The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-28

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 unsteady, unbalanced accelerationsw while
 half the oars in the boat were tempted
 into intermittent splashing. Captain
 Pierpont worked distressfully to relieve
 the situation. He held his oar in a
 lonely manner for time and evidently
 mediated leaping overheard to tighten
 the boat, but finally stretched his oars
 behind his broken lock and finished the race
 The official times are as follows: Half mile-Harvard 2:1S, Yale 2:20, Co., | lumbia 2:25,
 First mile-Ya1e 45s, Harvard 500, Columbia 5:15
 Finish--Yale 1O:2S, Harvard 10;33, Co.,
 lumbia 111S15.
 With the cheers of Yale, Harvard and Columbia resounding through her streets, New London awoke this morn- | ing for the first of her gala days of this year A large number of collegians had gathered in town last night, but they were as nothing compared to those pres- ent this morning.
 The early morning trains, the night
 boats and incoming yachts had all brought in scores of enthusiastic fresh
 men, and when the race was ready to start it was evident that it had arous- ed more widespread interest than any other freshman race roWed for many years.
 Columbia was especially well repre- sented. The victory of the blue and white varsity eight at Poughkeepsie had awakened an unprecedented in- terest in the success of her aquatics, and not only the greater portion of her freshman class but many higher class men were present to-day to see how the youngsters would fare.
 They were, moreover, very confident lot Led by Walter Peet and Guy Rich ards, the coaches, they went about pro- claiming ttat the crew of '9S would prove another surprise to the rowing cracks.
 Harvard, too, was very much in evil dence. Her freshmen knew that the crimson was to be represented by the best crew turned out in many years and they hocked down from Cambridge i'm large numbers.
 The crews tossed for positions last night Columbia chose the west course Yale the center and Harvard had to take the east. Very little depended up- on the positions, however as there is practically no choice for the two mile course.
 Harvard was slight favorite this morning, Very little betting was done, but what there was was done at even money or odds of 6 to on the Crimson. Yale was second choice at practically | even money, while Columbia came in | for third at odds of 2 to 5 against.
 Tie officers of the race were as follows: Referee, Guy Richards, Time keepers. for Yale, Percy Bolton; for | Harvard, D. Kidder; for Columbia. A. w. Putnam. Judges, for Yale, George l Adee; for Harvard, Robert F. Watson; for Columbia, Waiter Peet.
 Everyone who wished to see the event | had either to stand on the shores of | the river or else go out in excursion boats Of the latter the Block Island | was the largest and carried the big gest crowd The Manhanset and the | Summer Girl also carried many en- thusiasts
 All the boats were allowed to follow the crews over the course Early in the morning many of the yachts in the harbor picked up their anchors and sailed or steamed up to the navy yard, so that there was goodly assemblage of gaily decorated craft Co welcome the winner at the finish. The race was rowed with the tide almost flood.
 The crews were made up as follows: