New-York tribune., 1902-06-22
HARVARD-YALE CREWS.
closing DAYS OF STREN-
TOTS PRACTICE ON
THE TYAMES.
HOW THE MEN ARE PUT IN SHAPE FOR
THIS WEEKS NEW-LONDON RACE.

-,,,- E--rrz-7r-- -l7e-Thanles Conn. June 21.-The
10 ~ the rractice season for both the Harvard
80 vale crews is now hut three days off. and
+bsre are only the finishing touches TO be put 1"
-ta rovring form OF varsity. four oar and freSh-
=, srarI- that will crown with victory or hu-
,,is+a with defeat the hard grinding work which
+ss men have been putting in daily at NeW-HaNeh
and Cambridge since last fall
IA ona could choose a more fitting spot for the
4na, roljslin- of Of a college crew than the TWO
sheltered sites on the banks Of the Thames Wnere
Vols and Harvard have their quarters. -Four miles
- . ward ND the river from the New-London draw
bridge on the east hank. between the railroad ana
-ba -ra- bo-h Broad View and Red Top are per
.actlv situated in every way for the quiet ana
rrinterrr7tea daily work Of the oarsmen- OhiE
.v-o or three trains pass up and down the harT""
.ir,1s tracked railroad daily. and there are no
,isi,ors aycenr the friends Of the men and the
correspondents whom the newspapers send down
annually 70 keep in touch with the crews. Twice
3 dav a small steamer putfs up to the larolils
81 me Ferry. and the captain and crew of one
make great ado about tying up TO the only post
ON .ba wharf But this is the only excitement
outside of watching each other The people on
-. .es-,ev stare at the oarsmen, and wave an
,sisp as the steamer pJIffs off again on It's nine
-us faur- hut this is the only touch with the
,u-s- world that the oarsmen have. Occaslohaly
. b.ck country fisherman comes down TO the
v,harf with his saplius pole and hsh basket -Du'
,bs crews are LEFT mostly in peace
-s1... 47sr,z- itself is hamlet OF the most uil-
rrsten1fous knd-t7o dozen or more houses iieS''eu
trce1her on both sides of maple shaoeo c""tit.'
- ,rs+ turns at right angles along the shore
- the Yale quarters There Is little OF NO His IA
the -Isce. and for days you Will see haruiS any
o,o sxcant sal1ads Of oarsmen, roaming ABOUT oI
,-5-,y 7-pder the trees the lawns <Aliii''
81 of the houses are OF the old-fashioheo Nv"
England rural stamp. white painted SET ,
,, - z-iras and bIossoming bushes. with the
in
usual high white picket fence III II I'M =. ~
rov-s Of r7apIe trees or eIns. During moS' % ''e
- C,sra.e Ferry is the most secluded place III
1be a,orla L has its annual awakening 1"r just
three weeks in June. when it receives the c"'ENs
athletes. ..
p7stof7ee is quiet nu-h more 50 IS the rlNer 'l'''
winds mast the quarters Here II IS lHeai loi "
c,svr Tho river IS perhaps half mile WIDE at
me Farrr while 10 the south there Is broad '''
mile strafchtayyay stretch 10 the navy yaiu "i'
The green hinsides in the distance bel""- 10 'IS
49, -, -i--a~ takes a sudden bend eastward
broadening our half mile upstream Int" 4 SHF'
tered cove Of considerable size, where the crews
vorl, y, had weather There are few houses TO oe
seen north or south on the river bank, While mere
and there bold wooded bluffs stand out at tie
rivers edge
A. the r-,~7 of the road. on high bank over
Ire river is Captain Kit" Browns house Whlch
has been used for many years as the stamping
ground Of Yale oarsrnen- The house Itself Is over
{ century old. with recent additions that make II
thorou-Iliv comfortable place for ere" TO IlVe
in Beslda II IS wide shaded lawn. set Win
benches under the trees. arhors ana louh7iHN
places while on the edge Of the hank Is Broad
View 2 cano7ied summer house. where the men
read in leisure hours and from which they STUDY
me Harvard shell on It's trips down the river
Down the south road is another old house "heIe
some Of the varsity men room but captain
Browns house is this year, as usual, me head-
cEovr.r
their our between the varsity and the railroad
station. ia "A newer place. Below BROAD Nle"
under a steep bank is the Yale boathouse, huge
ba-nlike affair with a steep wharf leading down
10 the rivers edge.
Ped TOP Harvard's quarters, is half mile down
river ans in full view Of the Yale quarters beyond
the bun. Il is on a wide lawn. on a bank over
The river. a wide. low. modern boat club pavilion
with broad piazzas and dormer windoWed roof-
Hammocks swing under the piazza root, ana
lounging chairs are all about, while on the lawn
is : large tent where the can lounge at mid
day There is an air of well-to-do comfort about
Red Top that is perhaps interesting as is the
more venerable appearance Of the Yale home
across the railroad track high blun Is the
Harvard freshman quarters, a newly built sum
faer house % Capacious roominess, surrounded by
a fne lawn from which rises towering hagpole,
n the crimson streamer always hGppiuS AT tle