New-York tribune., 1895-06-29
YALE WAS AN EASY WINNER.
HARVARD OUTCLASsED IN THE NEW
LONDON BOAT RACE.

PROCESSION LITTLE ENTHUSIASM COM
PARED WITH FORMER RACES.
[BY TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBuNE.I
New-London Conn. June 2s-Yae won the
university boat race this evening win such
ridiculous that It Is scarcely worth while
t. tell the story Of her victory and Harvards
defeat The simple fact that there were at least
ten boat lengths between winner and loser AT
the end Of the race. or thrty-nve SECONDS oi
time. ana that from the start to the hnlsh the
race was a leisurely procession. without incident
or m.shap OF any kind. ought to suffice. The con-
test did not bring out n demonstration OF
the merit Of Yales crew. and. though the time
made was better than the average since the
New-I.ondon course adopted. the fact mas
little significance. the time in which boat
races are rowed depends on circumstances. and
there was no occasion for the blues TO put forth
their best efforts.
All the conditions. except the wind. were IA
vorable TO n rapid race. and the wind. which
blew up the course. 50 slight that II cannot
be charged with retarding the boats for more
than few seconds Yale rowed the four miles
I'm q minutes and 30 seconds; Harvard In p
minutes and seconds.
THE DIMINISHED CROWD.
The result had long been accepted as FORE
gone conclusion. though the friends OF harvard
and Of collegiate boating In general had hopeu
that It would not turn out To be so cofnpie'e
and dispiriting rout. In consequence 'he al
fair was witnessed by fewer spectators thah any
race witt In the last fifteen IT twenty years IN
,u tho arrival Of the trains from Boston and
Ncw-York New-London seemed scarcely To nave
been awakened from her customary letharsy
and when the excursionsts came they were com
posed chiefly Of the friends OF Yale. 1t is doubt
ful whether the Harvard contingent was ever
50 small by thousands. and the overwhelming
majority Of the people came and went In the
afternoon. so that 1t only for few hours
that the quietude II New -London's streets was
disturbed or course. the falling off in attend
ancc was partly due TO the dsagreeabie weather
which prevailed all the morning, but Il Is equally
certain that IL was also due to loss OF interest
in the race and dissatisfaction with the treat
ment which visitors always receive in New
London during race week
oN THE PRESS BOAT
From one feature II this chronically unsatls-
factory treatment the representatives ~ the
,cwspapers from Ncw-York We're enabled Ia re-
ueye themselves today through the kindness OF
W ] Arken who put his steam yacht Judge at
thcir dlspos,il Under the terms ~ the agreement
entered Into In 1891 between tho New-London
Hoard %, Trade and the Yale anc Harvard Boa
clubs the u ari 81 Trade was to provide boat
Or tho prcsi and o. reserve place In II for the
working Newspaper men. This provision has been
habl,ually ignored and tho steamer Manhanse''
which IL designated as IN" official press boa'- mas
h..n 80 oyercrowdcd with other pereons as to
male sailsiaciorJ ylew of the race iIppoSS'oie 70
tho men who have had 1, describe IT, Repeated
ling no
from New-York took matters into their own
hands and were fortunate In finding friend in
Mr ,rken whose swift yacht gave them the best
,,ey ~ the race that they have ever enjoyed at
xcx.Iondon More l. the pity that there was no
he.ter occasion T. utilize the advantage thus So
c,r.d Mr. Arkelrs guests besides the news
manor writers. were * senator and Mrs James
Ark.u Mrs W J. Arkell Mr. and Mrs. william
clark II Plttsburg. Mr. and Mrs. II. Gillian ana
Bartlett Arkcll
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Tho weather was frcrkish all day. though
,bers was nothing 10 cause apprehension OF
r.stnoncucn, Of the race The rain came down
4, tnrr.nfs during the forenoon. but the skies
c,,red several hours before the time AT which
tho rae. was announced To take place. Ihc
wind was from the southeast. and SO remained
until 4eo o'clock when 1t suddenly shifted 10
the n,rthward This pro missed well for IN"
oorsmen. for II would help them down the
course but the race had scarcely begun before
II returned To It's original quarter ana wha'
there was of 1t blew against their backs. Inc
ann was inst enough yelled To prevent glare
ON the water and AFFORD "A clear ana com
Portable view to the people on the excursion
train and boats The train seemed To be about
nln.-tenths full while the local steamboats, and
T., NprWlcn
,rc,c crowdod There were three large steam
boats-thc Richard Peck. OF New Haven thr
CIV of Lowell. and tn" Block Island -ahcn"rcu
near the finish. and four smaller crait oi th'
same kind The vessels that went up To the
start were the Dora. owned by +. l.. Mosely, or
Hnstnn and utilized as the referees boat, IN"
Orlcnta of Ncw-York. owned by r.. X l.adew
and used AS the judges boat the Manhanset
the official press boat; the Summer Girl ex-
curson boat. the tug Wellington ana ,ne N.Y. N.Y.
nuc cutter Dexter. seemingly unwiedy cratt.
which came near wrecking the nth" summer
Girl and broke the rail Of Mr.. Arkeli's yacht.
A PROMPT START.
The crews were promptly at the start. and
were sent off with little delay. Both took the
water quickly and settled down To their r'Ru-
l,,Ion stroke The superiority of Yale was
demonstrated before the first minute had
claimed Her shell moved calmly past that OF
Harvard. her men rowing thirty-four strokes
TO the minute while IIarvard's crew row'd
thirty-cight. 80 fhf aS tnt dnp'"l"H'' VI Wv
work was concerned. there seemed To be httie
choice between the crews Harvard Sencrahy
gives the impression Of finish In both body ana
blade work and she did to-day, but IN her
stroke there was only fraction or the potency
which Yale showed. only an eighth OF mile
had been rowed before II was plain To all OBJ
that Harvard couiu Only '"'' ~ ~
cidents for victory.
At the half-mile flag Yale had lead OF eight
and one-half seconds at the mile or sixteen
at the mile and half. twenty. Opposite the
Navy Yard halfway down the course, mar
ward made an effort to reduce the lead OF her
antagonist and did succeed In gaining TWO sec
onds but the effort was either too eAhaustVe
or else II inspired Yale To turn on more oi hrl
energies for when the next half mile nag was
reached the lead Of eighteen seconds mad beeh
increasc to twenty y-sevcn.
THE FINAL Squirt
The third mile rowed without changc !"
the positions OF the shells but In the last mile