The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-29
TALE WINS, AS USUAL
Harvard Beaten by Thirty-fiye
Seconds, or Ten Lengths.
nncl AssED FROM THE START
! Great Throng on the River-Blue
SKY, BIue-Ribboned Girls, and
Crimson In Disfavor.

x~x London, Conn. June 2s.-4ae oars
..sr Of Yale today defeated the men from
r.,xurd for the thirteenth time since .aa
..ual contests were inaugurated ne.
.~.en the colleges at Springfield. ~ Jnna
= sss. Tire race was rowe1 under favor
.s,s conditions, and was a fair test Of
.sras In which Harvard was Deaten nv
Z seconds, or nearly ten lengths. TIE
ss~ance was four miles on the Tharnaa
-ve,. down stream from a point belo.v
celes Ferry and extending 10 the big rail
eaed bridge az New London. The official
sms vas: Yale. 2 30; Harvard, 2.45.
The phrase Yale has won has he
ssne such a nonotony in college athletics
shas II II hardly possible that today's race
III starf.e anybody. Amid acres of rnas,s
and spars. forests Of futsering flags ami
,rbrrinshs OF scurryfng craft of all kinds
yaie's brawny young giants pulled their
srell over the finishing line with an e.asv-
rosrx stroke that bespoke confidence tina.
Harvard could not, under any circuyn-
rsnces beat them out. About the gray
a. bridge that spans the river Tina mes
:. the finish line there was a floating c,,v,
carnival Of colored strearners that would
ryai Tintoretto. Though ali day rain
f.<i clouds had threatened 10 mar ma
rseasure Of the spectators, yet so far did
IL blue predominate that even the heavy
clouds broke away soon after noon TO lei
geam Of sky peer through as an omen
3, the result of the days sport. When
ne sun came out about an hour before
che race was called the ilIllsides and Tho
bridge were 2 mass of moving briIIian,
BITS OF blue and crimson: pretty girls were
Everywhere, each decked in the co,or OF
her favorite college. and they frescoe,
lie boats and hillsides. streaming N
groups OF color and trying TO be heard
aa~e the footing and barking OF the craft.
Fha number Of excursion boats. private
Yachts and other sailing craft has rarely
ever been exceeded, and IL Is a matter
Idf congratulation that so thoroughly
vas the course poNced that no very Sc
rsoas accidents occurred, except the
smashing by the referees boat of one OF
ne naphtha launches that hung around
near the private yachts. The steamers
and yachts were not allowed to go very
far up stream, so they gathered about the
fash line in a dense squadron, extend
Ing for nearly mile above the bridge
Crews never responded more PROMPTLY
than did Yale and Harvard today to the
referees warning 10 be ready. Scarcely
mad the whistle blasts of the referees
boat Dora died away than the Harvard
lads emerged from their boat house at
Red Top. bearing their shell. On the same
instant. up at Gales Ferry. the men from
TALE irudged down the float from their
boat house with their shell. Both crews
were quickly In their seats. and they
pulled away from the floats at almost the
same moment. Without any unnecessary
delay both crews got into position at the
starting line. The referees boat was ly-
ing alongside of the line. The ooserva-
tion train was almost above the crews or
The bank, and the steamers and tugs
czresned along down the line. waiting
for the start OF the shells 10 take up their
course. The people saw the backs stiffen
and the car blads dip TO a waiting po-
sition. Then came the final warning and
the word from Referee c. II. Rivers.
which set the brawny fellows moving.