The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-26
TIE RACE IN DETAIL.
How tho Crews Rowcd over thu Four-S1iie
Course from Start TO rinish.

Course from Stnrt 10 Uinthn.
Juno 25.-As tho moving
grand stand, with its waving forest OF
parti.colorcd banners ana flags, swept around
tho curved tracks below Crum Elbow tho
first view Of tho starting boats and the ref.
crco's yacht, the Helvctia, caused the crowd to
break into cheers md songs. A little nearer
and it was possible to see the onrsmen them
selves, and their appearance created the Widest
enthusiasm. Tho Harvard men had gotten their
racing craft under way much earlier than their
rivals, and Ms they rowod smartly down toward
the start thoro was n never-ceasinR roar Of
cheers from the hundreds of Cambridge ~rootors
grouped together on crimson-bedocked cars.
"Nine Harvards. allow p shrieked tho leader
Of the cheering, as they loaped down upon the
dusty railroad ties and waved their canes fran
tically in bandmaster fashion.
"Threo times three for Mister lehman T.,
they also cried, and the oral response was both
ear-piercing and regularly delivered.
Fair Harvard" tho song dear to all sons Of
the Cambridge University, wns sung repeatedly,
and after each stanZa pcaling cheers went echo
ing over the wave to fill tho hearts of the men
in the crimson boat with pluck and daring.
The sight of tho Harvard, Yale. and Cornell
girls on this wonderful train was inspiring, too,
for tho young athletes In the cedar shells, for
many q heart was beating there with sympathy
and love.
Harvard's arrival at tho start was the signal
for renewed enthusiasm, and as the spectators
saw the megaphone strapped to the coxswain's
mouth they extended all sorts Of encouragement
to HIM through the tin and paper speaking
trumpets with which nearly everybody was
armed.
rs that Mr.. Lehman In the stern of the boat
stcarinR the rudderf T. asked an unsophisticated
Harvard girl.
II think not said her escort, who was evi.
IDENTIFY not from classic Cambridge. II saw in
the paper this morning that he would be on the
referees boat"
The short, jerky cheers of old Yale ut this
moment announced the fact that tho Yale
men, big, brawney, and tanned q rich copper
color, were getting out OF their launch onto q
float near the shore. They were all stripped to
the waist and wore dark blue trunks. Deity
they fitted the sweeps into the oarlocks, gently
they crawled into the frail shell, and sturdily
they pulled away In q short semi.circle, finally
to move down in mechanical style toward the
goal where the great race would begin.
Yale's celebrated frog" chorus, songs about
old Eli and the way the blue would best her
rivals drowned out all other sounds, save the
ehrill footing Of the whistles on the referees
boat and the swiftly m~anpuvring revenue cut.
ters which kept the course marvellously clear.
But the loudest and most spontaneous on.
thusiasm came. from the Ithacan. delegation
when ,Courtney's crew hove in sight. the men.
though light in weight yet powerful in strength
sITs"m ona iiGs s shjs;sss S Ssl1;s|i13od I'd machine hines
for fore during fnsn many y years had dU so@e. f fhe 1th l1Rsss
knew that this would be a fight of vastly moro
icgcs. for defeat would lead to exclusion forever
from contests on the water with the crimson
SO it was no mail wonder that Cornell went
almost wild when the red and white crow drew
near the start, confident and cold-biooded for
IL was easily apparent TO the %practised eye that
Cornell WAS alta disadvantage in tho question OF
ing seats. patiently waiting for the signal to 60.
looked like veritable pigmies when compared
Who TO the we yeun shes ssHnt to in row the 10 other sse Sssils.
But the Cornell oarsmen had two things in their
favor, which were expected to counterbalanco
tured in years and had had the benefits OF coach.
ing at the hands Of a man whose lifelong study
in!the possession Of unlimited sand" which, in
case they should be hard pressed. could be
brought into play until their endurance should
YaIe's representatives had the brawn. There
S Sas no ike hos'' IRRITABLE Sa pss andsow ,oo'n and up pe n eeeiy
Trained train xs, at that cn:ch Th hey, bad bad. be %bo handed nnS d by
slight handicap which Impartial critics did
that the men were young-in fact one might
have called them overRrown. Still, with the
been n feature OF Yale crews, and the fact that
they had been we'll coached. made them con.
fdent and caused their many adherents to hope
The Harvard boat was filled with as fine a
body Of men, physically, as ever represented
youthful. though, and that, as in the case of
Yale, made many OF their followers think more
than once.
HARvARD's NEW STYLE.
Every move that was made by them from the
time that they first put their oars in the water
away on their journey denoted new methods
hitherto unknown to Crimson men. X. c. leh-
men sat in their boat, in the method Of handling
the, oars as they foated near the starting dory.
an@ the general .Om ,R mGkerEp9 Of the h eight; They We're
spect. and as the crowd realized that all these
things were based upon, the English standard.
there was naturally unhagging curiosity to see
1t was $40 o'clock when the sterns Of tho
ing boats and the referees yacht steamed slow
" toward them. Referee M.eikleham standing in
from all tho college delegations was so intense
at this time that a man on ono OF the revenue
You viii all have to keep perfectly qaiotu n-
til the ~refcree has started the race"
Obedience, was the ,watchword. and with little
delay the big ~nssemblago OF excited partisans
became as silent us tho dead.
There was very little wind, Just enough from
the northwest TO give slight relief to the swell
tcring thousands. and the water was almost
smooth. II was not mill pond by any means,
but 1t was smooth enough to row the race
without iukes or accidents, and everybody was
In "A happy mood over the fact that there would
be no postponeInent.
Yale had the inside course, nearest tho rail-
road tracks. Harvard was In tho middle, and
Cornell had tho outside. or virtually the middle
OF the stream. The position OF the 1thncans was
considered the best, for as tho tide was running
out strongly 1t was thought that they would
have the benefit OF q current.
It was an easy matter to hear every word ut
final Instructions. and when he asked the crows
II they were ready, tho negative answers of the
Harvard and Yale coXswains caused a slight
delay. The next moment. however, tho ques-
ton was put again, and as YES" came back
in each instance. the referee called out as tho
climax:
Are You ready n
And then. as there was no response. he held his
shooting iron high above his head and fred.
In "a second pandcInonium cut loose. Every
body yelled, flags and hats were waved franti.
cally. and the observation train began to move.
Like grcyhounds released. from bondage, the
three crews leaped away from their anchored
dorics and the greatest American boat race on
record was begun.
Harvard men were almost insane with Joy as
tho Lehman shell, with a wonderful start,