Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-30
m the Annual -Four Mile Event
By the LsAsth Of an
0aL
IT WAS A WARM CONTEST,
,ash Al Event Has Never Before Been
RoNed In the Last Twenty
Seven Years,

Now London, Come june 70, TN"
N,io varsity crew this afternoon MIrsi'u
,..lory from Harvard In thu annual iour'
,.,uc ra,c the longlh Of un oar After
,,oiny for four miles with the shells zap
.ny and the graceful prows glHgagging
,,tycn strokes, tn Yale boat crossed
,,o anIeh line thrco'uuanoiB Of u length
ahead of the crimson NUlr won hN ~
,,condns, rho time waH g18N ana llur'
,atd's was 22]6,
sueh a race hna noyor before been
,ooed In tho twcnly.Hcyen years " inc.nr
heiVccn these old rvaW, The EMS went
a. the starting nugs ronlldout Of Wn easy
,story, but Coach Nmy rprUur % Hulr
ry.e On Yale Hud lOnlkui hN name D. uu
'ra llps u every lover ~ ruNluE W lhr
,.miug rival " lOnn Kennedy inu proc
Isgonal coach nj Nuw llnNrn
IA was the iirN time since lNNl ihil Il
t,,r,lty race has boon rOwud upstream,
aid ibie Afternoon the SAILING cUll puD.
'talIv formed am avenue Tor four lunR
niles Tho race was schrdulrd 90 Io
ioNed M half past I O'CLOCK ana NIh
started less ihQn eleven minutes R'l,
Tne wind, which threatened 40 NDk ~
,nt river In the afternoon mad rnlmrl
down ana Naa blowing almost across IN"
,oufte, and just quiWcrng ou lhp loNH
an the shells, II wa u nara VIVA o. row
against but ms the coaches sEed up the
situation they ew (4cfS yo wa" Pu ~" Ge0 b. y
,irosm strong, bat tho crews hud the dH,
advantage Of the wind,
As the two elehts rowcd 10 their stake
boate the old spirit " Harvard uNuko
With tho customary Ions 'Rahs ~ Hhich
oN Yale. The observation trains pullou
mio position ana about the starting ilUGs.
mat above the long bridge, galnorel a
brlNant assomhlagc An almost cloud
ies SKY, M perfect u dHy o. could he
NIshod for the two bis events trained 10
40 form a picture whlIh thrilled the thou.
lands u spectators and inspired ihc
WHEN THE RACE began
Al $50 o'clock Harvard was AT her
tnrlng nag aud three minutes later The
Vale shell was ~ position within lyD
minutes Referee Mlkclau had given h,F
Instructions 20 the crows, lhclr was g
nash " pistol ana ihe tUony arms ana
broad backs swung back I'm me shells.
The race had begun Yale got thr best
N the start ana IN the llrst mar dozen
strokes Was In the lead, Juti before the
Hfsl half.mllr was finished llttvlld idu
her stroke MP and began a. rul down
lAe, load Yale finished the holi In
?2 HAIRY ara, aA,
the EIle we're now Leading By slmos "A
lenglh narVHrds squirt hat IT, eject
however. ana she finished the iwi mil
If tho race lust two seconds behind Vac,
harvard dropped her stroke 70 lhirN.
tNo ana Yale again got hack lgo fogond
which Harvard mad gained ana lho New
Haven boat passed The mile ana a hult
nag In sou harvard S0I,
Tho crews now began 10 Hlrlke lhr
channel bnlow the navy yard ana Vale
ynt Ina btyypg hpnpUl of thu fast WnlpI.
The Time fur the two miles Was, lUlo
l0Ii, harvard l0N
rhon the Harvard cockswalu cHllod for
spult Al the Same moment lalr came
very near meeting with AN accident An
cmpt barrel had drflod into the course
that the nose NJ the Yale shell WAS Wllhlu
a fow feet VI n when CocksNaln licrka'
lu wsaW II and cloNcrly stored hls boat
Just far enough so that the ouu'rgolH
passed over the obstruction
This losa u headway, combined WIN
llalynrdt apur,, cost Yale two NJ her
Elk seconds advantage, laleN Vmc tl
lho lhroc'mlc nag was 1881 Harvard
$50.
Tho lasl mile ~ the race was a llght
uo,or ~ be forgotten by those VINO Wit.
uossed H, Just beyond the ihtoesmllr
nig Men, naryard's number T. VINO had
been rowing u terrific race seemed 70
havo pumped hln6elf out llo .NW SUI
fcring torture ana n looked ~ though ~
could not possibly hold his oar the rosl
n the distance, llarNMdN Woko
dr0ppcd back TO hlrty.ono, but II stayed
suddenly Mell soomcd 20 get his second
wind and the crimson stroke went up
two points, The harvard shcll began Ia
sam on Yale, ON every stroke the Var
Yard boat cropt up nearer ana nearer 10
lho lalo boat