Evening journal., 1896-06-27

costumed women besprinkled the
cks Of the excursion steamers, relieved
montony OF the long observation train
q made more attractive the gayly be-
Il cked yachts. and al tho time as they
thered in groups to witness the contest
u could hear them chattering like an
q my Of sparrews, except when they were
N corrupted By the yolleys Of college cries
I'D greetings.
The River Alive with Craft.
The big steamers and the fleet of yachts
gan to poke their noses up stream at an
jrly hour, forming big line on the east
a iore reaching half mile above the bridge
Id mile tbelow it. There they waited
i ltiently, the bands playing and the col
GO boys singing. Ten minutes before
4 ne advertised start the long observation
. -ain rolled slowly out of Highlands and
. p toward the start three miles away 1t
loked like great wreath of flowers as 1t
urned about the foot Of the hills, clad In
many hues of flags
The scene was made doubly attractive
n its activity by the contrast in weather
onditions with those which have existed
or the past few days. The sun made the
iver look bright, and It made the people
COX happy. A decided transformation
lad taken place since morning, with its
owering skies, and genial feeling awoke
It the sight of the changed appearance Of
he sky. The blue background was grow
ng rapidly moro prominent, and the
winds had chased the clouds of to the
horizon.
Up the course beyond the fleet the river
lay smooth and blue, dimpled here and
there by vagrant wind. The referees
boat lay at the starting point at Krum's
|elbow, and the glasses Of the feet were
leveled at its movements. The flags on
the stakeboats at the finish Tapped idly
for time, and the great crowds lounged
into inaction as the hour of starting passed
and the crews had not begun. Suddenly
a white trousered youth In the mainmast
of one OF the yachts sang out, Here they
comet and then the crowds arose and
screamed with delight.
Arch over Hudson's Blue Bosom.
Away up the beautiful river, where the
green hills formed an arch over the Hud-
sons blue bosom, could be seen four tiny
dots moving and reaching and crawling
into better line of vision. Now and then
you could catch a stilettolike gleam of oar
blades flashing in the sun at their sides,
but they were so far away that the walt
ing crowd could hardly realize that they
were the men who We're battling in their
boats for supremacy. The pretty girls
screamed and the steamers whistles blew,
while the mass Of humanityin college col
ors howled itself hoarse. "Who is aheadY"
was the cry as the crews came head on,
and crimson enthusiast shouted, "Har-
vardl'
No; it's Cornell % was the answer, and
IN few minutes the crowds were yelling
frantically for Cornell, while the eight
brawny fellows pulled their she'll over the
finish line, followed by the hopelessly
weary Harvard crew, while Pennsylvania
lounged on behind and Columbia was an
eighth of a mile in the rear Then there
was the laundering shock Of cannon and
the shrek OF a myriad of whistles, coupled
with the wild, exultant cheering Of the
Cornell men and the acolaifns Of the other
thousands.
And .thaais the way the spectators saw
the race.
How 1t Was Rowed.
As seen from the observation train, the
race was q struggle long to be remember
ed. The four crews lined up for positions
about 8 80 o'clock. There was good deal