The Washington herald., 1907-06-29
EACH TAKES A RACE
Eli Gets FOur-Oared, While
Harvard Freshmen Win.
VARSITY HAS AN EASY TIME
Perfect Weather Conditions for
Minor Events on the Thnmes-In
fOur-OaF Race Crimson Is Hope
lesSly Beaten from Start 10 Finish.
Washington Boy I'm Winning Crew,

New London. June 2S-Yale and Har-
ward divided the honors in the minor
events Of their annual regatta, which
were rowed of on the Thames River
course to-day.
Harvard won the freshman eight-oared
event over the two-mlle course. the start
being ar the drawbridge and the finish
at the navy yard
The varsity f0Ur-Oared race went 10
Yale. The course was two miles, the
start being at the navy yard and the
finish at Red Top.
The men gathered themselves together
for the pistol shot. but it was false
alarm. There was much backing and
filling on the part of the two crews be
fore the puff and report, which sent them
on their way were seen and heard in he
string Of observation flatcars at 1881
O'Clock.
Freshman Start Good.
The two shells almost leaped out Of the
water such was the force OF the first few
strokes Of the two combinations, with
Harvard going them two slaps better.
For a moment the bows Of the boats ap-
peared as though aligned. then the Grim
son crept q little in front and the race
was on in earnest
Harvard's boat appeared 10 glide over
the fiat surface Of the glistening water
just as smoothly and with equal speed
at a stroke which was two points lower.
As the battling boats approached the I'm
fish, the rival rooters who We're sprinkled
throughout the train In a ratio Of about
six 90 a car. began 70 pipe up merrily.
Whether or not the crews heard them
they knew what was expected of them
and every ounce of energy muscle and
grit came into play. Tired and gasping
as they We're, they answered the cox
SWANS calls for more speed and pro-
PEELED their knifc-like crafts through the
water faster and faster.
YaIc's Desperate Fight.
In the race 20 the stakeboat the Els
put more vim and action into their stroke
and crept up little on the Red Top shell.
which moved along in splendid style on
O. 5s-stFoke base. while Yale was using a
sprint finish at % strokes 70 the minute.
Inch hy inch Yale gained on the boat
ahead. but the earlier lead that the Cam
bridge boys had gained was too great 10
be overcome and so Haryard's freshmen
swept across the finish line the winners
uy q scaut length.
The time % the Harvard eight Tor the
TWO miles was II minutes. T. seconds, and
the bow of Iale.s shell was poked over
the finish just four seconds later
The four-0ared race was Yales from
start % finish. Harvard never had a
show. and from the half-mlle mark It was
simply a question as 20 how much the
Blue would win by. When the finish
came Harvard was so far behind that
from the observation train she was u0-
en- sight around the bend, near the finish
line. when Yale completed the race
The Yale four had recovered their
breath enough after tho two-mile sprint
10 bc cheering so loud MS to be heard I'm
the observation train when the Harvard
four finally slipped over the finish line
y .l ara Litl-.."a --- tlE-Lli. OF a Llile tt-
hind Yale. and in a tWO-mile race that
shows pretty thoroughly how badly she
was beaten
One of The winning crew I'm the varsity
race Yesterday was Wellos Kennon Rice
"a Washington boy son of James Q. Rice
the veil-kuown New York lawyer. and
nephew Of Col Kenno0, T.. :. A. wh,
built the EengUet road Philippine Isl
auds. Young Rice got bis preliminary
training az the Friends School here. and
at the Hotchkiss School. Lakeville, Conn