The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-29

rocks. with which the Hudson banks
are thickly piled. or hunched forward
from the trees, or climbed the towering
cliffs. II was a giant picnic party
Most brought along homemade lunches.
with a bit of table linen, and one came
upon hundreds of such chicken and
pickle luncheons al fresco along the west
bank.
There is probably no sport crowd In
the world that has a better time. a
gayer day. than the folk who throng to
the annual intercollegiate races. They
know from experience that while there
are, as must be the case, plenty OF
things to grumble about, plenty OF things
to get grouchy over. IL is absolutely no
use TO get fused. You might as well
smile and take the discomfort with the
rest of the sport. So the crowd pushed
and frolicked and picnicked n played
pranks up and down the bank and gave
pennies TO the Italians who always
bring their intelligent monkeys TO the re-
gatta, and watched the pretty girls
tthan which there Is no finer outdoor
sport) and talked Of modified English
methods and the hole pins and the
American sculling stroke and long drives.
EIperts Often Fooled.
Which was exactly as II should be. for
the man on the riverbank knows Just
about as much as to how a race Is GO
ing to come out as the most solemn ex-
pert. II anybody has figured the expert
batting average recently the figures
should be interesting. The mind doesn't
recall n single boat race in recent years
where the guesses OF the experts came
within a mile of the result. Talking
about experts. II Is interesting to recall
that the members Of the Yale crew that
defeated Harvard here impressively last
Friday all picked Stanford and Syracuse
10 win. With their coach. Guy Nickalls.
the Yale varsity oarsmen travelled ia
P~oughkeepsie to figure what they would
have done had they been entered.
Everybody knows of course that Yale
is entitled TO a fair and qua paper
championship in rowing this year. but II
the Blue sweepsters had been in the
to-day's going they would have had "a
hustle with every ounce of hustle in
them.
To-day's display OF yachts and boats
was as attractive this year as In past
years. Fewer of the big steam yachts
came up the river to lie in lordly splen-
dor among the .saucy motor boats and
humble sNfs. Vincent Astor's beauti-
full Mona was most conspicuous in the
fleet. Mrs. f. II. Harriman's Sultana
was anchored up the course. But there
were more than half a dozen yachts
along the anchorages, Thousands OF
persons saw the race from river steam
ers. The Adirondack's towering decks,
the Robert Fulton and the Albany. the
fast Asbury Park of the Jersey Central's
line were among the steamers that
brought many from New York city.
These boats. yachts and steamers all
were kept on the east side of the river In
order TO insure a perfectly safe and un-
Interrupted course, and all small boats
we're stationed on the west side. where
they would he handy to ferry over the
returning crowds the minute the home
ward rush started after the last race.
At the finish line the big coast guard
cutter Mohawk guarded the course and
coast guard motor launches and gigs
patrolled the lines east and west. on the
watch for interlopers and trespassers
There is seldom any difficulty OF that
sort. In recent years regattas have
been conducted with extraordinary per-
lection of detail.