New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-29
ON THE EVE OF BATTLE.
HARVARD AND YALE CREWS READY
FOR THE WORD.
STORMY WEATHER FEARED - SLUGGISH
BETTING Observation-Disclosures
ARRAY OF PLEASURE CRAFT
IN THE HARBOR.
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ARRAY OF PLEASURE CfArl
IN THE HARBOR.
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New London, Conn. June 2S.-Rain is pour
| ing down hard here tonight. and the fear Is
/ expressed on every hand that the morrow viii
prove stormy and make inevitable the postpone
ment of the great Harvard Yale struggles on
| the Thames. Rain alone will not prevent the
| races but II it comes on the wings OF a wind
the river is sure to be kicked up into a nasty
sea that will prove formidable
| On the eve of the college boat races this usu-
/ ally sleepy old town is beginning to pulse and
/ waken into new life. Enthusiasts on the sub
| ject Of rowing, shouters from Cambridge and
New Haven sporting men. college boys and
| their pretty sisters have been gradually flowing
into the townall day, and now 1t is at its flood
! tide OF the year.
1t is a mooness night, the sky is overcast
thick with clouds and heavy downpours are
! frequent. Yet the lower stretches of the river
and harbor bright with the myriad twinkng
| lights that hang from shroud and spar on the
trim craft that swing azily at anchor. The
! gstening black or the shimmering white of
their hulls forms mirrors in the darkness to re-
hect the yellow lights that glimmer on every
side Further down the harbor the sky is
lighted UP with great flashes from the display Of
fireworks that is being made a special feature
OF regatta eve One of the big Sound steam
! ers has taken a crowd of watchers down TO
| witness the display but there are enough people
! left TO throng the streets and crowd the lobbies
| OF the hotels
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
The grounds OF the Pequot House and the
lawns that surround the many cottages at the
point and that slope down the waters edge were
thronged early this evening. Many people we're
staying at the hotel, which was filled, and many
more made the trolley Journey down from New
London, for from Pequot Point a beautiful view
! OF the harbor, filled with the brilliant yachts, is
| to be obtained Every and then the whole
harbor would be lighted up with the spendor or
some set piece Of fireworks that hung high In the
sky. AS the evening wore away sharp showers
came up.
| One Of the aquatic attractions is the presence
| OF the United States battle-ship Texas, the
! cruiser Prairie and the training ship Alliance,
which lie at anchor, looking formidable in their
| peace array Another feature is the arrival Of
the new cup defender. the Columbia together
with the Defender both having sailed over from
| Newport to-day.
The trim lines and tapering spars OF the Co
| lumbia have attracted the greatest interest
Among the list Of other yacht arrivals chron-
| icled at the house of the Atlantic Yacht Club
are the steam yachts Indolent, Narada, Tide,
| Utowana Satanella, Elsa, American, Aphro-
| dite, Tillie and Enterprise; the schooners Colo
MIA Atlantic Emerald, Osprey, Intrepid Cru
s4 ler. Alsacienne, Iroquos and Merlin, and the
| sloops Queen Nab Glorana, Mrth II, Columbia
| and Defender.
Fort -, NJ
most intense interest centres in the varsity
| struggle Harvard has not won from Yale at
| New-London since 1891. and people think that
another victory is about due Harvard men
are confident that the Crimson will make
good showing. They declare that their crew can
| hit up a stroke much higher than Yale, and
that IL, after the two-mile flag is passed, 1t
comes to question OF squirting, Harvard will
win On the other hand. they believe that II
Yale rows pretty fast stroke from the very
start she will keep Harvard working at the top
Of her speed and will tire her out before the
finish is reached Harvard may hit her stroke
| up as high thrty-six. while II Is expected
that Yale will hardly go above thirtytwo
LITTLE BETTING DONE.
II is a curious thing that almost no wagers
have been laid thus far-at any rate in any
thing like a public way. Every one seems to be
holding off to see what odds, If any, are estab-
lished. 1t is probable that what money there
is in the morning will be put up on even terms.
| There are rumors afoat that some Yale men
and some Harvard men are willing to give five
TO four odds, but when man with roll of bills
goes hunting for the sports, said hackers vanish
in the air
Yale comedies that Harvard will walk away
with the four-oared race in the morning. I'm
| like the four-oared race at Poughkeepsie. the
one tomorrow will be rowed with coxswain in
each shell. In the freshman race the Harvard
men have, what on side men call. good thing.
! Not cnch by any manner of means, but bet
ter than an even show
That greater interest than usual is being taken
in the freshman and the four-oared races is
shown by the fact that this year. for the
first time observation trains will be run for
these contests 1t is declared that the utmost
| promptness will be observed in the conduct Of
! the races, and that they will be started right
ditions. Julian w Curtiss said tonight that
| he had just been over the course. and had seen
! that all the flags and stakes were in proper
position. over the weather conditions how
ever Mr. Curtiss shook his head.
Spectators will not have far to go for the
morning races. The first one, at 10 o'clock, In
which the Harvard and Yale freshman eights
take part. will be started at the big railroad
bridge Just outside the town, and spectators will
simply have to step on the observation cars at
| the station in town and the races will begin al
most at once. The freshmen will cover the first
two miles upstream, and when their victory has
been won or lost the four-oared crews will race
! for the other two miles up the river. the OBJ
servaton trains continuing along the stream
| The varsity race will be fought out at D p. m.
! rowed downstream the ebb tide.
| Everybody is staying up late to see II the
| weather will not clear, for a rainy day In New
| London is az dismal as the tomb, and possible
| postponement is even more TO be dreaded
| INFANTICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Richmond Va. June 2s.-Mrs. Lizzie Ellis. OF
| Farmvfle Va. aged seventeen years. Killed her