Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-30
Yale Loses Three Races in Three
Hours.
IDEAL WATER AND WIND
Aner Eight Years OF Dcfcat the Etu-
dents or Cambridge arc Now Tast-
Ing tho sweets OF victory-PnIIed
over the Line SIX md "a Half
Lengths Ahead of Their COmpct>
ftors-A Pretty Contest.
(Dy Telegraph to virginian-P llot.)

(Dy Telegraph to Virginian- Pilot.)
New London, Conn, June 29.-Har-
ward won all Of the boat races to-day
three victories over Yale in hours
and the western sky glowed crimson
this evening when the Harvard varsity
crew pulled over the finish line six and
n half lengths ahead of Yale. After
eight years of defeat the students of
Cambridge are. tasting the sweets of
success.
HARVARD WINS ALL RACES.
Harvard's university eight won from
Yale over n four mile course six and
half lengths in 20 minutes and So
seconds.
Harvard's freshmen eight won from
Yale over Il two mile course by two and
n half lengths in . minutes and 33E
seconds.
Harvard's substitute four won from
Yale over a two mile course by six
lengths in 10 minutes and oil seconds.
ENGLISH STROKE MODIFIED.
The Harvard crews rowed n modln-
cation OF the English stroke, coupled
with some features of the stroke pull
ed by Wisconsin and Coach McCon-
Vile. of Wisconsin. who saw the race,
said:
"If Harvard's crew in to-day's form
had been at Poughkeepsie, 1 am afraid
She would have given us all q hustle
-Sors frat nlacen sas5A. - ~,
Yale has greatly modJiaad !, ..jl,e ~ ;sok,
stroke, ano the boat an ito 6 go today
ms 1t did when the famous scoaeh was,
there.
IDEAL WATER AND WIND.
The races were rowed in almost ideal,
water and wind, and under clear skies.
The course was badly policed boats
getting into the lanes and steamers
Kicking up swells after the race had
started. Harvard in the Varsity race
very nearly collided with Il number of
small boats at the finish, and a heavy
swell impeded Yale
The Varsity race was prettiIy row.
cd, but the defeat was crushing Yale.
however, rowed gamely to the finish
and neither crew showed signs of dis
tress.
The contest between the substitutes
constituting the. Varsity tours was,
like the Varsity eight race. a process
sion, with Harvard six full lengths
ahead at the finish. The freshman eff
Tort was mighty and splendid one up
10 the last eighth OF a mile, when Har-
Vards superior staying powers, coupled
with an unfortunate Obstruction of tho
q
large steamer, worked Tor Harvard's
advantage and sent the 1902 men OF
Harvard across the line two lengths
ahead OF Yale. Both of these races
were postponed from the forenoon and
were rowed about an hour after thew
had been scheduled for the afternoon.
BUT LITTLE BETTING.
There was little or no betting.
The races preliminary to the VARSITY
simply served to whct the spectators
appetite
The forenoon plans called for the
rowing OF both races up stream but the
rowing of these races In the afternoon
mace It necessary to pull down stream
in all three races.
Harvard had by the fates been al
!otted the eastern course and Yale had
the western lane. ''0
The time of the four-oared race was:
Harvard, 1851; Yale, ,11:O6.
THE FRESHMEN'S RACE.
The freshman race was a beautifu,
one: yale had re lead throughout
until the last few hundred yards, when
the Yale boat shipped barrels of water
and was almost swamped by the swasb
from big steamer. 1t was at this
point that Harvard snatched yictorv
: from defeat.
The time was record breaker on tha.
Thames, Harvard winning in Q minrfes
S3h seconds; Yale, 0 minutes. 40 sec.
iOndS. -
About a quarter past o'clock tho
Yale Varsity crew left the float al
4. Broadview, closely. followed by', the.
oarsmen of Harvard from Red Ton.
Three minutes later, the men had re-
ceived their Instructions from the rAf-
'eree's yacht; had backed into. their 20.
sitions at the start, and We're waiting
for the word. 50 1Hf7
BOTH CREWS READY.
With extreme caution Referee, Mei,s-
feham assured himself. that both crews
1were ready, and With d last Warming
query. Are YOU ready?"'fired the pistol
shot which sent the two crews off I'm the
big race of the day. The. water was as
calm and placid asian inland lake. The
crews rowed, as usual, in fla gged lanes.
the blue occupying the eastern colirsen
the crimson the western.s Yale caught
the water first, but Harvard was a close,
second, and the two eights started out
on their long journey practically on
even terms. With perfect rhythm the
:. two crews fell into strokes at unison.
, ..HARVARD TAKES THE LEAD.
Reaching down for the mile flag the
Z Yale .coxswain swerved 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.
In the next half mile this lead was