The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-08
YALE MEETS DEFEAT.
fHE NEW HtTJN MN OUTCfASSFD
ny mr. HFNLTy CREU.
Race Lost by "A Length aud rhrce-ouar-
tcrs-Dr. ". :. Mcdowell, of Chr
cago. Won One Event.

carly morning hours OF this the fast day
Of the Royal Henley Regatta the SKY
was overcast ana there was every promise
of d,sasreoablc weather for the day. Out
Nv II O'Clock tho sun was shining hf'sh'ly'
Tho crews wcrc out early at hb"' '''
practice. padding and making snort
snurts. Thousands of visitors ana ies'-
dents wore carly asur. and the banks
Of the river wcro soon crown" N''.'
Sight-sccrs. . -.
LONDON. July In the FIRST neat lo'
diamond sculls. H. *. Beaumont, Oh bur
ton-on-Trcnt Rowing CLUB beat -. H.
Beddlngton Of the Thames ROWING N'"''
by FIVE lengths. III.
In the second heat FOR diamond SOULS
v Ntckaus OF the London Rowing 'iu"'
beat : Swami. OF Cambridge University
Boat Club. by lcn.ih
The third heat Tor the diamond Guns
was between Hon. Rupert Guinness OF ,"'
LcandCr Rowing club thc present no'"'
OF the trophy. and III. j. i'acheiai' OF
The Nesta Rowing Ciuo. nc "'"' ""'
Won by Guinness.
In the fourth heat Of the diamond SOULS
between Or. W. 5 Mcdowell, o. chicago
and Hon. H. 4. Guinness. of Eaton COZ
lcgc. the former rowcd before time. ne
actually played with Guinness ana won
as ne pleased. Hc finished in o."'. three
quarters Of length ahead OF Guinness
who seemed TO Doe greatly tagged out.
In the first heat of the ciehi-0iicn race
for the ladies challenge cup. Eton College
crew beat Jesus College oxford easily.
The second heat of the eight-oarcd race
for the ladi,, plate was won hy Ballot
College. which beat Bedford Grammar
School eight boy half length.
The third heat Was won by Radicy Col
lecc. which beat Trinity College Dublin,
easily.
In the fourth heat for the ladies' chal-
lengo cup Emmanuel College Cambridge.
beat Trinity Hall Cambridge. by "a length.
The Yale crew lost to-day their only
attempt 10 win the most highly-przed
trophy OF British aquatics. the grand
challenge cup OF the Royal Henley re-
gatta. Their opponents were the crack
eight OF the Lcander Rowing club. whose
crews won the cup four times in sue
ccssion. ia ls9l y. 90. and -. IL was a
grand race however. and the Nalesans
have no reasons 20 feel Inundated IT
their defeat. They were simply outclass-
ed The Leanders beat the New Haven
crew by o. length and three quarters.
covering the Henley course of one mile
and five hundred and fifty yards in ia.
Immense crowds of spectators lined the
river banks. at 1.i5 o'clock. when the
signal was given that everything was
ready for third heat of the Grand Chal-
lenge cup race between the Yale Oniver-
slty and Leander Rowing crews The
entire course was mass OF color. Yale
and American flags being very much i'm
evidence. There WAS no wind. The start
was over sky was overcast and the
air was hot. Bob Cook and Pittman. the
old Cambridge stroke. followed the boats
.fsla'.s
launch.
Yale and Leandcr had drawn heat a.
in the grand challenge contest. but rs
this heat was the feature of to-day's
programme il was decided last week that
heats "B' and "C' respectively between
first Trinity Cambridge. and the London
Rowing Clubs eight and the New COL
lege. Oxford and Trinity 1lall. Cam
bridge crews should Doe rOwci first I'm
order that the principal events Of the
day should take place about 1880 T. NJ.
when the greatest throng OF spectators
would be present.
The starting word was given at 1870 =.
NJ. The boats got au even start. both
boats striking the water at the same lime.
Emerging from the upper end Of Tenn
pie Island. Lender was seen 90 have the
fOIepart Of her canvass ahead ana soon
increased her lead 10 quarter of
length hut the Yale men were putting
great force into their strokes and sue
cceied in driving their boat even with
that OF their adycrsarics
a BEAUTIFUL RACE
To those running behind the boats on
the tOw-path the N1le men seemed 90
get the nose of their boat in front and
IL was then "a beautiful race 10 Fawley's
Court a reporter who was on board the
umpirc's launch says that Yale never
actually got the lead. hut that two or
lhrcc times they pulled themselves about
even with Leander The consensus ~
opinion. however. is that Yale lcd slight
ly at the half mile. hut that Leandcr
was foot ahead at Fawley's Court.
The Leander crew appeared perfectly
fash al the end of the race. and rowcd
M smart stroke some distance beyond
the finish. but the Yale men seemed 10 be
completely spent. Brown and Rodgers.
respectively Nos. and Z. were very badly
done at the finish The mon were too
much exhausted TO allow a raise in the
stroke. Both required attention when
the race was over. When they We're
both helped out of the boat Rodgers was
perfectly white and Brown tainted from
exhaustion. Both were very weak. and
laid IN the open air on the float for some
time while they were famed and bathcd
by their companions. The men for the
time did themselves justice and acknowl-
edge that Leandcr is tho better crew.
In the first heat for the grand challenge
cup. first Trinity Of Cambridge. beat Lon
don Rowing Club. time TO
In the second heat for the grand chal-
lenge cup New College. oxford. beat
Trinity Hall Cambridge Time. 1913
In the third heat. for the grand chal-
lenge cup. Lcander beat Yale by "A length
and three-quarters. Time, 7l4.
In the frsb heat of the fouroarcd race.
for the Wyford challenge cup. Trinity
college. oxford. beat the Thames Row
ting club.
The second heat was between Caius Col
lcge. Cambridge. and the Molesy Boat
Club. The heat was won 10y Caius
The first heat OF the ,icht-oarcd race
Rowing club which beat the Christ
Church. oxford. four with ease.
The first chat OF the eight-oarod race.
for the Thames challenge cup. was won
by the Kingston Rowing Club which beat
thine London Rowing club easily
The first heat Of the race for The Stew
ards challenge cup for four oars. finish.
ed the ROWING for the day. There were sew
eral showers of short duration late i'm
the afternoon. Many Of the spectators
left at O'Clock. but am enormous crowl
stu remained until the programme FOR
tho day was finished The general opin-
ion is that the days sport was exception
ally good.