New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-23
HARVARD HAS A SURPRISE.
HER SHELL SAID TO HAVE AN ADNAN-
TAGE OF HALF MINUTE IN
FOTTR MILES

The Harvard crew next week will cit I'm what II
said TO be probably the fastest eght-oared sneh
that has ever been built one which Is salo 10 nave
an advantage OF fully half a minute IN the iour
miles TO be covered by the two crews on Ihursoay
Night and day since June 2 expert mechanics nave
been steadily at work In the Harlem River shop o.
NJ r Davis building the Harvard she'll. winch
he saws IL the fastest racing machine or the KIM
ever turned out The few expert oarsmen VINO
have 80 far been favored with view OF the coat
are enthusiastic over IL.
The secret has been we'll kept and now II Is 100
late for Yale 20 Offset the advantage saio 10 Oe
possessed by Harvard in the way OF boat The
chief credit Is due to William Blake OF TINS cry.
the lawyer and author OF How TO GET STRONG an.
How 10 STAY So" who was stroke OF the Harvard
crew of SO which beat Yale 800 feet In three-iniIe
race her first victory In six years MI p
remembered that the six-oared shell which ne nau
specially made for his winning crew IN % was
10 inches wide and 81 feet long, as compared WIZ"
the 2215-lnch and 5O-foot she'll commonly used IN
those days and that It was an Important Tac'0'
in gaining a victory over Yale. :.
In the latter part OF May Mr.. Blake took the
plans OF the Elliott SHE'LL built for Harvard IN
1896 TO Clinton r. Crane. a young Harvard man
and a naval architect OF this city Following tns
Elliott lines but narrowing them. Mr.. Crane MADE
a model for shell TO be q inches wide and "
feet long and he said that 4 could be demon
strated that such a boat would be twelve SECONDS
faster in four miles than the shell used by fale
to-day which 10 q inches wide by s. feet long. the
u,a,ob, beInq eoual There would be a still greater
gain in speed ne said as II Is at least fifty pounds
lighter than the Yale shell This would mean fully
twenty seconds additional advantage In the rour
miles.
Davis the boat builder. June said IL Woald
take forty days TO build the she'll for which reason
he had already refused 70 build one for yale lie
said this time could be cut half by working night
and day but that Il would cost 1870 instead OK
t7OO-the usual price. This was agreed 10 MT
Blake raised the mony among ex-HarVaru stu-
dents John Greenough the banker, drew check
TO bind the contract for the boat, ana 'ne Issl
the money promptly subscribed py EuNaro
King H. Mckim Twombly. Robert bacon Presl-
dent OF the Manhattan Trust Company: {. G.
Beaman Charles Clark. r ID. Winthrop ana o,hets
The shell was completed yesterday morning ten
hours ahead of the time agreed upon. Coach
Storrow the new boat on TUESDAY ana sus,
gested slight changes. He was greatly pleased
instead OF the usual sheathing Of Spanish cedar
three-sixteenths OF an inch In thickness the ooat
sheathing is only one-siXteenth OF an men NOT
only has the wood been chemically treated so as
TO be impervtous to water but IL Is lined with
or a nall was used Instead OF the old-fashioned
cockpit OF cedar. veeighths or an men thlck ana
four inches high. this boat has one MADE OF me
vertical, Is turned outward Eno oo"nWdru, anu -
protected by a light wooden strip. The outHgser
and its tholepin Is absolutely rigd being MAGE
OF hollow metal and is light and strong The
coxswan IL near the bottom or the boat as
possibe-a plan before tried.
There are two skegs instead OF The sliding
seats are mounted on rails OF vulcan ized rubber
They rise about half an inch at each END thus u,,
a tendency TO retard the boats action as the men
shoot their out aft 20 take the stroke Per
design. in the eyes OF experts Ia the unusual dis
tance aft. to which her fulness has been carried.
Yesterday afternoon the boat was taken on tug
TO the pier OF the Norwich Line II will reach
New-London at an early hour this morning