The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-30

Eight Years.
New London, Conn, June 29.-Har-
ward won all of the boat races today
three victories over Yale in three hours
and the western sky glowed crimson
this evening when the Harvard varsity
crew pulled over the finish line six and
a half lengths ahead of Yale. After
eight years of defeat, the students of
Cambridge are at last tasting the
sweets of success.
Harvard's university eight won from
Yale over a four-mile course by six
and a half lengths in twenty minutes
and ffty-two seconds Harvard $
freshmen eight won from Yale over a
two-mile course by two and half
lengths in nine minutes, thirty-three
and a half seconds. The record was
ten minutes and sixteen seconds.
Harvard's substitute four won from
Yale over two-mile course by SIX
lengths in ten minutes and. fifty-one
seconds.
The Harvards crew rowed modifi-
cation of the English stroke, coupled
with some features of the stroke pulled
by Wisconsin and Coach McConViiie.
of Wisconsin. who saw the race SAID:
IF HarVard's crew in today'S form had
been at Poughkeepsie, | am afraid they
would have given US all a hustle for
first place. Yale has greatly modified
the Coon stroke and the boat did not
go today as it did when the famous
coach was there.
The races were rowed in almost ideal
water, and wind and clear skies favor
ed them likewise. The course was bad
~ policed, boats besetting the lane, and
steamers kicking up swells after the
race had started. Harvard in the var
sity race collided with a number OF
small boats at the finish and heavy
swell impeded Yale.
'Varsity's Defeat Crushing.
The varsity race was prettily rowed,
but the defeat was crushing. ale,
however. rowed gamely to the finish
and neither crew showed signs of dis
treSs.
The contest between the substitutes
constituting the varsity fours was,
like the varsity Fights, procession,
with Harvard six full lengths ahead at
the finish. The freshmen effort was
mighty and splendid one UP TO the last
eighth of a mile, when Harvard's SUI
perior staying powers, coupled with an
unfortunate obstruction of the course
OF the Yale Youngsters by i large
tage and sent the 1902 men of Harvard
across the line two lengths ahead of
Yale Both of these races We're post
poned from the forenoon and were
rowed about an hour after they had
been scheduled for the afternoon. There
was little or no betting.
About 6:15 o'clock the Yale varsity
crew left the float at Broadview,
closely followed by the oarsmen of Har-
ward from Red Top. Ten minutes later,
the men had received their instruc-
tiuns from the referees yacht, had
backed into their positions at the start
and We're waiting for the word.
They Are Of.
With extreme caution Referee Mel
hieham assured himself that both
crews were ready and with a last warn
ing: Are you Teady?' fired the pistol
shot which sent the two crews off in
the big race IF the day. The water
was calm and placid as an inland lake.
The crews rowed as usual i'll tagged
lanes. the blue occupying the eastern
course the crimson the western Yale
caught the water first, but Harvard
was a close second and the two Fights
started out on their long journey prac-
tically on even terms. The New Haven
crew hit up a stroke OF 81 to the min
ute. the men from Cambridge pulling
beautifully at So. Harvard continued
rowing at Sc and Yale had dropped her
clip TO the same figure and with per
feet rhythm the two crews fell into
strokes at unison.
The eighteen brown backs came for
ward and backward together. The
reach. The catch. the heaVe and the re-
cover were simultaneous in both shells,
and as the two crafts sped on with
noses ana rudderS exactly even, they
looked as if they might have been me-
chanically connected, ana propelled by
identical machinery. Just before the
first half-mile was reached Yale
seemed 10 nut more power into her
stroke and gave the first intimation of
an advantage. Harvard apparently
paid no attention 10 this unimportant
change in positions and rowed steadily
on Accordingly. al the half-mile nag,
the nose of the blue shell was a triiie
in the van, giving Yale lead of per-
haps an eighth OF a length. The first
flag however. had hardly been passed
when Harvard spurted and Yale drop
ped her stroke ond point and the Har-
ward boat same up on even terms.
Harvard In the Lead.
Reaching down for the mile, the Yale
coXswain sWerVed slightly from his
true course and directly after the mile
flags had bee9 passed, Harvard took the
lead. which she was not 10 surrender
throughout the race. Yale whose men
had up to this point been rowing beau
tifuIly. INDUCED in little freaky
Workmanship and Harvard stole away.
During the next half mile the crimson
tipped oars were sweeping gracefully
Through the water at a rate and style
which fairly lifted the shell from the
water. and in this short stretch she in
creased her lead to a full length.
Looking down the course, the Yale
coxswain saw his rivals steadily pull
ing from him, and he frantically called
on his men to hit it up. They respond
ed. and increased the rate two points,
rowing thirty-siX 10 the minute. Har-
yard. meanwhile, had been rowing
steadily at thirty-four. and after
watching Yale few strokes, Captain
IIigginson decided that a Harvard
thifty-four was as telling as Yale
thirty-siX, and he refused to respond To
Yale's squirt. At this point the Har-
ward men did the prettiest rowing Of
the day, and among those on board
the official boats it was the unanimous
oDinion that no finer piece of work had
eyer been seen on the Thames.
Notwithstanding Yale's speed ana
stroke. they found it Impossible to over
come the Harvard lead. During this
worry spurt the Harvard shell actually