New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
MR.. HARTMAN JOVIAL.
LAUGHS At HIS ARREST.
VII Resign on the Day of His
Funeral, He IntimateS.

e II Hartman returned here yesterday from
New London. In spite of his arrest for not OBJ
serving the rules of the course at the Yale-Harvard
boatrace he was in good spirits and was inclined
TO treat the whole affair as a joke. He said he
had intention Of violating any rules. but that
he had not received a copy Of them and that the
only notice he saw in regard TO the rules Of the
course was the notice Keep aStern.' ON the stern
of the referees boat. Mr.. Hartman added that If
the man who ordered his arrest had had an older
head on his shoulders the arrest probably never
would have occurred.
According to tho rules governing the
which the authorities had made and which they
had perfect right to enforce, they We're justified
in their action" said Mir. Hartman. II had not
been informed of these rules. however so l did not
know transgressrS them when l attempted
to follow the racers. learned aiteTWard that a
copy of the rules was sent to AL the yachts
chored on the course hut my yacht anchored
below the bridge 50 l did not set a copy. All |
was the notice the stern OF the referees
boat, and that did not tell whether was
keep half q mile or ten miles astevn | had no
intention OF interfering with the in any way
and was only intent watching the race,
the four BOYS had with me including my son
These boys intend going TO the other OF
these two colleges, and naturally they greatly
interested in the race They had their tickets on
the observation train. but when the race was post
poten Un' me evening ana the start and finish re-
Yersed the boys were very much disappointed as
they said they would not be able to the finish
from the tram II was because of their dsappOint
ment that was induced to get out my motor
launch and follow the crews"
Mr. Hartman said that the chug-chuggng Of
the motor prevented him from hearing anything
distinctly ana that he did know that the
halls from the committee boat were directed t him
until she came up close to his boat and a man
shouted that he going to put a sailor aboard
tnc Hartman craft. II steerirE," said Mr.
Hartman. and answered. All right hut if l had
known what his intention l never would have
allowed the sailor aboard. What I most objected
10, however WAS that in the committees
boat called me a vulgar name, ] suppose because
/ Cld not stop right away. This | could not do
without being Swamped, and Gid not want 10 give
tHe poyS #ctIinS AIy boat had quite low free
board, and the Arrow as;ern and another boat
right ahead of me- both making quite a wash. II
hau stopped my little boat under those condi-
uons II would have been struck by the washes Of
those two boats and the boys would have got a
wetting even II we had not capsized which was
quite likely"
Mir. Hartman added that he had written a letter
the regatta committee explaining his side of the
matter. and that lie regarded incident as closed
| ard had 10 idea that any penalty would be i'm
posed
Nj Hartman was asked If there was any truth
in the rumors Of his retirement from the presl-
dency Of the Union and Southern Pacific railroads.
He smiled broadly, he replied: Yes I have
been thinking of doing So
"When?" was the eager question from the
sembled reporters
Mr. Harriman smiled again. Boys" he said
Il hope you viii all re able TO attend my funeral"
His quosiioners We're taken aback for q minute.
hut finally one Of them said: do you mean you
Will not retire until them
That's about what it looks like" said Mr. Har-
riman with an air Of resignation, II they keep
on making trouble for me. The longer they make
trouble the longer 1 shall have to stay" lie did
not explain who they were.
" nat ABOUT the report that YOU are 70 retire
as president and become chairman of tho board?'
he asked
There is chairman of the board in this
COMPANY replied Mr.. Hartman. And besides"
he added with another SMILE Il don't want any
more goII lace. l saw all the gold lace l wanted
on the revenue cutters Yesterday"
When Lieutenant Billiard returned 70 the Gresham
Thursday evening he turned Mr.. Hartman over
TO Captain j. l. Sill. of the revenue cutter Dexter.
who the senior officer OF the revenue cutters
in charge of the course. Captain S!Il ordered Mr..
Harrimans power boat tied up at the navy yard
and then allowed Mr.. Hartman go down tho
harbor and board his yacht. tho Sultana, which
lying of the Pcquot House.