up about
10:40 O'clock and blew stiff breeze square
ly against the backs of the crews, and kept
the time nearly five minutes slower than
the records made By the crews of last year.
/ Every instant during the race the breeze
| increased, and by the time half the course
Ind been traversed the Thames had been
stirred INTO quite formidable caps, and
IN miniature gale was blowing up the river
valley.
Yale sand, endurance, and training won
| tho day. Bob Cooks boys we're outclsssed
at the start by Harvards sprightlier and
| more effective stroke on the frst mile It
was o case of survival OF the fttest.n
| This was evident from the time YaIe's
| stroke began to tell at the end of the se-
/ cond mile until the bows shot across the
| the winner by three and one-half lengths
| in the time 2514.
THE START.
At 11:0i o'clock Referee Reeves heard
| the "All ready, SIR" from the anxious cap
| tnins and shouted 60" from his station
at the PROV of the referees boat, and six
| teen oar blades fairly clawed the water in
| their anxiety to get away. Here the Yale
] J. -actice in starting told and the blue shot
| aL5ad. Only tor an instant. however, "as
the lead maintained. The blue oars
seemed almost stagnant as the Harvard
| blades struck the water, and the crimson
PROV glided ahead by beautiful spurt.
| Yale's slow stroke hardly changed.
| HARVARD SLIGHTLY UNSTEADY.
| At the helf mile the Harvard boat was
1 ~, 3 n fhOnUl lllOhflV n
steady pace The lead had been increased
| 10 about ten yards. From the half to the
mile houors were even. The shells shot
| past the frst-mile stake with Haryards
| lead good by nearly half length aud her
stroke strong. Yale's pace was the tradi-
tional Cook stroke, e9sy and graceful, but
seemingly losing at about every dip.
/ AS the one-and-a-half-mile post was
passed the Harvards' splashing increased.
| Just beyond this point tho Yale oarsmen
seemed to get their second wind and to
| push their boat more vlclously than ever
| into the fierce head wind.
| the Yale crew led when opposite the
naval station. and Gallaudet hit up the
stroke TO clinch the thing TO winning
lead. Harvard here steadied a trihe, and
| as half the race ended both crews were
rowing In the prettiest and most uniform
manner they exhibited together during
| the contest.
| THE RACE YALE's.
| As the crews closed in on the final mile.
| the race was clear and lndisputably Yale's
| The blue BOAT three lengths in tho
| lead, and rowiA. beautifully. A clear
| course lay before them. Cummings was
| dong notably desperate work in the Har-
| ward boat. His efforts were ecommendable.
| though manifestly rnisdirected. The star
| board oars, however, were more notice
| ably ragged. The boat went ahead by
| jerks. and all hope for crimson victory
| vanished. In tho Yale boat eight tireless
| oarsmen were sitting down TO an iron
| finish. Gallaudet was pale but deter
mined his body work was awkward, but
| his strokes caught the Thames with un-
| erring uniformity. He showed the nearest
approach to weakening In the Yale boat.
| WATER IN oALLAUDET's FACE.
When the command came from Captain
| Ives to make the final brace Coxswain
| Olmstead stopped over and dashed water
| in GaIlauet's face several times. 1t had
the desired effect and the great stroke
settled into his frmest form. The stroke
| went up three points and sent the shell
down the home stretch like machine.
Coxswain Olmstead's aid TO Gallaudet
| cost the Yale boat few yards. but 1t was
not missed IN the steady lead grasped IN
| the wonderful finish. Down the last halt
mile Harvard weakened. Her all-round
rowing was poor and she crossed tue line
nearly four lengths in the rear.
When the winner crossed the line the
| din was deafening. Every whistle IN town.
ON the river ana in the aarbor. the rail-
roads, and factories added to the pande-
monium, aud the mighty cheers OF victory
| from the thousands of exultant Yalensians
were drowned completely. Not a man in
the Yale boat dropped as the oars ceased
| plying.
PERFORMANCES HERETOFORE.
| List OF victories aud the "time" made since
1876: