The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-28

and when once the crowd had seen the
long, steady rhythmical stroke of the
crimson wearers, Haryard money APP
peared more plenty. The big crowd
watched the referees boat disappear
beyond Summers point and then began
the long minutes of expectancy until
some tidings Of the start or some
glimpse of the crews told that the race
was on. The crowd moved uneasily
until a laundering cavalcade of horses
enveloped in a cloud of dust and led by
g scorching vanguard of bicyclers an
nouncad that the race was on.
At the first glimpse of the crews a
shout arose, Here they come was in
every throat, and every one was at once
a self appointed committee OF one 10
announce the news TO every one else.
1.-TWO to one on Worcester" frantic
ally yelled a belated better who could
have obtained even money not MIN
ute before. He was snapped up IN a
twinkling.
(Which is Worcester" the question
went up. No one knew. The crowd re-
lied on the royal blue suit of the high
school crew as a distinguishing marx
from the white shirts of the Harvard
crew. But at the start the boys MAJ
slipped their shirts and came DOWN
stripped to the waist.
At last the CLINT of crimson blades ap-
peared next the Shrewsbury shore. Inc
crowd forgot the crimson tipped oars on
the high school crew and picked the
leaders to be Worcester. A shout went
up from the point and the crowd farther
down on the causeway followed IN the
mistake and cheered for Worcester
As the crews drew nearer the crowd
realized the error and the yell OF exui-
tation died into wall OF dlsappolIll-
ment as the open water showed between
the two boats and Harvard was seen
in the lead. Following the crews va" -, .
steamer that went UP to the start, me
official boat, and came back behlnd tAe
crews carrying a yelling and cheering
crowd of Harvard rooters. The crews
swept past and to the finish. For the
crowd the race was over.
Old heads wondered as the reteree
boat neared the finish. Ihe ouicial
boat of the race was transformers lIlto
a boat of Harvard followers Inc tnree
times three of Harvard rang , 0ue u tIoni
the Apollo again and again Inc mar mar
ward freshmen second crew We're
aboard, guests of the officials.
With apparent poor judgment anu
not needing a polite suggestion that
the boat must be non-partisan, the
Harvard men gave cheer after cheer
from the boat, accompanied by the
frantic waving OF a nag from INC "PP Up
deck. Thousands who saw the Apollo
wondered where the Harvard boat came N
from, and what had become of the ON
cial boat that was seen following the
crews.
With evident disappointment, the Dig
crowd began a scramble for Lincoln
park to seek conveyance to town. Inc
crowd was too large for the cars to han
die. The dummy was put in requlsl-
ton, and made two trips, carrying over
a thousand to the city. Electric cars
left the park freighted to the limit and
thousands were hurried away
But hundreds more came struggling
in from the club houses and from far
UP the shores of the lake, and the wait
for accomn odation was tedious. All
in all, however, in view of the size of
the crowd, it was handled well.
No considerable amount of money
changed hands on the race. Worces-
ter money went begging at even offers.
When the strength Of the wind and
condition of the water became appar-
ent, the high school crew was rightly
reckoned to be at a disadvantage, and
more Harvard money was in evidence
Just before the race than in the entire
morning and early afternoon. There
was an abundance of Worcester money,
but it found few Harvard takers.