New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-29

a rising hope 1t was understood that Harvard
tactics would be to set a heartbreaking pace
at the outset in the hope OF gaining a lead Whlch
Yale would not be able TO overcome. Ihey were
heavy men In Yale's boat whose strength or legs
and back were incontestable but whose move
ments IL was thought were sluggish suppose
Harvard should get the coveted lead. ana Ctpsaln
Johnson of Yale. nervous, why sort OF leho"'
quick as a fash in shooting out his own arms
for the recovery. should become panic-strlcken
and hit up stroke which two. three hNe anu
seven all men weighing over 40 pounds, should
be unable 10 maintain? Might not the crimson
hope have golden realization?
THE BLUE OvERHAULS THE CRIMSON.
Alas. there is scarcely time TO formulate the
wish The shells have sped on their way only a
sixteenth Of a mile before It is piufuy plain to
every onlookcr that there is q muscuarity In
Yae's composed stroke which will speedily nip
the budding hope. For a quarter OF mile the
bodies of the rOwers move back and forth past
each other like the blades Of a moving machine
but with each stroke Yale crowds forward on ner
rival For awhile the shells look IKE one long
shell rowed by sixteen men sitting In equi-
distant pairs. Then the Harvard men on me
west begin slowly but steadily 10 fan back bow
comes in line with number two ~ Yale, then
three Their four: and when two-thirds OF the iirst
half mile is rowed there is clear wafer between
the boats.
study the movements Of the t'o crews and you
shall see that the race Is 'Oii. Harvard -
ragged in form. The quickl ess OF her stroke.
which had carried her to the fi,'t al the START
Is OF no value now. Yale has lead or over
length at the half-me flag, and Is settling down
into a steady movement. She rows only thirty
six strokes, but there is invincible power back
Of each OF them. Her alignment is perfect Inc
arms Of the men shoot out like pistons on an en-
CINE The blades cut the water cleany and leave
II almost without disturbing the surface soon
those the referees. judges and press boats
which are obliged TO remain behind the hind
most she'll can see little Of the detail OF fae's
rowing. We are looking at her straightaway
down the river at a great distance. II is I'M
Il. no -iraoa fhn hDlit n
movements of the arms. There is only streak
on the water; above 1t row OF brown sur.
mounted with row OF black. which rises and
falls Simultaneously with the oars which seem
to be cutting slices out OF the water.
THE LAST AGONIES OF THE CONTEST
Harvard's crew are only too plainly visible
They work plucky Chow pluckily nobody but
themselves shall ever know for who can tell
Of the blue devils that tug at the heartstr1ngs
and pull dark curtains over the eyes and shrek
despair into the ears Of a college crew losing
a raceO, but they do not work well. Their
stroke is wanting vigOr more than perfection II
mechanical movement. Their bodies sway IT.
regularly and their heads wobble from side TO
side with every pull Now they are approaching
the two mile flag. and the observers begin to
wonder whether the cOxswain has lost his head.
i he thinking OF taking Iale's water? Is ne 50
confident Of his skill that he wishes to save
every foot Of space by keeping as close as pos
sbe to the line marked by the flags? or has
he taken leave of his Judgment? These ques-
lions answered only too quickly ana 100 ue-
csiveiy Even while are wondering ne fouls
the two-pe flag pole. the bow oar misses IT,
but three, five and seven strike II, ana the
inches he may have been trying TO save are
changed into yards that are lost The next
flag ne gives a wide berth. and thus he GOES zig
tagging down the course. helping to turn a siinpe
defeat into an utter rOut. After that there IS
nothing TO do but % wait for the end ana specu-
late as to the lengths that Yale is ahead.
The wind is blowing freshly now. the water
IS decidedly choppy and embarrassing and every-
body who has studied race knows 'ha' 'here
viii no nothing worth talking about in the way
Of time accomplishment. Now the alley or pretty
sailing and steaming craft Is reached. ana 80
we 90 on to the end with pandemoniac noise
following the shells from end 70 end ot IN" last
varegated mile. Arrived at the finish. Yale Is
found padding bout compla cently. having wai'ea
nearly minute. or. 10 be exact nfiy-thrte
seconds for the arrival Of the college who thought
itself rival The rest may be read In the fol-
loving table Of time at the various distances:
y II 2l@ . %.
mil, mles miles miles miles miles mile miles
yclo 2:a3i, $50 S:53 II ~ 1891 u - 21;B z -
Harvard 2:5st GO7 SID IL % 1881 1881 2l;'2 ~