Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-01

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june 6, 1sss: HsTvard. niles ssss:ii55h4
JULY T. 1887 Yale 4 miles 1855
June 90 1885 Yale q miles 20.10
june g. e, 1876. Yale Yale: ! miles s1:ss
June 26, 1884, Harvard. 4 miles N:23
5 JUNE 81, 1855 1853: Yale ale: J niles sol
Victories: At New London Yale 10, Harvard 6.
Total 5 Victories since the first race-Harvard co.
CROWDS ON COURT STREET
Hear the News of the Great Race
Immense Enthusiasm-A Big Mass
of People.
Court street in front of the Southern
New England Telephone company's build
ing was fairly jammed with people wild
with eagerness to hear the news from New
London yesterday. The progress of the
race was admirably shown by means of the
apparatus arranged for the purpose. The
work was very skilfully managed. The
two boats were strung up on wires across
the street and the course was marked off
with flags at each mile.
The company had men stationed along
on the Thames to watch the race and tels-
phone the position, time, stroke, etc, at
| each quarter to the main Office. By this
| method the man in charge of the miniature
shells could move them along In such
way as to show the actual positions of the
two crews as they went over the course.
Hardly second elapsed between the actual
occurrences on the river and the time that
| the New Haven people received the news.
By means of bulletins the crowd was
| kept informed in regard to time, stroke,
| etc. On the roof flags were raised at each
mile to indicate the positions of the two
crews.
The crowd which stood outside the
building and watched the boats numbered
| about 3 600, and among them were some
of New Ravens wealthiest and most re-
| spected citizens.
The street was choked from Orange to
State streets. and drawn up on either side
| of Court street~wer handsome turnouts.
| Upon the roofs of buildings in all direc-
ttons could be seen hundreds Of people
watching the flags on the building, and
those who were near enough kept their
eyes fastened upon the boats. Heads pro-
truded from neighboring windows all
around.
The only place which was not crowded
| which was anywhere near the building was
the lawn in front of the Court street syna-
gogue. The gates were locked and large
eign lettersd ''Keep Off the Grass" kept
| the crowd back.
The cheering and noisy demonstrations
when Yale's victory was announced was
deafening. Everybody was happy. Joy
was written on all faces, and the news was
quickly circulated from one end of the
city to the other.
The men who did the work at the teie-
phone building deserve word of praise.
They were Mr.. Riggs, who wrote the dis
patches; Mr.. Lewis, who moved the boats
along the wires according to the word re-
ceived; Mr.. Herman Kraft, who was sta
toned on top of the telephone building at
the telephone put up there for the occa
sion, and shouted the news from the race
to Mr.. Lewis down below him, and Mr.
Bradley, who ran up the flags.
THE RETURN OF THE vICTeRs.
Pandemo mum of Noise-Tumultu-
Gus Demonstrations OF
People Gut.
The victorious crew left New London al
4:03 p. m. and were due In this city at 5:2s
p. m. The train was, however, late and
they did not arrive until 5:4G ), m. Or
their arrival at the depot they were met by
I party of students in hacks and on foot
headed by the American band, which &c
the train drew into the depot started ur
the air, "Lo, the Conquering Heroes
Come" "Here's to Good Old Yale" ETC.
While the band was playin gthe members
of the crew were carried out of the cars
on the shoulders of their e7erjoyed mates
and escorted to the tally-ho carriages
which were in waiting for them. Cheer
| offor ah frfvo " Vol
can give them, rent the air, and these con.
tinued until after the campus was reached
l. On the rear platform of the train was
small cannon which was shot off at re-
peated intervals ON the homeward trip and
twice after the depot was reached in this
city. Fireworks were displayed at the de-
pot and out of the windows of the cars
After their arrival here the line of march
was taken up and the parade went
thence back through the green to Heu
bleins' cafe, where they had supper and {
royal good time. All along the line Of
march the victors were greeted with cheers
and loud applause and the constant boom
ing of fire crackers and other explosives
The celebration about town last evening
would have given casual observer thu
idea that the town had gone wild. Hardly
ever had there been such crowd of people
seen on Chapel street, and half of then
footing squawky tin horns and setting of
fire crackers. Every one seems to be in 6
most happy and pleased frame of mind
First crowd of girls who seemed i'm
pressed with the msgnifcance of the Yale
victory would pass down the street, max
ing things as lively as possible with the
enhancing notes of CATER the Ball" pleas
ingly executed on fish horn. Then all OF
sudden isis, boom, sh," and rocket
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window of the New Haven house. The street
in front of old South, Osborn hall and the
New Haven house was go crowded with
people that passage was impossible and
travel was seriously impeded. Added to
this the booming of cannon crackers, the
burning of red and blue fire, the continual
discharge of Roman candles and sky
rockets 1t Ia safe to say that Yale cele-
brated her victory in right glorious and
old fashioned manner. After midnight
the campus was lit up by the blaze OF
appeared that the sounds of the festivity
and the gloring victors and jewellers died
away.
Notes of the Day and Evening.
The Eaton Guard Veteran association Of
Meriden went to New London on the New
Haven steamer Richard Law.
Ex-Congressman S. W. Kellogg, spent
Thursday night at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. n. English on Prospect street,
this city, and yesterday went to the races
accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Chase
of Waterbury, and the two Misses Chase
of that city. They returned here on the
drawing room train, which reached here
about o'clock, all more than pleased
with Yale's great victory.
The first special, eleven cars to New
London from this city got back here at
about o'clock; the second special, thirteen
care, came in at $40 p m. The cars were
we'll filled and great enthusiasm prevailed.
In waiting at the depot were numbers of
young ladies wearing Yale blue, either in
ribbon, rosettes or nosegays of violets, in
some conspicuous position upon their at
tire, or carrying Yale flags; and there was
quite a crowd Of people on the platform,
The news was soon spread rapidly, received
from the telegraph Office that the Yale
crew would come on the next train.
Several hundred dollars had been raised
among the passengers on the two special
trains towards defraying the cost of csle.
brating Yale's victory in New Haven in the
evening.
Ten hundred and eighty excursion tickets