The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-28
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1;5s y. m.--Harvard still leads by a
length and half and working steadily.
1851 p. in.-As they pull toward the
mile mark Harvard increases her stroke
slightly and gains little thereby.
YALE TO THE FRONT.
Yale is now length and half ahead.
Both crews are rowing very smoothly
without apparent effort.
2:0i y. m.--Yale leads bN half length
and is gaining Yale crossed 1la mile
mark at 1:57:l0; Harvard at 1:57:l5.
Yale is still gaining. Crews now al
most even: Yale has slight advantage.
ed at 2:01 Harvard at same time. Some
OF the boys I'm Yale crew seem some
what shaky.
Harvard appears to be leading.
Harvard now has lead of about half
ength
1905 D. m.--Approaching the 3Is mile
mark Harvard appears TO have half
length 10 the good. Yale splashing a
bit.
Il0INdIu iONfuk 90 NohAih6 lAto iase
mile and Yale 81.
2;o7--sh mile marks: Harvard leads
by length.
2:o7 p. m.--Passing the 3h mile mark
Harvard leads by a length.
Both crews going at "a.
Yale wins.
Harvard was groggy at finish, rowed
out Of her course. pulled back into
course six and a half lengths behind
-. h. Ia ha lt,.a
Time. unofficial. Yale BILL.
DETAILS OF THE VARSITY RACE.
With two races handsomely won 10
her credit and with the third. last and
most important OF all we'll In hand,
Harvard's hopes were suddenly dashed
I'm the last half mile OF the varsity con-
test this afternoon by the collapse of
Harding. the stroke oar.
Altogethereit 1t was the most exciting
event in college boating for many years.
From the very start 70 the three-and-
a-half-mile flag Ii was hairraising.
heart breaking contest. now one boat
was ahead. now the other. Now Har-
ward was wildly cheering. now Yale
WIS In the air.
NO CLEAR WATER.
Never for a moment was there clear
water between the boats, many boat
ing experts saying that not once I'm
that distance was there half length
between the crimson and the blue. But
toward the last Harvard began to creep
UP inch by inch, her sturdy bronzed
men pushed her PROV ahead until at
the three-mile flag they had a lead, and
with the race three-quarters over the
crimson shouters looked for victory
number three.
But they reckoned without their var
6ity stroke oar, Harding, who came In
In an emergency and took the place OF
disabled Captain Higginson.
Just before passing three mile flag his
oar was seen TO be doing less work than
the Other seven Then he was observed
to so through the motions but the blade
did not touch the water.
HARDING coLLAPsEs.
.Coxswain wadleigh shouted encour-
sgement to him and threw water on his
body but IL was OF no avail. Soon he
was in a state OF collapse. His strength
was gone. his oar dropped, and ne fell
forward. The other seven men pulled
steadily but the race was lost.
Yale had taken advantage OF every
second OF Harding's disability and pull
ed across the line four lengths ahead.
Considering the heart breaking pace
fhe other seven men of the Harvard
crew were comparatively fresh. There
were mo signs or any collapse in the
Yale boat.
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
Half-mile-Yale. 1888 S-5. Harvard.
2:s2.
One mile-Yale, $40; Harvard. $40.
One mile and half-Yale. 1854; Har-
ward. 1857.
Two miles--Ysle. Io:si; Harvard.
1888
Two and half miles-Yale, 1923:
Harvard, 12.a1.
Three miles--Yaie. 1889; Hervard.
1886
Three and half miles-Yale. 1929:
Harvard. 1888
FInIsh--Yale, 2i:is 40; Harvard.
21:37 2-5.
FORMER RACES.
The two colleges have rowed annual
races with eights since 1876 AS far back
as 1852 the two had met I'm races with
other colleges In fours and skies. The
first eight-oarcd contest i'm which Harvard
and Yale participated took place at
festing Harvard by 81 seconds.
In 1871 a race was rowed over the same
course. Harvard taking the victory in
2:~, eight seconds ahead OF Yale.
Beginning with the year 1878 the two
met on the Thames annually until 1896.
when. as a result OF disturbed athletic
relations between the universities, Yale
went 20 Henley while Harvard entered a
PoughkeepsIe regatta.
In 80 Yale and Harvard were both
beaten on the hudson In n race with Cor
nell. Yale finishing second. Cornell came
20 New London I'm '9S, and I'm n triangular
race over this course again led Yale.
with the latter ahead Of Harvard.
Last year saw the resumption of the
dual races between Yale and Harvard.
II WAS Harvards day. for the young men
from Cambridge left the scene after de-
fcatfng Yale IN all three events OF a new
annual regatta. including races between
varsity fours, freshmen and varsity
fIrhfs.
The. record for. the Thames course Is
held by Yale. the race OF isSS being fin-
>escd ny Capt. sfeyenson's marvellous