Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-29
YALE MEN WON EASILY.
Finished Many Lengths Ahead
 of Harvard's Crew.
BIG VARSITY RACE ON THE THAMES

Made the Four Miles Tn s1 MinuteS and 80 Seconds-The Contest Was Witnessed by a Great Crowd.
 NBw I-oSDoN, Conn.,, June 99.-ThO oRrsmcn of Yale defeated the men of liar ward for tho thirteenth time since the an nual contests were inaugurated between the colleges at Springfield on June 30, 1876. The race was rowed under favor able conditions and was a fair test of mer its, in which Harvard was beaten by 85 seconds, or nearly ten lengths.
 The distance was four miles on tho Thames rivcE down stream. from point below Gales Ferry and extending to the big railroad bridge at New London.
 The official time was: Yale, 2l 80; liar ward, 22:05.
 The race was q procession. Yale took the lead from ESle start and had a length advantage in the first quarter. The first milo was the only one where Yale was tushed. Her crew pulled a stroke of B to the minu1H and varied but little from that to the finish. Harvard pulled at 36, incrcaSed to SS at tho mile point and 40 at the two mile. They spurted to 42, but splaShcd badly and could not prevent Yale from steadily drawing away.
 At the mile Yale led by two lengths, at the mile and half by four lengths, at the two mile by five lengths and grad ually increased the lead to the end, when they crossed tho line with strong, clean stroke an easy winner by ten lengths. Jennings the Harvard freshman who rOwed No. in place of HolliStcr, splash ed badly and was apparently spent long before the crew reached the finish. YaIe's Fine Exhibition. FenneSsy of Harvard also Splashed bad ly. Yale gave the spectators as fine an | exhibition of rowing as has been seen on | the Thames. There was no splashing in the blue boat, and the rhythm of the l movement of the mems bodies was never broken.
 | There was little enthusiasm, and even the Yale men neglected to cheer their crew as it drew away from Harvard. When | the boats crossed the finish line the steam yachts fired their salutations, and the steamers whistled for n couple of minutes.
 The official time by miles is as follows:
 One milc-Yalc, 5:04; Harvard, 5:20
 Two miles - Yale, 10:91; Harvard, | 1O:39.
 Three milcs-Yalc, 15:59; Harvard, | 16:2l.
 Four milcs-Yalc, 2l:3O; Harvard, 22:0a.
 Yalc's stroke throughout was B. liar wards was unsteady, varying from S2 to S6
 HarvarIl's steering was pitiable and re- suited in a narrow escape from one colli- sion with a steamer and another square crash with n ruwboat. Rough water on the third mile prevented an approach tO record timc.
 Just after the finish the rcfcrce's boat, the Dora collidrd with the steam yacht Susquchanna, striking her a glancing blow near the stern.
 | The Susquchanna was not seriously in. jurcd, but the rcfcrcc's boat carried away her bowsprit.
 The outcome of the race was nearly q forcgonc conclusion from the start. The crowd in attendance was nearly on a pal with that of former years, as the early aft crnoon trains unexpectedly unloaded { l tremendous cargo of passengers for tho race The regular trains were crowded extra cars on each being loaded, and tho excursion trains and boats from New Ha ven Providence, Norwich. Hartford anC Boston were all well filled.
 The delegations from Yale and Harvard were large and enthusiastic. The Nal' , contingent was the more hopeful ant | boiStcrous The central part of the city including the depot, docks and MaiI street as far as tho GrOckcr House, wa crowded With tho gayly attired colleg thrung. Every visitor exhibited by con spicuous adornmcnt his college prefer cnce, and vendors of college flags, button , and flowers clockcd every street crossing. Brilliant Crowd of Spectators.
 Many additions to the already notabl collection of tho yachts in the harbor wcr made about noon, probably tho mos I prominent being the palatial craft Ilderim owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt of Nev York.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, Yale, '9S and Fred L. Polk, grandson of exPresi lent Polk. landed from tho 1lderim an, samc ashore about l o'clock. The weather was favorable The six was cloudy, but the wind and water con [ 1itions w,4 " perfect. With the advont q ) the big Yale delegation at half past ) o'clock Yale's hetting stock boomed, an n odds of ? to were given. The bolton dropped out of the Harvard stock market S and Yale money went begging. The las bets ma,A wore that Yale would heat Hal yard by l5 seconds, even money bein placed.
 Yale had the advantage of the course ;he west right of way having been award ed her, and Harvard was obliged to eros the channel twice and to steer clear of sex sral clumpS of treachcrOus eel grass.
 Ladies were out in grSat numbers q the start in spite of tho thrcatenin weather indications. Over 2,000 pcopl ,rOwdcd on the observation train whic followed the race Half dozen big stean boats, with all decks loaded, and ncarl 100 steam yachts. launches and sma raft filled with Yale and Harvard shou
 ITS of both sexes proceeded to points O ihe river from which q portion of th
 course could be seen. The Harvard COT singent occupied four cars and those cal
 Ihcd a crimson glow on all the proceed
 ngs. Yale enthusiasts had ten cars file
 with students, graduates and friends. > Columbia was also well represented I Ladies in bright blue waists or with blu b Itreamers on their hats were numerou
 At the conclusion of the race there WI
 stampede for trains and boats for hom
 The promptneSs of the officials in star
 ing the race at quarter to 5 o'clock WI
 commended, and the fact that the affa
 passed off without hitch speaks well f,
 he management.
 Said the Boy He Killed Was a Burglar
 DALLAS Juno 29.-J. B. Dickerson,
 ieweler, killed l6-year-old boy, who
 ,lains was burglar. The body was idel
 tiflcd as that of John F. Reeves, son of
 rich planter of Chico, in Wise county. TT lead boy and his 8 year-old brother, Tol
 Reeves, were witnesses in the Feder
 court against William Hauge, charg,
 with counterfeiting silver coin, and h. le been in Dallas several days.