The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-06-30
YALE MDHARVARD
70 RACE


arrangements for the Yale-Harvard
boat races, which will be srowed on
the Thames tomorrow, have been
completed. The four-oared race will
be rowed at 1880 o'clock from the
head Of the four-mile course down
stream to the navy yard. The fresh
man race will be rowed Immediately
after the finish Of the. four-oared
race, starting at the navy yard and
finishing at the bridge. The race
between the university crews will
start at s o'clock at the bridge and
will finish four miles up stream.
In New London today outward
and visible signs are abundant that
the great aquatic event is near at
hand. The entire city has donned
holiday attire, and hotels, boarding
houses and private homes are fill
ing with visitors. Tomorrow morn
ing special trains, boats, trolley cars
and automobiles will bring an army
of sightseers from New York, New
Haven. Boston and many interme-
date points.
Everyone is looking forward to
grand contest in the varsity race.
From the time trials over the four
mile course 1t appears as If the old
rivals were well matched this year.
Both Fights have negotiated the
four-mile course in 20 minutes and
SIS seconds. and the two trials were
made under identically similar con-
ditions.
Ordinarily the Yale crew IS a big
fayorite for the annual race, as is
natural enough in view of the scare
ity of Harvard victories on the water
for the last twenty or twenty-five
years; and Yale is generally a ia
vorite on general principles more
than on any expert comparison Of
the crews.
The prestige Harvard gained by
her victory over Yale last year has
been dimmed by her failure to make
good against Cornell this spring
Probably If it were not for the fact
that Harvard proved to be so far SUI
perior to Yale last year and that
the Harvard she'll contains most OF
the men who made up last year s
crew, the Yale varsity would be a
decided favorite.
From all appearances the two
crews seems to be more evenly
matched this year than Is usually
the case. Up to date neither has
shown any marked superiority over
the other. Today the reports from
Red Top and from Gales Ferry are
to the effect that both Fights are in
the best of physical condition.
Record Of the Races.
For fifty-seven years. with occa-
sional intervals, the crews OF Yale
and Harvard have battled, the rival
blue and crimson having been borne
all those years by four, six and eight
Dared crews The first race between
crews of the two universities took
place on Lake Winnipesaukee in
1852. No record of the event was
kept save the fact that Harvard was
the winner, and then there was a
rapuse of three years until they met
again, this time on the Connecticut
river, at Springfield. That race was
also won by Harvard in 22:00. In
1859 the racing ground shifted to
Lake Quinsigamond, where it re-
manned eight years, Harvard win
ming five of the three-mile races. The
contest took place on Lake Salton-
stall in 1870, and was another Har-
ward victory. Since 1878 the crews
have been rowing at New London.
In the forty-two races that have
been rowed, since the initial contest
in 1852, four points now separate
the contesting universities, Yale
having won twenty-three and Har-
ward nineteen.
Early in the history of the event 1t
was rowed over two-mile course,
which was Increased to three miles
in 1855. Again the distance was in
creased in 1876, this item to four
miles, which has been the length of
the varsity races ever since. Yale
holds the record for this distance,
having covered the course in 1888
in 20 minutes, 10 seconds. Last
year the race was won by Harvard in
"a minutes, 10 seconds.
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