Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24


looking citizen bearing alot sign that
is the target Tor the omnipresent SIN III
boys surplus orange peel and chunk S
OF rea, estate. Fellow feeling makes Us
wonderous kind; this sign bears the
LEGEND that by grace are we saved"
But we do not stop; we flow on with
the tide OF humanity in search of some
spot whence to obtain the best view OF
the race. A stout oak fence TANKS
the towpath On the oherside of this
barrier is most inviting and seductive
green bank. Despite the fact at stated
intervals sign boards informed the fire.
quent pa ser by that "Trespassers
would be prosecuted" the mai jniy OF
young men would endeavor to storm,
the enclosure; but upon closer contact
and investigation they abandoned the
attempt from the fact that slme oulless
individual had unkindly festooned he
Top OF the same with an artistic and els-
giant irescoe OF pitch and tar. 1t made
me feel quite bad a, he way not to say
unkind wav, those some OF them, md
die aged respectable gentlemen talked
about the owner Of tina, property behind
his back. IL has been my privilege to
listen to few remarks from bibulous
bus driver two minutes after his horse
had fallen down in Cheapside; have
also heard few observations on the
part OF a hale and healthy Alexander
Who had been indus riously endeavoring
for two hours 10 drive an erratic ostrich
through ate; | have further been in
the vicinity wnen an unrege crate gen.
tile neighbor Of mine has been endeavor-
ing to PUT up the stove pipe; once when
| was very young heard mild debate
between a BARGE and loch-keepe
but none OF the Aforesaid polished
phrases would hold candle to few ut
terances that dropped from the lips OF a
gentleman who gtzed lhoughtfully and
sadly at a huge seam Of tar across his
heretofore immaculate and spot ess
ironed white vest. He had endeavored
to sneak over the fencel
We concluded not to climb that fence
but found beautiful spot from which
we could command at least 700 yards of
river Oh, vain hopel Whilst we were
congratulating ourselves upon our good
luck, one OF those beastly, sneaking,
little Thames consefvancy tugs left the
oppo lite shore haviI & in tow a huge
barge loaded wi h pc ople. The little
putting snorting boat wlistled gleeiully
as'she dep )sited the barge right in front
of us, lef. her anchored there, and
steamed across to get another to fill up
the gap that remained. Then was it
that we sighed for tue man with the tar.
! nished vest to come and othe our tired
ceilings with his poetic ank verse.
All this time the crowds had been
pouring across Hammersmi h Bridge in
thousands. Once in awhile the crowd
would raise howl as steamer would
go down the river bearing the legend
Apples Soap 'etc. one in particular be-
ing furnished v 18th lady mounted on
horse IN the bows. botn the quadruped
and blpsd being adorned with a super.
fluffy OF hair, whilst the public were in
formed in two foot letters that they used
''Baldine" or some such stuff
AT 2:24 the sound Of gun was heard
about mile down the river and the cry
went up from hou sand thro ITS ''theyire
off," Then the bresthles IS silence OF ex-
pec,ancy seized the multitude, broken
once in while by an exclamation as
some luckless individual in the excite
ment came near being u,hed over the
rivers bank. Then mighty cheer and
bubble Of sound arose from the spectators
the cheering b. coming more distinct, as
the progress OF the race was developt d.
a mighty cheer arose and went ripping
along the opposite bank as the boats
were viewed from there 1t sc emed al
most two minutes before there was
yell, Here they comeP' and the two
boats sh, t into view pre- p He'd by the
sturdy eight oarsmen apiece. Oxford
was leading by about half leng and
the crowd were delrious. Yells went
skyward; both teams rowed like auto.
ma ic machines and the graceful, slim
outriggers shot through the water like
huge cenupedes. with the little light
weight coxswain sitting bolt upright
wi h set teeth.
Even novice could see that Oxford
had the better crew, their stroke being
longer, cleaner and more powerful. But
Cambridge stuck to them like leeches,
rowing tour more strokes a minute. In
few seconds they were out of sight
closely followed by the umpre's launch,
the Oxford, Press, aud Cambridge boats,
together with heterogeneous collection
oil steamers Then the crowd began to
wend its way back TO the bridge As
the crowd had been steadily pouring
across the bridge for four or five urs,
and now all wanted to get back at once,
it is foregone conclusion that there
was. block. Then it was that one
realized the efficiency OF the London
POhNCs hiWabS bOOu iluilOItu anu al
tue same time thoroughly up to their
business, they handled that crowd in a
scientific manner. We had hardly
reached the bridge before the Oxford
steamer with the trainer in the bows
bowling his acknowledgements came
down the river, closely followed by
other steamers Blowing their wills les
and firing of bombs and rockets.
Iwould not care to state how long it
took us to cross that bridge. The pros.
poets seemed when we ultimately did
get across that possibly the crowd is
wedged there still. The only thing that
regret is that couldn't get to speak to
policeman and find out how 10 do the
Tick. was standing hopelessly stalled
between policeman, a lat man and
stone buttress, the cop very indy gave
me dig below the fifth rib with his
elbow and 10 shot clean through the
lat man and met man on The other side
who kindly trod on my corns whilst
someone else hit me in the small OF The
back. Ultimately | landed behind
cab and just stayed wi h that CAP for
three fourhs oil a mile, when ! made
dive for a side street.
Nobody goes out to Barnes, Putney
Hammersniilh or Mortlake with the ex
pectaion oil see ng the race. lust a
fleeing glimpse Of two pulling crews is
all that hsy see. Then they indulge in
a good ume with the crown. Oxiord's
victory ihi; year by two thirds lengths
was ioIegone conclusion, this making
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