The record-union., 1899-06-30

chinery. Just before the first half
mile was reached Yale seemed to put
more power into her stroke, and gave
the first intimation of an advantage.
Harvard apparently paid no attention
to- this unimportant change in positions
and rowed steadily on. Accordingly
at the half-mile flag the nose of the
blue shell was a trifle in the van, CIV
ing Yale a lead of perhaps an eighth
of a length. The first flag, however.
had hardly been passed when Harvard
spurted and Yale dropped her stroke
one point, and the Harvard boat came
up on even terms.
Reaching down for the mile the Yale
coxswain sweryed slightly from his true
course and directly after the mile flags
had been passed Harvard took the lead.
which she was not to surrender
throughout the race Yale, whose men
had up to this point been rowing beau
tifully, INDUCED in a little freaky water
manship and Harvard stole away. Dur
ing the next half mile the crimson
topped oars were sweeping gracefully
through the water at a rate and a
style which fairly lifted the shell from
the water and in this short stretch she
increased her lead to length.
Looking down the course the Yale
steerer saw his rivals steadily pulling
from him and he frantically called on
his men to hit it up. They responded
and increased the rate points, rowing
36 to the minute. Harvard, meanwhile,
had been rowing steadily at 81 and
after watching Yale a few strokes. Cap
tain Higginson decided that a. Harvard
81 was as telling as Yale 36 nd he re-
fused to. respond to Yale's squirt. At
this point the Harvard men did the
prettiest rowing of the day and among
those on board the official boats it was
the opinion that no finer piece of work
had ever been seen on the Thames.
Notwithstanding Yale,s speed and
stroke, they found it impossible to over
come the Harvard lead. During this
very squirt, the Harvard shell actually
gained another half length and pro-
| ceeded to make it two full lengths in an
amazingly short period. Yale temper
arily surrendered and dropped from 36
to 81 strokes to the minute, while Har-
ward condescendingly lowered her
stroke to &c.
At the two mile flag the Cambridge
boat was fairly flying through the
water, her oarsmen- apparently growing
stronger. Yale was rowing well and
improved in the next half mile, but for
every notch of fine work that Yale cut
out, Harvard gouged out two and at
the two and half mile flag it was Har-
wards advantage by three clean
lengths. Yale, with her traditions and
pluck, put in some gruelling work and
| undertook to fight bravely the fate
which now seemed certain. The race
lad gone too far, however, and Har-
ward, having in mind the previous
TIN ashings which she has suffered at
Yale's hands in former years, proceeded
to make a walk away of it and at the
three. mile flag the race partook of all
the elements of procession. Harvard
had stolen two more lengths from the
Yale boat and was gliding gracefully
along with Yale five lengths to the rear.
Down the long lane of Enthusiastically
decorated yachts gathered at and about
the finish, xthe Harvard yacht swung
jauntily, steadily pulling away from
Yale
Reaching the finish flags. the tide
| caught the Harvard shell and swerved
it wofully The little coxswain had his
head about him, however, and with
great skill worked his way back into
line and shot down toward the Judge
boat. Here was witnessed wretched
policing and many small boats lowering
about the course. It cost Harvard a
fraction of a length perhaps but Yale.