The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-06-29

almost together, Yale having but little, if any, advantage.
 For the first few strokes, which wers nt tho rate of about 10 to ths minute for each crew, they did mob got settled down to work. The strokd dropped little, and both crews settled down for the long four milo pull. Then the more powerful stroke of the Yald crew began to tell, while Harvard was doing a littlo preliminary splashing, and little Olmstead began to pass thS Harvard oarsman one by one. until hlI rudder was In front of the HarvarG prov, and the first half-mile flag waf passed with half length of clear watel between them. The time for thi( half was: Yale; 2:53 1-2; Harvard 2:58 leg.
 Second half-The water for the first half mile was fairly good, but after the first flag was passed the crews struck rough water, and for the next mile ai q Il half there were many bad waves. Both crews splashed little In this half, Harvard little the worse, and the men seemed to begin to show fatigue even this early in tho race. Both crews dropped their stroke to about 35 and 3G. The time for the first mile was Yale, 5:50 1-2; Harvard, G:50 l-2. This was lead of over four lengths.
 Second mile-Here the water was tho worst of the race. At one time wave struck the Yale boat and caught every oar on the port side, causing an enor- nous splash. Yale had the worse wa- ter and splashed more than the crimson eight, yet the distance between them constantly increased. The Harvard coxswain got over on the Yale course in the fourth half mile, and in trying to get back ran the port oars against the two-mile flag. Fortunately none of them were broken. 0lmstead was steer- ing beautiful race all the way. The time for the mile and one-half was: Yale s:55; Harvard 0:12. For the two mile: Yale 11:47, Harvard 1920; lead of about ten lengths.
 Third mile-In this mile the water was much smoother and the time of both crews was better. Yale was row. ing machine-like stroke while the Har- yard men were half out and half ir time. Although it was evident that there was no hope, yet Harvard men
 
 eight. It was not forthcoming, proba- ply because the men did not have it in them. Both strokes remaiL | nearly constant, about 3G to the minute, Har- yards perhaps q trifie faster. The time for two and one-half miles was: Yale, 14:51; Harvard, 15:31. As they passed the three-mile flag: Yale, 17:47; Harvard, 1885, lead of about fifteen boat lengths.
 Fourth mile-In the first half of this mile Yale dropped her stroke to B, to prepare for a good spurt in the last half. Harvard increased hers trife, and as a result they made up a length, in spite of the coxwain's eccentric steering. The time for three and one-half miles was: Yale, 20:56; Harvard, 21:42. As the crews started out to row the last half mile, Yale raised her stroke to about 3S, and began a beautiful squirt i'll the choppy water. Then one of the numer- Ous naphtha launches that so frequently threaten danger got into the Yale course, compelling Olmstead to steer out of the way. This broke up ths spurts, but Yale added three lengths to the space between the boats, leading Harvard across the line seventeen lengths. The official time for the four miles was: Yale, 23:47; Harvard, 24:40d
 Yale's eight athletes came across the line in the finest condition, and rowed up to the float as happy as could be to receive congratulations of their coaches, None of the Harvard men gave out. Nos. ? and were perhaps the most badly demoralized. Townsend, who has been so badly laid up, seemed to be in good shape at the finish. The time seems somewhat slow, yet when wind and water are taken into consideration it was good. Under good conditions it would probably have been two minutes slower. The statistics of the Yale and Harvard 'varsities are as follows: