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Show I'jTcrsity Race. New Yjs- 17. Dispatches from tfpriiiglicl; say the starting barges h; wen placed in position for the .niversity race of to-day. The boao compete'com prise every variety jtsmall boats known to watermen; water-men; ai seows, and everj-tliuig short i'jy goods boxes. Tho positions posi-tions ravh arc as follows: Uiuvcr-sity Uiuvcr-sity cts: 1st, Vnihcrst; 2tl, Agricul-tiwaJio Agricul-tiwaJio Yale; 4tli, Haivard; oth. Coluijn; t3tnt M'esleyan; 7tli, Wu-liam:ah, Wu-liam:ah, Dartmouth; Oth, Trimty; 10th,5)wdoin; IKh.Corncli, freth. maurtws; 3d, Auilicrst; oth, Yale; 7th, arvard. The first position it, a hturcd feet from the west ahorc. All io others arc seventy feet apart unchc last is two hundred feet from tliotst shore. Any crew not in lino with thirty minutes alter the gun is tircwill bo ruled out of the race. Thdarv.ml, whe have had their usu good luck in drawing the best posim for a slul iwlmit that iheiicrcw, nnd he Agriculturists, Dartouths, and 'oniells stand equal chain iu the race It is a little rc-murkiile rc-murkiile that fou ol the crack crews. Amher,, Agricuural, Yale nnd Flarvar' in-c by It to row sido by side. lrntllo, othc Columbia, is so far rccovtod thivfiis physician thinks he may row,,! s his tlcterniincd todo. ' The Yale ireim stroke cannot pull on account of udcss on his hand. Wood will pull? stroke, a substitute substi-tute taking hit tee. William' col lege is unfortunate to the last ' Berthart is eomplelely ineapaeilatM and Adams, sophomore, who has hot but a few d:is' ex)erienee, takes hi place and will doubt!. -.s pull in the race. Wesleyau crew is in splendid 1 physical condition. Among the ; many bets is an even b(;t of $"0 on Harvard, Agricultural, and Cornell against the field; $-20 to ,t50 that Ilarvanl runs over all; to lo tliat Harvard beats Howdoin; $:i0 to $3(1 that the Agnetilturals beat the Bow-doins. Bow-doins. The Wesleyaiis, who all along have been pretending that they expected ex-pected to come out last, are now, ollering to make even bets against any other crew. ' The freshman's race lakes place at : p.m., one hour previous lo the great University contest. con-test. The river is in fine condition. |