New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

great yearly day this morning. From an early
hour the automobiles puffed and snorted their
way into town, and eyer the harbor grew fuller
and fuller of yachts. The course was deeply
lined when the early races rowed this
morning. but by evening when the varsity
eigl1ts were ready TO be sent away on their long
tourney the lane was fairly crowded. There
seemed t. be more yachts than ever. although
no one counted them.
Yale had an unhappy morning. but the Blue
had one consolation, its colors were carried
by the prettiest girl that ever saw a boat race
here. She was simply dressed in light blue and
she had on brown shoes and brown silk stock
ings. with a pretty and be it said, sensible yell
low straw hat on top. She carried her honors
modestly, but wherever she went crowds turned
and stared and Harvard eyes showed plainly
their jealousy.
The newly grown up ''youngster'' class Of the
Naval Academy, just stretching its wings after
its plebe year, turned UP last night but for
once in a way. the noses Of the "middies were
out of Joint They a quiet lot OF young sea
dogs as they looked the town over, and they
never did acquire girls in such numbers as 20
worry the naughty young men from Boston and
New Haven. 1t was a great triumph for civil
life and the more enjoyed because it is so un-
usual 10 have it come out that way
Harvard very much on deck. All last
night and until about 11:30 O'Clock this morn
ing there was a notable dubiousness on the part
Of the Bostonians to the prowess Of their
varsity crew. They had been worried by the
recent inability of the eight to make much hay
with the freshmen, and all the wise old owls
like Gene Buckley and DR.. Walter Peet, who
are enlvening the town as usual by their heated
discussions as to the relative merits of the New
London and Poughkeepse crews, said that Har-
the freshmen made the Yale youngsters look
Ike selling platers This the Crimson cubs did
to the queens taste. and the odds promptly
went to 10 to Z on Harvard, breaking later to D
to g. and in some cases to 2 to l.
The greatest feature of the Harvard crowd
was supplied by the interesting class Of 80,
which had only about two men missing at its
decennial reunion last week. The so men wore
orange and black in every possible place, from
socks to hatbands. and topped the combination
with crimson feathers stuck rakshly in their
hats They went all around telling every one
what a show they had made of "a in field day
at Brookline last week, when there golf
team match. a lawn tennis tourney and
progressive baseball entertainment. all won by
the younger class. It Of these same 90
men who became worried last night and tele-
graphed home for his checkbook, saying that
the varsity looked dubious
The fleet in the harbor augmented by the
training squadron from Annapolis. consisting of
the cruisers Chicago and Olympia, the latter
Dewey's flagship at Manila: the monitor Tono-
pah and the famous old frigate Hartford. Most
Of the jackies had shore leave for the race and
seemed TO find company more easily than the
Iniddies.
GIRLS SET THE MEN To LOOKING
All New London turned and stared in the
afternoon when big white automobile, steered
by chauffeuse who was q dream and carrying
three others of similar caibre puffed down
toward the station That what was going
on all day-anyhow, every time pretty girl
passed necks were turned and twisted, and
there were many of them that there were
lot of stiff necks around town before the sun set.
The girls took tack in their dressing
to-day There were not half many sheath
gowns and freak hats as there were last year.
Linen suits and plain dresses, crowned by pretty
sensible hats that were big so as to provide
shade and not so to convey the impressions Of
lot of Marzovian Sonias, were predominant
IL was 2 much more attractive gathering in