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Show INTERCOLLEGIATE RECATTA.' New York, 1 . The Evening city, will publish in iu rirtt edition, tiie following graphic di s liplion u." the rU'-e-to-d.iy on Saratoga Jakc: ! Two ditvs delay and twodi-? pifiiit mcnts to more than ;,,t'"'1 p' rsun was enough to take away a Lrc par'.1 of the interest, even in a p gata like this. The crowd Itr.tli days. LuivcWr.i ixiiibitt-d tbo utmost p.itir-n. t? and goixi humor in fpite of the th-1 that there wajj no arningt-mem to in'orm thf .ijH-cUiIorf ol (be pn ' 'ubiliiy of tii' race on tiiis day. Eveningly ap'.-e much earlier than usual tiiis iiiorniug, and the bre; kfaat rjn woe tiilcd at an early hour. Deparlun- for the lake Ix'gan ;it seven, but previous delays de-lays gave warniiiir oi disiotutort and long wakiuv, wnd not till nine did those having earriai set out. Tho watering of the road has been more neglected day after day, and this morning the du.it in most places was blinding. At 'J:'.iO the lake was in perfect condition, with only the meer-est meer-est ripple to disturb the surface. Tlx college stand was soou crowd, d, but the hotel stand was lor a long time empty. The eun poured hot upon 1 them, and nothing could be seen but ladies umbrellas. Had the committee commit-tee postponed the race of Thursday evening till this hour yesterday it would have taken place with satisfaction satisfac-tion to all. The blame, it is now ascertained, as-certained, resU on tho regatta committee, com-mittee, who would not give the referee ref-eree authority to order the race. At y.-lo the first gun was heard, but owing to tho cunlusiou of signals on previous days no one attempted to interpret its meaning; at lO.liO the second gun sounded, and it was known the crews were taking position, but the distance was so great that it was impossible to see the shells from the stand. There was a kind of mirage ; muring iuu uoiiL3 aupeai lo inmost stand out of the water, and spectators rose in their scats and I he suspense was almost painful, while the pur) of smoke at 10.47 told the signal for start had been given, and by the time the sound readied the stands the Hag was up and all knew the contest had begun. Then ou tho signal stand Cufitmhia'.i tiag was run up with Harvard, Har-vard, Trinity and 1'riivctvii in their order, and loud, prolonged cheers rang out. Three minutes later the flags showed YaU in advance, with Columbia and Harvard following. The crews then became distinguishable, distinguish-able, seemingly in a bunch mure than a mile down the hike. To return lo the starting point. At the signal all boats got otl in tine style. H'i vard took the lead with Ye&ff'ftii and Yah :rd, followed bv Colvmhia, Tri.,ilii, lYildttiut, Cmjt and J'riiivlon, in the order named. Harvard rowed thirty-four strokes to a minute and kept it up; Ytd? rowed about thirty-two strokes to the minute; min-ute; Wdlium.i Wits not faster, but Trinity strokesVcrc very much quicker. quick-er. In the second mile it waa uivmi-mously uivmi-mously acknowledged Yale had the lead and Jlarrard second. The llar-vard'n llar-vard'n !loatthen ran fouljof the Yuk boat breaking the hitter's rudder, tipping the boat,nnd breaking an oar. '"- at once fell bnhind. The liar-vard liar-vard crew assert that tho collision was Yah'f fault as she took Harvard's Har-vard's water. Captain Cook denies this and the general testimony supports sup-ports him. The feeling between the two crews is very" bitter. While liar-card liar-card and Yae were crippled C-tm bia shot ahead. As Jthe boats entered enter-ed the finish the scene from the stand was very exciting. Cohunhia led and finely, I y more than a boat's length, with Jlurard second and iYxUy.m, generally mistaken for the Ya-t third. Within a short distance of the stake boat, the lYeslyua crew mae a , splendid spurt and became ahead of Harvard, taking the second place. The others came in ' at different distances dis-tances behind. The iYeslyau crew claims a foul. Ine result is unsatisfactory. unsatis-factory. Comparatively few persons save tlie collegians and friends were E resent and the hotel stand was not alf occupied. YoWs failure to come in takes a great part ot the interest away, and her friends all claim that the race was (airly hers. There arc bets making that the race will be rowed over. The crews were aflected by the prolonged pro-longed anxiety, and it is feared that, some will be ill. All have lost a great deal of sleep by their anxiety, no of the Columbia's fainted when the race was over. A final decision will be given at Congress Hall at two. Tho crowds on the hotel piazzas are now cheering the Co'uwbias, Saratoga, IS. Tho following is the official decision of the judges on the race to dav: Columbia, first; Wesley- ao, second; Harvard, thire; Williams, Wil-liams, fourth; Cornell, fifth; Dartmouth, Dart-mouth, sixth; Princeton and Trinity doubtful; Yale, ninth. On account of the resignation of the time-keeper, communicated to the judges immed-ately immed-ately before the departure of the referees' ref-erees' boat fer the starling point, 119 official time was reported. The ibl lowing claims of foul made by tho referee ref-eree in accordance with rule eleven, were decided as follows; Harvard vs. Yale and Yale rs. Harvard, claims disallowed; in accordance with rule fourteen, Yale's claim was not entertained, enter-tained, as Yale violated rules seven and eight, under which the nice was rowed; Wesleyan vs. Columbia, not sustained, as the steering of each boat was somewhat wild, with no apparent foul. This decision is in accordance with rule fouiteen. (Signed) Wm. j Woods, Win. H. Brocklesby, Rufus Anderson, Richard Cross, Parker C. Chander and R. .Moore. Although 110 official time was taken, Commodore IJ. E. Brady reported re-ported the time, Columbia, 16: lL' ; Wesleyan, 17:.xt; Harvanl, 17:51, : Williams, 7rOSr. It is claimed by Dartmouth they came in fourth, and Cramer, engineer, has made an ath-,davit ath-,davit fcthat Dartmouth was fourth. jThe judges have probably made an j error. Williams also claims the fourth place. Th village presents a carnival appearance to-night. When the collision took place between Yale and Harvard, occupying but a few seconds, Columbia shot ahead, taking tak-ing the lead, and kept it to the end, pulling a steady and strong stroke. The Waid brothers were near by when Yale fouled, and say but for that exent the race would have been between Columbia and Harvard, with j tlie chances very much hi favor I olj the latter, though they admit tlie Columbia crew acquitted themselves splendidly. They say Yale stood no chance whatever of winning the race. After the race, airly in the day, the Columbia and Wesleyan crews marched through the streets carrying a symbolic crown, and later about "200 Yale men were, with Captain1 Cook on their shoulders and two men 1 at their head, marched along the piazzas ol the urincipil hotels singing. The feeling between Y'ale and Harvard Har-vard is very "bitter, and Cook has challenged the winning party to another an-other race. Three grand balls in honor of tiie regatta arc in progress at the Congress. Con-gress. Grand Union ;-nd United SiaUs Hotels. AH the coilcges are ix-prcseuled. Tho Columbia crew and the victorious victori-ous colors will arrive in New York by the Hudson River Railroad 011 Monday 3t thne o'cleKk. |