The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-09
CAMBRIDGE CREW WINS EASILY
HARVARD TWO LENGTHS BEHIND
AT THE FINISH.
Great Rowing Spectacle on the Thames
viewed by Perhaps q Milli0n Persons
~-Iantabs Lead Fr0m the start n
Cover Course in no Minutes ~ seconds.
.sp,cial Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.

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.sp,cinl Gable Despatch TO THE SUN.
LONDON, Sept. S.-Never has there been
keener interest in a race rowed on the
Thames than that rowed to-day. Never
have such vast multitudes thronged
the banks and crowded the bridges Of the
famous Putney-Mortlake course N those
which witnessed the race to-day won by
Cambridge by two lengths. The condi-
tons, too, were perfect, and both crews
and their partisans were satisfied and con-
fdent. All this being so, the one him
needed and the one thing which might
iustifably have been expected TO crown
the day wa a great race. But it must be
said at once, and said regretfully, that this
was the one thing missing.
Il is well TO be frank and at the outset IL
must he said that Cambridge won with
ease. Even the keenest partisans would
have been rejoiced to have seen a good hard
,truggle to get home, for the Harvard men
have established themselves in the afec-
tons Of the riverside as men and sports
men.
But in spite Of this absence Of a close,
hard race it was a memorable day in the
annals of Thames racing. From the time
the crews launched their shells in the morn
ing Tor a snort SPIN 10 Sco Iuht oNOi ythuhA
was in order till the race began London
poured her multitudes onto the river banks.
How many people saw the race it would
I've vain to acknowledgements OF a
million it is said by some, a million by
others, but more than ever before it is said
Ivy every one.
The story Of the race itself will not take
long in telling. The Cambridge men began
= =. - SAo;- kDakh1,,oa from 100
on. The Harvard crew came down at 4
o'clock in a light breeze with the water
lively but smooth.
There was little advantage in winning the
toss. but fortune perched on the Cambridge
BOYS at the start, Stuart winning the toss.
The Harvard crew took the water first
and the men were keenly examined by
those in the privileged launches which
followed the race and we're already in line
behind the stake boat. They looked to be
a fine crew fit to do anything and were
loudly cheered az they took their position.
Cambridge followed and got a similar
reception. They, too, were a fine looking
lot Of men certainly; not such a fine look
ing lot at a superficial glance as the Har-
ward crew, hut another look showed muscle,
build and litheness of the best.
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the pistol, and a mighty roar OF They're
on" went up from both banks In the
first fifteen seconds Cambridge rowed
eleven strokes and Harvard ten. the former
getting under way the better. In the first
thirty seconds Cambridge stroked twenty
and Harvard nineteen and in the minute
Cambridge rowed thirty-eight strokes and
Harvard thirty-nine.
Cap,briJgc puu,a aWay at OnCa and in this
first minute the story Of the race was told;
in brief, that Cambridge was the fastest
crew. When they passed the lighthouses
Cambridge was already t~hree-quarters Of a
length ahead and was steadily increasing
her lead. At the mile Cambridge was from
three To four lengths ahead and the men
we're going we'll within themselves. The
Harvard crew WAS then steadily plugging
along at about 80 strokes to the minute,
hut was not showing any signs Of getting
on even terms.
By this time those following OF the
launches had acknowledged or rejoiced
that it was all over. Stuart, the Cam
bridge stroke, was struck with the same
confident idea, for his face broke into a
smile and apparently he threw a remark
over his shoulder to the seven other men.
Cambridge for a considerable time rowed
at 81 to 80 strokes a minute and Harvard
struck about the same rate, with the gap be-
tween the boats remaining much the same.
Hammersmith Bridge was passed without
any alteration in 7 minutes and % seconds.
This same distance was made in z minutes
an. 10 seconds in Cambridge's record row
in 1900.
1t was now palmer than ever that the pace
was too hot for Harvard. Their stroke
got very short in the water, and the boat
lost life, but the men stuck gamely to the
hopeless task.
Passing Chiswick Church, entering the
long stretch Of Corney Reach up to Barnes's
Bridge the crews found themselves on a
very rough piece Of water. Here. II the
race had been closer, was the time for Har-
ward to make a big effort. Here her sta
ton favored her, and II she could have got
ahead by Barnes's Bridge her position
would have beer a happy one, for seldom
has the old saying The first under Barnes's
Bridge wins the race" been falsiaed.
Capt. Filley Of Harvard spurted, but some
What late, hitting he's stroke up to 80. But
the boat did not seem to move any faster,
although the gap between her and the
leader was slightly decreased. This was
chiefly due to the fact that the Cambridge
men, feeling tina they had the race we'll
in hand, were steadyinS down through the
rough water.
Cambridge shot by Barnes's Bridge three
lengths ahead in 10 minutes and 9 seconds,
compared with is minutes and "a seconds
made in the record row In 1900.
In the last h~ve-eighths OF q mile from
harness Bridge to the winning post Har-
ward mada a vary 0amA effort 10 coma I'm.
The stroke was kept up to 50 and Cam
BRIDGES lead was decreased by a length.
hut there was absolutely not the slightest
hope Of Harvard getting on even terms
with the Cantabs, who finished in q power
ful paddle two lengths ahead. The oflcial
time for the race was 10 minutes Is seconds.
As o as Cambridge ceased rowing the
steady roar Of cheering which greeted them
IA soon as they came in s~ightunder Barnes's
Bridge burst into an absolute yell from
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