New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-01
TRIUMPH FOR HARVARD
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were pretty we'll in at the finish. Cut
Ter. the stroke. was on the verge of COL
lapsing But they gave a cheer for the
beaten crew, and were then taken up to
their quarters in the launch, the John
Harvard
The time of the race 20 minutes 46ls
seconds. has only been beaten six times
by crews on the New London course in
more than a quarter of a century's row.
ing. The time of the varsity race by
half miles was: Half-mile, Harvard,
= 301e: Yale 80 One mile. Harvard,
Harvard, I 4512; Yale, 7:45l2. Two miles.
Harvard. 1915: Yale, 1915. Two and
half miles. Harvard. 12:421z; Yale, 12:44-
Three miles, Harvard. 1923: Yale, 1921
Three and q half miles, Harvard. 1898;
Yale. 1914.
Weather conditions were as nearly per-
feet as they could be. a breeze from the
west that had caused a little trouble in
the morning races being just strong
enough TO flap the nnyriads of flags and
pannants on the scores of yachts and
steamers. The water was a dead calm
except at point just below the navy
yard. where there was little rough
water caused by the churnins of a
steamer as il tried 70 keep in place.
The race as a spectacle was magnif-
cent. Down through a lane of boats re-
70 err in, "A of
all sizes and colors. with here and there
large blue and crimson banners, which
ever and anon tapped slothfully in the
dying wind, the two crews swung at
heart breaking pace. There were people
ev erywhere. The observation trains. one
on each side of the river. were crowded
to the very limit of their capacity and
the banks We're thick with people. At
the finish, grouped on the railroad
bridges. We're thousands who stood for
many long hours waiting the appearance
of the shells wen the gas tanks on the
New London side of the river were
seized upon early in the day. and, en-
sconced on the top of these, scores of
persons watched the crews as they swept
down TO the line.
Yachts Line the Course.
The boats in the harbor were crowded
to the rails. Yachts We're lined thfckest
on the eastern shore, where nearly a
hundred were stretched along to the
three-mile mark and beyond Nowhere
was there a vacant space to be found.
The long, sloping Connecticut hills, with
their scattered orchards and white farm
houses jutting out from the depth of
green foliage, formed the background.
The light blue sky was frosted here and
there with fleecy clouds. through which
the sun passed every once in a while,
dulling for the instant the brilliant high
tones of the landscape that were brought
cut in greater contrast by the bright
sunlight. Then there was the river
itself, smooth as glass near the shores
and with just the faintest semblance of
a ripple in the middle
The Harvard grads" and undergradu-
ates stfolled around With imperturbable
confidence, while the Yale forces were
smilingly hopeful
And everywhere there was fun-not
the deadly earnestness of Poughkeepsie,
where everybody takes everybody else
seriously, and where the racing is sober
business. A band of jubilant Har~aa
men stood on the station platform mo
to the tune Of a popular ditty sang a
refrain on Dear Old Yale which con-
tanned a couplet running thus:
They used to think that they could
row, but that was years and years ago"
Not in the whole day did Yale find
one mOrsel of consolation. The victory
Of the freshman substitutes yesterday
afternoon afforded only food for refec-
ton, but nothing upon which hope for
the future could be buoyed Defeated in
brilliant duel by the Harvard fresh
men to begin with, and crushed down
by the Harvard varsity 10 cap the cli-
max. the load was one almost too bur
densOme even for the fearless bands of
Eli, and early they took themselves Off
scattering hither and thither to assem-
bic again a year hence.