The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-29

there was but little difference between
the strokes of the two Fights. Harvard
was trif1e the more snappy while de-
liberateness characterized Yale's pull
Harvard backed into the east course
and Yale took the west. The river was
mirror-like. Not a ripple appeared The
sun was hot and the air muggy.
SInrtofthe Race.
Everything was in readiness at LAC
and one minute after Referee Meikle-
ham fired the pistol. For the third time
in the days programme Harvard dug
into the water first and the PROV of her
boat forged ahead. The start, however,
was an admirable one and so little was
there to chose between the two that
only those on the official boats were able
to credit Harvard with the advantage
which was really hers Fifteen strokes
had been pulled before the oarsmen
We're able OF put into effect their long
practiced plans When the rush of the
start had given way to the four mile
gain both crews were pulling So to the
minute.
Harvard la the Lead.
Down the west bank of the river sped
the crews, with only a fraction of a
length between them. The Craftsmanship
in both boats was superb. Spectators
as well as officials became lost in adj
miration The crowd for the moment
forgot to yell their partisanship and
mingled in one long roar of applause.
Yale was rowing with the power and
precision which had made so many New
Haven crews famous, and Harvard was
working manfully Fully quarter of
a mile had been covered before those
who were breathessly watching the
race found composure enough to esti-
mate distances. Then it was found that
Harvard was fifteen feet to the good.
While the Cambridge sympathizers
were felcitating themselves over this
state of things the Yale men put more
ginger and beef into their work and
at the half mile the Yale shell was
creeping up. The half-mile flag was
reached with rush the official timers
had it that Harvard was then / 3-5 sec
OndS ahead of her rival. Both We're
rowing calmly and clearly and strongly
at a 80 clip. A grander sight in equatics
was never presented than that offered
in the battle between the two slender
shells. Between the half and the three
quarters, however, there seemed to be
trouble with No in the Harvard
eight In the distance it looked like a
broken slide. but six was soon at it
again and with just the same rhythmic
precision as before.
ynI,
Yale had gained perceptibly, and as
the mile was approached the nose of
the New Haven boa. poked itself to
the fore. Harvard was ready with
squirt, however, and the two boats shot
the mile flags on exactly even terms,
according to the official watcher
The racers sned forward in amazing
style, but as they entered upon the sec
ond mile the Els applied a little of
their reserve power. Yale hearts thrill
ed with delight as the blue oars pulled
to the front and before Harvard was
a ware of it her rivals We're three quar-
tiers Of a length in front. Harvard still
ruwed 80 strokes while Yale had drop
ped to 81 and had gained in spite of it.
Now Yale spur ed again. This was met
was renewed efforts by Harvard but
Yale chung tenaciously to her lead. As
the two mile point came into view it
was any ones race with everything in
favor of the crew whose endurance
should prove equal to the terrific pace
Fine fOnt"st.
Spectators and officials We're unani-
nous in procaiming the contest thus
far the finest ever seen on the Thames.
Several old oarsnlen on the official boats
shook tn ir heads knowingly and said:
This can never last: one Of those
crews will kill itself" At the two miles
Yale, rowing 81 led Harvard by nearly
a length. 1t began to look like a Yale
Harvard seemed to lose some
of her snap, and Yale could not be
overhauled during the next half mile.
The last half OF the race was now well
In hand and things began to happen.
Great Harvard squirt.
Harvards stroke Harding, who took
Captain Higginson's place after the lat
-er's accident increa sed the Crimson
stroke with rush, which babe fair to
AXE his co leagues off their nerves. He
set terrific clip and the whole Har-
ward crew worked like demons pos
sessed, Yale undertook to meet this
spurt but the pace was too hot, and
Yale wisely decided to husband her
strength for later calls. Inch by inch |
pulled up; then foot by foot |
md at the three mile flags the Harvard |
she'll went to the fore for the first time
,ince she had lost it at the start.
Break In Harvard RoHt.
From then on incidents came thick |
md fast. Harvard was leading by half !
length. Suddenly there came break
n the crimson eight. All eyes We're
urned on that shell, and it was seen
hat something was wrong with the
Cambridge stroke. His oar failed at
lines to strike the water HE is DONE
houted the onlookers. A few seconds
alter the Harvard boat quivered and
rembled after the manner of pugilist !
aking the fatal count. Up went Hard
ngs oar and over toppled his exhaust
d body. Coxswain Wadleigh pulled
lis rudder ropes sharply to one side
nd shouted to his men the dire an
louncement of the catastrophe. The
even men did their best to relieve the
opsidedness of the machine, with It's
our to three oars. The beautiful craft
werved wildly to one side, and cries of
hagrin and disappointment We're rails
d over the waters of the Thames Poor
Harding, the boy who was under the