The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-06-29
YALE FRESHMEN'S VICTORY.
rALE LED FIRST. THEN COLUMBId,
 AND THEN TALE BRfoED.

The vietar's Rugged by the Varsity Men
 A Day of Yale rriumph-rhe Race
 itowsd at Flood Tids-Harvard Left Far
 in the Rear,
 New London. June as-'rhe trlaneu- lar race is over and Yale wins, 1t was . piueky fight: the weather was de- iightfui and intarcst keen. All the . three crews were in line condition, At 10 o'clock the mi5ts were gone and there was a slight breeze. Along the side lines Of the course by the finish above the drawbrldge upwards of one hun dred of the finest yachts -of the ooun. try were swinging Ut anchor. fiuttcIing with colors and inasssd with crowds of people wearing the colors of old Yale and fair Harvard. The yachts gave to the scene picturesqueness that is never seen in any other American wa ter. The steamer Block Island and the Ella and most Of tugs and small er craft laden to the waters edge with sight seers. steamed up through the big drawbrliye shortly before, II o'clock. and lay about the startins flags waiting for the appearance of the crews.
 The swift steam yacht 1Iclvetia with Referee Al" Cow'e5. the captain Of the 'ss varsity of Yale. anl Judge Rob ert Appleton for Yale. Fred Watriss for Harvard and Guy Richards for Columbia steamed along the course and at five minntes to Il the Yale launch. with the New Haven freshmen aboard and their racing shell in tow, came down to the start and put the youngsters on the float ready tp step Into their shell. Columbia was next tu arrive at the start and finally came the Cambridge youngsters.
 At 11:10 Harva d and Columbia were In their shells. and waiting near the line. Yale was there five minutes later and then the three shells began tD sei into position. .Haryard's boat wGs the first to line. The youngsters, with crimson caps had the middle course, Yale the east and Columbia the west. At 11:25 all three crews were waiting on the line. The brse2e had died down into gentle rippies. The tide was rLn- ming in strong and the Yale boat which was farthest out in the river channel, was dragging her stalie boat and get ting out of iii,e, thereby nccasSitating a delay of almost ten minutes before Ref cree Cowles was sutisli ed that tine boats were even.
 At :33 the word "Gn' came-!he twenty-four bronzcd backs swung back and all three eight, were off at a forty two minute sait. rEt. 4,
 Columbia gc! the best of the start by a good ,auarrer length. For oriy q second, however, did t!ie New York youngsters hold their vantage. Yalc's boys swung off well together and their superior stroke told in less than two seconds, Yale began to steadily ,lraw away from Col.mbiI, Ii;lrvard's ynTrS sters left the stat in [, cloud nf spray, but soon settled down ,n {. fair. steady gait They clipped their stroke ladly. however, and it was evident that they were destined for a bad whipping. Co., lumbia made a better showing. Tier stroke was longer and steadier than ofe most Columbia crews, and her big boys rowed it well. Yale's form was teauti- full. Her boys were perfectly together and scarcely once did they send up sD!Ish,. The long avenue of yachts poured forth a seris of salutes as the crews spurted down the first half mile, and from yacht and steamer hundreds of flags waved and lusty cheers went up now for Harvard. then for Ce- lumbia and then jerky rah h!rah! rah! Yalet' r ~"r
 At, the end of the first half mile all three crews had settled down to their regular racing gaits. Yale was still rowing at AZ gait, but Columbia had dropped to 36 and Harvard to 38. Yale had a clear lead of almost six lengths over Columbia and fully seven lengths in the rear of the New Workers Har- ward splashed and. struggled bravely, doing the best she knew how.
 Shortly before the mile flag was reached Columbia began one of the most desperate spurts~ ever seen on the Thames. Raising his stroke from 36 to sS and shortly to 40 per minute the Columbia stroke began to pump his men: for every ounce of their power Fortune was with them in the wind. which roughened Columbia's course less than either of the other two,. which were further out in the ship channel of the river. Yale had dropped her stroke to 35, and this was also in Columbia's favor. tS
 When the mile was reached the doughty little New Workers had cut I<Sc vao <o 1pv lD, Harvard had dropped back lengh far ther. All through the last mile Colum- bia struggled bravely to cut Yale's lead dowi. The New Haven young pters were apparently satisfied with their lead, for at the, mile and half they dropped. their. stroke to 32 and rowed out sthe race in a.canter, finish Ing freslE with every man sitting straight at his oar. M
 Columbia held. her 40 per minute gait until the flag fell. Her boys pulled out every ounce of their power and were trembling like heroes when their roxswain velasd Rest" n}
 When Columbia began her squirt Har- vafd's coxswain called upon his men to put up .thstf power and save them- selves from an ignominious defeat. Up went their stroke to 70 and then to AZ. It was brave work for the Cambridge boys, but 1t, was a race that killed, and rstx strokes before the. end came No. 4 dropped his oar and fell lank and poweriess in the boat. "coxy"' Orton had seafeely yelled rest" when Stroke "Irvipg. tainted away. Phelps at No. ' dashed water on bis helpless stroke. Captain 6pragne at No. 6 was sick and 1t was minutes before he strengthened out his oar The Yale coxswain cut the length of his crew down by four or five