The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-28
LAST EDITION
DARK BLUE Won.
Great Triangular Freshman
Race at New London Over.
Columbia Was a Very Close Sec
ond-The Morning Scenes.


GALES FERRY, Conn, June 2S.-Two
oranges, one during the walk before
breakfast, the other just before eating
breakfast, oatmeal and hominy, two raw
eggs, steak and chops and bread with
cold water, composed the breakfast OF the
Harvard crew on this last morning at the
training tables, aud this meal with the
exception OF fruit was the same
as served at the Yale training
quarters and to the Columbia crew, but at
the the two latter the eggs scrambled and
boiled were substituted for the raw arti-
Gle, and milk was the drink.
The men were called at the usual hour,
Gas, and took their morning walk before
the sun had appeared with such heat as TO
make the day unbearable. The
usual morning rows were dispensed
with, and after breakfast this freshmen
crew did nothing but renamed within
hearing distance OF the headquarters
of their boat houses, that they might
at a moments notice be summoned tor
board the launch and start for the big
bridge down near New London.
The eyes OF all the members OF the
crews, substitutes, heelers, walters chefs
and the inhabitants of the villages along
the Thames were turned toward the
river as soon as the eyes could
be made to remain open long enough TO
catch glimpse OF that sheet of water and
then every body bounded from their beds
for the wind OF last night was thing OF
the past and the Thames bore an unruffied
surface.
Hardly breath OF air was left over from
the high winds of Wednesday, to cool the
rays OF the sun, which early made itself
felt, and gave promise OF doing its best
to make the day more swelter-
ing even than last Saturday. Still the
heat has no terrors for the college oars
men for long ago they had become so
accustomed TO it., that their bodies are
impervious to Old Soils burning shafts.
BY the time the announcement that the
Freshman race bad been postponed last
night, reached the boys in their quarters,
made up their minds to order
their respective crews out on the river for
still anoth her last practice pull, and SO the
evening was largely used in practicing
with the Varsity men in starts.
on Red Top, the Harvard two crews
started and stopped alternately for over
an hour, never at one time pulling a
quarter of a mile, and at Yale the same
program was carried out, but that
they went up into Clark's Cove
to avoid the rough water and the pry-
ing eyes of the men from John Har-
ward University and the Coiumbians, the
latter OF whom have il in for Yale
as they have learned that some OF the ad-
herents Of that college have spoken dis
respectfully of their aquatic powers, ano
II they can manage to beat Yale out
at the finish the towns of Ledyaro
and New London will not be large enough
to hold them, and the youngsters think
they have a fair show of doing that very
act.
This morning from the large number o
followers of the Yale crew, graduate''
crew was formed, and took an hour
practice on the river. During th'
night the beautiful steam yacht Embla
which is to carry the Yale graduates owe
the course, and which has been takeI
up the river to q point off the Yal
quarters, ran aground on sand banl
and it was not until early thi
morning that she was gotten off unin
iured Two feet In either direction from
Just the spot where she touched, sh
would have had water enough to hav
fioated a navy.
She went down river about 8 o'clocl
this morning.
Coach Marshal Newell was clothed il
the same style of suit that Adam l
reputed to have worn when seen by al
interviewer in the Garden OF Eden
swhen The Associated Press representativ