The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-28

ing when Referee Meikelham caused
 the whistle on the yacht Nushka to be
 blown as a signal for the rival eights to prepare At exactly z o'clock the 1 Yale oarsmen launched their shell at
 Broadview and five minutes later the
 blue-t tipped oars were padding leisure ly to the start half a mile down the river Harvard was but two minutes
 behind the Ellis and went across the river to the accompaniment of the Harvard band There was no loss of time. and at TIA both boats were In position, receiving instructions from
 the referee. Yale had the east course,
 while Harvard had the west lane. The
 pistol was fired at 7:15. It was a start
 almost on even terms, Harvard possi-
 ply getting a trife the jump on her
 rival. For three lengths it was stroke l for stroke at 36 to the minute. Yale
 then dropped to 35, while Harvard went | down to 34. The water was smooth,
 although there was a slight breeze
 from the southwest. Before ten lengths had been travelled it was | plainly to be seen that the race was to
 to be good one. Harvard had drawn
 away to the extent of quarter of a | length. The eights were rowing as one man. At the half mile 1t was Har yard by very narrow margin, a sec ond and fifth as to time, and still quarter of length as to distance. As the first flags of the course were pass
 ed Yale was rowing 95 and Harvard
 was one point lower. Harvard had set tied down into the best work of her
 race and with beautifully steady pull the Cambridge boys sent their shell
 still further ahead Yale, too, was
 rowing magnificently but at that stage
 of the race did not display the dash of
 the Harvard men. Accordingly at the
 mile it began to look like Harvard. Her
 heroes were 4 2-5 seconds ahead of
 Yale at the one mile flag, a comfortable
 length to the good At this point,
 however, Yales spirit began to show
 itself and a little more 'go" appeared in the New Haven craft.
 Slowly but surely Yale gained, and in the next half mile cut Harvard's lead down to a scant half length. The difference in the time was 4-5 seconds. Both crews were rowing like clock work and there was every indication that each eight was able to stay out the en- tire lOuI IllltS, dS5IilS lIS llIllC eillt ct half Yale lowered her stroke and liar ward followed and for the rest of the race with the exception of beautiful spurts upon occasions, the crews Hlrd- 1y varied from a slow 30 or 31. Yale's pull seemed to be the more telling IS the shells approached the navy yard and there was a perceptible gain for the blue and when the two mile flags were passed, Yale was leading for the first time in the race. The margin, however, was dangerously marrow. Harvard was one second behind, but in | the next half mile she again wrested | the lead away from Yale and at the | two and half mile Harvard led by | just two-fifths of a second.
 Those on the official yachts, some of | whom were oarsmen of former years, | at this juncture began to talk about the | race with enthusiasm. The contest | thus far had been magnificent in it's | closeness and the performances of the crews presaged heart breaking finish. Yale pulled like demons but Harvard | was working with just as much power | and skill. As a result Yale, though ex- erting herself, was unable to creep up and Harvard actually drew one-fifth of a second still further from her adver- sary, passing the three mile station three-fifth of a second ahead. The lead of the crimson oars was to be es- timated not in length but in mere feet and inches. The shells entered the fln- Ishing mile with beautiful water con ditions between the long lane of yachts and it remained for this last long mile to afford the most spectacular contest seen on the Thames for many a year. With guns booming and sirens shriek- ng, the two boats swept down the line. was still in the van but Yale was clinging, leech-like to her oppo- lent It was not until the three and a lalf mile flags were within hailing dis .ance that Chittenden, the Yale cox swain, called on his men for mighty ,ffort Up went the Yale stroke and up ,rept the Yale she'll Harvard tried to 'espond and her men answered the call leroically but Yale was not to be Haunted and the sons of Eli tore along n a style that was maddening for Har- j ,ard supporters. The three and half nile point found Yale again in the lead ; nd she was never headed Indeed with Harvard never letting down for n instant, Yale's power took on added { trength and the Yale men began to teal aeey by feet It was nothing but ( Tale after this and feet became gener us proportions of a length. Then it {, vas one length and open water ap- eared for the first time. It was the ] Id story of a Yale crew with skill to I 11ll and A fine stroke endurance to tay out race for four miles and, in I he last stages of the long journey to ow as set of sweeps at the very tart. Yales victory was one of a cant two lengths. The time, on &C., ' ount of the low stroke rowed, was h low. The official time was: T
 Yale. Harvard n .alf mile .,. 2:39 2:3S 2-5 n ne mile ........ 5:46 5;42 2-5 :" ne and half. ........ S:52 3-5 $50
 wo miles ........... II :54 II 55 a