The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-20
NEW LONDON REGETTA
BIG CREWS ARE READY
Annual Rowing Contest Between
Yale and Harvard VIII Take
Place Tomorrow-Record
of Two Crews.

New London. June 20.-The pro
gram of the Harvard-Yalo rowing
races, to be contested tomorrow oy-
er the Thames course, is as fol-
lows:
Freshmen Eight-Oared Race -
Start about 1890 a. m. Distance,
two miles, beginning at the rail-
road drawbridge and finishing two
miles up stream, opposite the navy
yard Present record for up
stream course: Harvard freshman
crew of 1907, 8 minutes and 3S X
seconds; record for downstream
course, Harvard freshman crew of
1899, 8 minutes and 33 seconds.
Varsity Fours-Start at conclu-
sion of freshman race. Distance,
two miles, beginning at the navy
yard and finishing two miles up
the river, opposite the Harvard
quarters at Red Top. Present rec
ord, Yale crew of 1908, 10 minutes
and 331a seconds.
4 Varsity Eight-Oared Race-start
between 5 and 7 p. M Distance,
four miles down stream, starting
opposite Harvard quarters at Red
Top and finishing at railroad draw
bridge. Present YaleHarvard
Thames record held by Yale crew
of 1883, 30 minutes and 10 sec
onds over downstream course. Yale
crew of 1907 also holds the up
stream record, In the same time.
20 minutes and 10 seconds.
The aquatic duel between Har-
ward and Yale, which began on Lake
Winnipiseogee sixty years ago, and
which were continued at Worces-
ter, New Haven, Springfield and
finally on the Thames at New Lon
don, antedate all other intercolle-
giate sport There have been many
Interruptions since that first strug-
gle in the heavy working boats, SO
that the regatta this year is the
forty-sixth meeting of the two old
est American universities in what
many of the graduates regard as
the American sporting classic.
The Interruptions came during
the war, in the sally 70's aid in
1896 and 1897.
The racing began with two-miie
contests, but the course was grad
ually heightened, and since 1876
it has been four miles. There have
been several attempts to bring !
back to three miles, especially al
ter hard contests when some q
the young oarsmen have collapse
: under the strain, hut SO far tn
effort met with with little encou
agement.
n Yale is credited with having wo
!, 23 of the races and Harvard Wit
22. so that a crimson victory thi
wear would tie the long series
The fastest time ever made OF
the Thames was by the Yale ere"
Of 1888. which covered the four
miles in 20 minutes and 10 sec
onds. The fastest Harvard ere"
was that of 1878, which rowed the
four miles in 20 minutes ana 4f&
seconds. The sloweGt time by
winning crew was that Of Harvard
in 1885. which padded over the
course against a head wind in 20
minutes and 15h seconds Inc
slowest time by a losing crew was
when Yale stroke collapsed -FOUR
years ago, but recovered IN time
to help the shell over the line III
l27 minutes and Is SECONDS AS
Harvard won this race by MN
utes and 35 seconds, 1t was esti
mated that the difference between
the two was 70 boat lengths the
longest lead ever attained by
winning crew.
Harvard had great success IN
the early racing, and up to 1900
tbe Crimson had won ID races 10
for the Blue. Then there came
Yale rally. and in the next ~
contests Yale won 16, to TOT
Harvard. The Blue streak became
ao pronounced from 100 TO 1sVo'
/ tho Crimson failed to score SIN
gle victory. But since l9oS 1t
has been nothing but Harvard on
the Thames, there being decIueu
slump in rowing by the Ne" nav
en- crews.
In connection with the varsity
race, the freshmen crews or the
two universities have been meeting
frequently in eight-oared contests
and since 1899 those varsity con-
tests substitutes who failed TO get
places in the big boat have been
given contests in four-oared sheils.
In these freshman races HarV-
ard has won 8, to for Yale, while
in the substitute tours Harvard mas
captured 9. to for Yale. There
was no freshman race in 1888,
while that of 1902 was dead
heat.
Each year sees increasing inter
est In these contests. The obser-
walton trains which accompany the
| crew on both sides of the river
are filled with cheering and nag
waving collegians, while at the I'm
ish great fleets of yachts and steam
. boats add to the din which well