Year: 1875

seemed to have quickest settled into their steady
work and disregarding the others were making
superb course down tne western line OF flags,
rowing more like tnelr practice work than either
OF tneir rivals. Brown nad not been expected TO
long before reaching even the first hall mile she
must be notlceaDly behind; instead OF this all
herself much credit by the way In which
she stuck TO her work. At ABOUT one minute and
fteen seconds after twelve they let the first halt
mile nag; before the mile was reached Brown
slowed her stroke TO bhirty-two, while the others
they mad pulled thus lar. The lake, winch little
before had been rntled by southwesterly breeze,
which caused q chop OF two or three inches
quieted down slowly; haze partially hid the
sun, the weather was not unpleasantiy warm
ana the promise was excellent from the time in
Which the first half mile was covered-a little over
three DTnutes-of sharp work througnout the
race. Already Harvard began to show some signs
OF fatigue and sne and Princeton alternated In
splasning lar more frequently. too than there
seemed any need or The little referee boat the
madge tns - Rrovm men on s e md
the Princeton on the right, when she was admir-
ably placed for that oncer TO attend carefully TO
his work In the tnIrd quarter Brown, after having
sGown some little hesitation, began 70 freshen up
and


began 70 be done by Princeton. There was
n0tning odd In this, or more than might be eX-
arm work, and had no idea Of throwing her body
on 10 her oar. She has not been lett ignorant OF
THIS but sun seemed TO have Iailed to make much
tnat muscle alone cannot win a college race In
these days, and that there must be form as we'll
Ana II there was in the nrst mile OF the race
genuine surprise to some OF those who saw her, IL
was the way that the Brown men had already
learned his lesson Their term lar ahead OF
Princeton, ana seemed quite as good as Harvard
and almost equal 10 Cornell; aud the way
In wnica Browns oars kept cutting during
all Ine way down the course showed
tile men, Whatever their looks might suggest,
must nave undOuOtcd stay" as we'll as speed.
Harvard LED slightly at the mile post. Tue way
the Cornells were sticking to their work while
there more or less spiashing In the other
boats showed That sne was rowing easily, the
steadlest OF them all. Indeed, In no part OF the
race dld she seem 10 become excited but vending
Der own way gradually drew up TO, past aud
away rom every one OF her rivals No. 8 in the
Princeton boat before the middle OF the course
was reached began TO show signs OF breaking up
carrying MS shoulders too high, making his arms
DO so mucn more OF the work than they ought 10,
wnicn threw him out OF parallel with tne rest OF
the crew ana made him easily noticeable. But
rough was his WORK. ana with ali his faults there
was not question about the steam In IL nor about
his crews ability to MAKE Is hot race for any
crew there, no matter what its ADVANTAGES.
There was abundant evidence OF the fine condL
ton not, only OF Princeton but OF all toe crews
here; for even when the FIRST mile was reacned
the leading boat had opened very slight gap be-
tween itself and those following The tired look
OF Harvard, though ahead at tnls time had made
IL probable that she was going TO disappolnt her
trends very seriously. Far over on tne right,
Juggling along IN way far more heavily than in
her practice work, the fear was that she as well
and could not even make respectable showing
az the finish. But sRe stuck ~ IL and never slack
ened her stroke below 80. Early ON the second
mile Princeton was still at her &c. and all were
Keeping together Brown, in fact, mad crept up a
little, and Princeton had fallen back. AS the dls-