Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RACE TO-DAY
Record-BreakinH Crowds VIII Wit
ness Great international Struggle.


ness Great International Struggle.
PUTNEY, Eng, Sept. 7.-Breaking the
almost universal custom of English uni
versity boat races to rest quietly the lay
preceding the contest. both the Harvard
short practice in the presence of thousands
OF rowing enthusiasts gathered on the
%ers out rs and did two mnSts r
Il the rate of thirty-eight strokes to the
minute A little later Harvard had
spin OF q minute and half. They started
At the rate Of forty strokes to the minute
ut soon slackened the pace.
For a full minute they rowed at the. rate
II thirty-six to the minute. No protrectS2
work was done. however. and Cambridg,
seemed 70 show perhaps slightly better
form. Neither crew gave the slightest sign
Of staleness, all being In the pink OF con-
dition. The open character OF the great
struggle quite apart from the international
element gives II an interest exceeding that
which has attached to any previous var
The last few hours have seen tremen.
view the race. Thousands OF tickets have
been issued for position on the Barnes
railway bridge. which marks the com
evening many Americans endeavored TO get
seating accommodations near the finishing
post. The Mortlake railway companies
will run exclusion trains from all Harts
and tomorrow being. general half holiday
there is certain to be record crowd.
The official betting prices stll favor
money is offered the betting becomes even.
In the matter Of weight the crews are
Yards are the mere level. the tailest being
six feet one inch and the shortest Ave
feet nine and a half inches, OF the Cam
five Inches. and the shortest, Benham, five
feet eight and one-haf inches.
For the first time nags will be dropped
at salient points on the course and IN a
record Is being made II will have to beat
three minutes nfty-two seconds at the
nile seven minutes minute eleven seconds 81 e.
teen seconds at Chiswick steps. thirteen
minutes thirty-four seconds at Barnes
bridge and eighteen minutes forty-seven
Coach wrsy is perfectly satisfied with
the capa bilItles and endurance OF his crew.
chance OF winning Harvard's captain
also Is confident and says that n the
Americans ore. beaten IL will not be until
Mr.. GOLDSMITH, president OF Cambridge
university. said today that he thought the
Ensllshmen would win, but that there
at the finish. He considered the Harvard
crew as a much stronger lot OF men than
that the former would row IL out TO the
end OF the race" DIR. Goldsmith expects
the Cambridge men 10 take a slight lead at
the start. but he believes the struggle viii
Ambassador and Mrs. whitelaw Reid viii
follow the race in a launch Jointly char
accommodation OF their friends.
The Harvard men. who have arranged 20
sail for home September l5 on board the
American line steamer 81. Louis, will snend
Sunday ~ Cambridge and go 10 wrest
mark on Monday as the guests OF Ambas-
dor and Mrs Reid
Whatever may be the result OF the race.
is likelv to have an important hes ring
on the future OF English boat building
The Introduction OF the swivel oar lock is
almost certain. II Is used already by all
English scullers and probsbly advocated
by prominent boat builders here. who.
NoVever, hive been handicapped nv 'ha
conservatism OF the crews themselves.