The San Francisco call., 1898-06-24
intercollegiate Boat Race
 a Procession.
YALE FAR AHEAD OF HARVARD
SLOWEST TIME MADE FOR SEW.
 ERAL YEARS.
Tn the Freshman Race, Yale Defeats Harvard and Cornell After a
 Most Exciting Contest.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, June 23.-The great intercollegiate aquatic contests which for months have been looked for ward to by thousands took place to- day and the results again place Cor nell on the pedestal of fame as the champion university crew of America, and to the freshmen of Yale belongs the honor of success in the triangular race with the youngsters of Harvard and Cornell.
 The two races were strikingly incon- sistent with each other in that the one stands as a perfect antithesis of the other. The university race, which was rowed down stream at 12:30 this after noon, was procession of the first class, while the freshman contest was a battle royal.
 The first race was uninteresting, ex- cept to Cornellians. after the first quar- ter of a mile had been rowed. The slight lead which Yale secured at the start was then taken away by Cornell at this point and Courtneys men were not again headed.
 The eight of fair Harvard were never in the race. Prettier form and water ship has never been seen in America than that presented by Captain Colson and his Cornell crew throughout the four miles of the race. The work of Yale, the second crew, is capable of characterization as first-claSS when not subjected to the deadly parallel with Cornell. Harvard was never a factor in the running.
 The time of the winning crew as given by the race officials was g minutes AS seconds-the slowest time made in a university race for several years-but this is attributed to a head wind and the fact that Cornell was not forced Yale crossed the finish line IA seconds behind the champions, while the trail- ing Harvard eight rested on their oars 33 seconds later.
 If the university race of the early afternoon was tame as contest the freshman race, which was started at 5:03, was thrilling to the last degree. Every yard of the course was fought viciously and the result was in doubt until the second Yale rushed across the line winner in the official time of 11:22 2-5.
 The three freshman crews of Yale, Harvard and Cornell rowed one of the best races ever seen on the Thames this afternoon. Yale won, but Harvard spurted at the finish and was so close a second that only a few feet separated the two crews, while the boat of the Cornell crew was opposite No. of liar wards crew It was a royal battle from start to finish, with Cornell lead ing at first, Yale catching her at the one mile and Harvard making a grand rally and beating out Cornell at the line. Considering the weather condi- tions with the wind blowing strong up stream and the tide also running in that direction, the time was fast, al- though the sloWest since 1892. Every one of the freshmen came over the line in the very best condition. The race was called for 3 o'clock, but strong wind caused a postponement and it was 5:05 when the pistol was fired. Harvard caught the water first and shot ahead about three feet. Cornell, however, was right after the Cambridge eight and with the first ten strokes had drawn up even and then passed her. Harvard rowed about 34 at the start, Cornell 32 and Yale 35 The race to the first half mile was very close, Cornell being in on her quarter.
 Yale, however, put in a good spurt just before the mile was reached and passed Harvard. At the first mile Yale crept up even with Cornell and the two crews swept by the mark with abso- lutely no difference between them, while Harvard was not over a quarter of a length behind The next stroke after the crews crossed the mile flag put Yale a foot in the lead, but Cor nell recovered in the next anu in the half mile following the crews alter mated, first one showing ahead and then the other, while Harvard seemed con- tent to have the nose of her shell at No. oar of the Cornell boat. Just as the shells went by the one and a half mile mark Yale succeeded in getting the nose of her boat beyond Cornelrs and held it there. Then came the finish. and such a finish has not been seen on the water for many year Harvard S cockswain called on his crew and they responded nobly, with spurt that put them almost on even terms with Cor nell.
 At another eighth of mile from the finish line Cornell put on another spurt and established a slight lead over Har- yard but could not catch Yale. Again the Harvard cockswain called on his men and the shell jumped this time well beyond Cornell and with the line only few yards distant the Cambridge crew had taken second place and pluck fly started after Yale. Inch by inch they gained, pulling a dashing stroke that sent the boat through the water without a hitch, but the finish line was not quite far enough away, and with Harvards boat at Yales No. and CorneH's boat at Harvard's No. the crews sped over the line and Yale had won.