Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-07-01

on an even keel. Harvard with sup
posedly inferior material trowed in
splendid form. At the finish Read and
Adams both fell in heap in the bot
tom of the Yale boat, but soon recov-
cred. Yale on the east course had
much the worse water over the first
half mile.
Harvard was in the lee of a long
line of yachts The wearers of the
crimson had practically conceded that
Yale would win the four Dared race
1t was therefore no surprise when the
Yale crew jumped away and soon had
a lead of three seconds at the half
mile, which was increased to five sec
onds at the mile. But just before
the crews came into the last half-mile
of the race the Harvard four, which
had been rowing in bad time. began
to profit by their superior weight.
over this last half-mile Harvard not
only cut down YaIe's lead. but liter
ally jumped away from the wearers
Crimson had lead of lie seconds,
which measured in boat lengths
means four good lengths. The Yale
four held their form right up to the
finish, but Low at stroke and Thorn
al bow did not have the physical
strength to put any jump into the
stroke.
Throughout this race Harvard
to the minute than Yale. Yale's
stroke averaged from 80 to SO: Har-
wards. from 33 to &c.
In the freshman race the strokes
averaged about the same. At the fin
ish Harvard was rowing 40 to Yale's
3S. The dual victory in the morning
quickened Harvard's expectation Of
winning the varsity race in the even
ing and repeating last years record
of a clean sweep.
Freshman Race.
Harvard's weight and stamina told
in the freshman race Until the last
quarter mile the contest promised one
of the most exciting spectacles ever
seen on the Thames. First the blue
was flashed a few feet in front. then
the crimson. Both crews caught the
water on the signal rowing a fast but
clear stroke. with little or no splash
ing until they passed outside the pro-
lection of the excursion fleet. Then
they encountered the rough water
kicked up by the quartering northwest
breeze. and the spray began 20 fly.
A the half-mile the Harvard shell,
rowing %. led half length. but Yale
raised her stroke to 80 and drew up
even and for the next mile it WAS nip
and tuck with the partiSans of both
sides receiving encOurageme from
the observation train, each spectator
confident that his own boat was win
ing With only a half mile left to go
the crews were pra ctically on even
terms. Smoother water favored the
dash for the finish and both coxswains
raised the stroke, ale to 81 and Har-
ward to 30.
Then the New Haven youngsters
showed the first signs of weakening.
Slowly the Harvard shell crept ahead
until with only a quarter of a mile left
of the race the Cambridge crew led by
half a length. Then. to make victory
sure, the crimson coXswain called on
his men for a final squirt. The Har-
ward oarsmen shot by the firing Yale
men as if the latter were standing
still and in the last few yards in
creased their lead to three lengths
and Won by that margin.
The time for the two miles-11.54J y
for the winner and 1902 for Yale
was slow despite the cIoseness of the
contest. The wind and rough water
contributed to make it two minutes
and II seconds slower than the rec
ord of 9.43 established by Yale in
1903.
Both crews finished in good shape
and the Harvard men showed how lit
tie winded they were by cheering Yale
within a minute after they finished.
The Varsity Four Onred.
race in even more sensational manner.
out nearly a length ahead in the first
so yards. Open water showed be-
tween the boats at the eighth mile
mark and remained until cheers from
one of the Harvard class boats nervsd
the crimson oarsmen- to a squirt and
they Tapped Yale quarter of a mile
further along. Approaching the half
niles Yale sprinted and took a lead
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