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Show t i YALE WINS TWICE i OVER COLUMBIA I DERBY, Conn., April 24. The blue of Yale was carried twice to victory ' in the regatta with Columbia on the Housatonis river tonight. A new roc- ' ord for the two-mile course was established es-tablished by Yale In tho varsity race, (With a mark of ton minutes, 7 2-5 seconds. Columbia finished two and !a quarter lengths behind Yale, was I timed in 10:13, which also was better than tho record, 10:16 2-5. which was mado by Yale last year. To tho great throng which viewed the races, from an observation train of 15 cars and from points of vantage-on vantage-on the shore, tho contest of the junior shells was far moro exciting than tho varsity grind. Yalo finished a half length ahead after a hard fight in tho choppy waters, with a stiff northwest wind blowing downstream. Owing to ;the wind, this race as not sLirted until un-til after 6 o'clock. |