The evening world., 1894-06-28
YALE WINS I
THE RACE.
Columbia and Harvard Fresh.
men Beaten BY Wearers
Of the Blue
TWO BOAT LENGTHS IN FRONT
New York's Grew Second, Five
Lengths in Front Of
Proud Harvard
COLUMBIKS WORK A SURPRISE.
New York Boys Led at the Start,
but Were Speedily 0verhauled
by the Sons Of Eli.
c0LUMBIRs WORK A SURPRISE.
Especial to The Evening World T


NEW LONDON, Conn, June 2s.-
Score another bull s-eye for the cerulean
colors of good old New Haven. Her
Freshmen to-day won the two-mile race
on the Thames, and that added another
feather to the cap Of the boys who at
4 all times own New Haven.
Old Eli's octet of Freshies were not
obliged to do much hustling either to
win this forenoon's race.
The russet-backed lads from the city
Of Films had the race in the palms Of
their hands. They actually toyed with
the boys from the East and from Co.
lumbia. and really taught those lads an
excellent lesson in workmanship.
Poor Harvard of 81 wasn't even a
pacemaker. Capt Sprague, Of the Grim
son crew. felt that he hadn't a chance
on earth to finish a winner. and he and
his seven companions in the cedar boat
conten.ed themselves with playing tag
with Columbia and Yale. And the worst
OF 1t all was for poor Harvard that she
was an uncommonly bad IT. at that.
The start was quite late. Eleven
to'clock was the stipulated time, but 1t
wasn't until 1l.32 that Referee Cowles
shouted 60" from the deck of the
Helvetia, the boat utilized by the OFF,
kcials.
v 1t was gorgeous sight. was the
start. one Of the prettiest seen In years.
Columbia. with a losers desperation.
whisktd away apparently determined to
win. Capt. Prentice, of the white and
blue, shouted to his men: Sock 1t to
her, boys. We are easy with EN-" and
forsooti they did make 1t caloric for
the other two boats.
Columbia came dangerously near win
ming to-day. Had the race been a mile,
or even mile and half, the emblem
Of New York College would have ample
cause for floating proudly to-day But
Columbia shot her bolt. She held Yale
like wise for a mile and a quarter. but
.Nhe brown skinned boys from New
tN.ven bhde Columbia good-by when
= .NGIn.ie and half flag was reached.
1t was then that Yale really began to
row, and she drew ahead of Columbia
so swiftly and so easily that almost
everybody on, the river said. why. it's
q procession.
40 snow that Yale husbanded her
strength, II is only necessary to say that
when the mile and a half Tag was about
reached Yale hit her stroke up to ~ per
minute. Yale had II up her sleeve 10
do forty-two strokes, and she certainly
did to the Queens taste. She left Co.
lumbia as If the blue and white crew
was anchored.
And still Harvard was pegging away
in the mad eitort to gain the booty"
prize. There wa" no crew in the race
to dispute the crimson boys claim to
tnat LnenviaDie Instruction. lI.i\ Aru
finished last.
An old tout on the steamer Flock
Island whispered Harvard Is gallopirg
yet P'rapss she'll be In among the
a SO rams "
Yale won the race by two boat
lengths. This means boat lengths OF
open water between Yale and Columbia.
Harvard was moneyish third. and
when her eiSh, finished Il was a ten TO
one shot that they wished the race was
for towboats instead or smells. lar-
ward cut ludicrous figure surely.
The official time of the race is: Yale,
II minutes Is seconds: Columbia, IL min
utes 81 seconds; Harvard. IL minutes 1G
seconds.
The personnel CT the Freshmen crews
Ia given below: