New-York tribune., 1906-06-29
HARVARD'S COLORS FLY
YALE VARSITY BEATEN.
The Crimson Oarsmen Win AQUATIC
Honors IN Brilliant Race.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune J


yale race was nowed Lake winnipesaukee
IL 1852. While cannon doomed and crowds
hoxled with delight which bordered upon
frenzy the Harvard crew swept across the finish
lire some TWO lengths ahead of the Yale she'll
strlking evidence OF the gruelling. heart-break-
Eng pace FOR the four miles was given to the
spectators 81 the finish, when Noyes who rowed
No OF Yale. collapsed completely as the Yale
boat reached the line and fell in a dead faint
sr the bottom of the she'll
Never have the Crimson and the Rlue fouSh,
ont boat race more bitterly For three and
one-hslf miles the two crews rowed almost
stroke for stroke. and never was one or ,he
other shell more than a quarter of a length
ahead. Then il was that Harvards greater en-
6urance told. and in muscle rendiug final ef
fort Captain Filiey raised the stroke to 3s N
the minute. Yale, never beaten In a boa, race
while man has strength TO swing a sweep. re-
eponded gallsntly. Boulton hitting I'D the stroke
20 35- Bravely the Yale osrsnen responded
but though the grit was there the power had
gone, and slowly but surely Harvard forged
further and further ahead until al the finish
6seoonds separated the winners from the losers
Nearly every oarsman in the Yale boat was
'aI ir" al the end. while Captain Filley of Har-
ward fell forward exhausted Moves at No q
n the Yale boat. was in bad shape. He had
simply rowed himself into complete physical ex
haustion- For the last one hundred yards he
did not even attempt TO swing his sweep AS
be was dragged into the Yale launch he pre-
sented ptiful sight He looked like a dead
man, so limp and ufeless was his bod 1t was
some tine before he recovered Weeks the Yale
bow oar was also out of commission some little
time before the finish though he stuck pluckily
10 hts task
Harvard covered the four miles in % minutes
2 seconds, while Yale required % minutes i
seconds The slow time was due TO head
wind, which bothered the crews considerab bIy
sor the first two miles. Probably the largest
rrowd in the history of boat racing on the
Thames River saw the race The two long OBJ
servation trains, made UP Of upward twenty
Eve fat cars each, accommodated nearly ten
thousand persons. while the big steamboats,
Richard Peck and City Of Lowell which came
from New York, the scores Of steam and sailing
yachts and the hundreds OF launches and row.
boats carried many more. Thousands also
watched the race from the shores of the river
The scene in front Of the New London station
brilliant as the observation trains
took aboard the human freight. II was $3.50
, m. when the long line OF fat cars. with canvas
TOPS and backs. was pulled into the shed from
which the passengers went aboard. The gather
ilg Of pretty girls was one on which it pleased
tas most critical eye to rest in admiration.
H11e,of course. the prevailing coior.withl
oa AEON or blue usually somewhere in evidence.
The trains filled rapidly. until only standing
room vas left There We're hundreds still!
commodate. however, and then began a soueez-
ing. jamming process which must have made
New Workers feel thoroughly at home. Then
the trains started slowly for the river while
belated arrivals continued TO Chamber aboard
one beautifully gowned Harvard girl the
oynosure Of all eyes she nimbly swung her
50 al I'd be nON-in fraiO iSda he
Troffered aid Of her escort. Not TO be outdone.
Yale maiden a moment later essayed to qualify
Tor the high jump with flying skirts she
bounded aboard a filed with Harvard men.
and was roundly cheered for the performance
Color Of the brightest hue was everywhere
Even the hucksters donned pink or blue green
tissue paper head gear and proclaimed them
selves for Harvard for Yale AS the obser-
walton trains pulled away for the rivers bank
they presented a most gorgeous spectacle of ami
nation. life and color.
The varsity race started up the river oppo-
Eite Red Top. the quarters Of the Harvard crews
The eights rowing the four miles down stream
20 the finish at the railroad bridge. to Red
Top The observation trains sped with their
precious burdens.
Arrived al the starting line. there was not
long 10 wait before the crews appeared First
the Yale shell poked its nose into sight coming
slowly out from Gales Ferry. and then the Har-
ward osrsmen were seen carrying the Crimson
shell down the float Anon il was launched, and
HaEvard's Oarsmen quickly boated and
afoat- Quickly the two crews pulled across the
river 70 the west shore and lined up for the
star. When The signal was given Yale was
away first with Harvard catching the water
perhaps half a second later. This gave the Blue
& u!hing lead. which was increased to one-quar-
Ter % a length al the half-miie mark. Yale's
tine Igr ihe first half-nile was , min. 43 sec
and HsrvaTds > min. II SEE. Both crews We're
pulling thirty-two strokes to the minute.
A. tAe one-mile mark the relative positions
"eTe he same Yale was there i'm min. 30 sec
and Harvard in . min II sec. The nose of
Saie's shell was still poking its way along in
'font but II seemed TO the spectators on the
observation trains that Harvard was gaining
Jus; title This tendency Of the Crimson shell
10 creep up became more marked after the mile
NaGs ~ere passed. and soon the two crews
seemed 10 be nearly on even terms AS they
swept by the one and half mile mark il
impossible 70 tell wk-ch was leading. it was
no surprise when The official time for each crew
was announced as 5 min. 30 sea dead heat
s. far
For The nezt few yards first Harvard seemed
's lead and then il looked like Yale. bur az the
'"o-rr!le flags opposite the naval coaling station
ta3r7aid had quarter OF ? length the better OF
. Tie time WAS: Harvard. IL min. 80 sec:
Aaie y !aia. 81 sec. The race was half over.
and quite much IN doubt as when the start
Vas MADE
20" the course began 10 narrow down as the
Shells were rapidly driven into the lanes bounded
ca either side by excursion boats and steam
yachts As these were passed the crews were
o@eered l. greater effort tor more likely ham,
pcredj ~ the footing OF siren whistles and the