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Show YALE WINS THE RACE. - Harvard Laid Out by Columbia Who Gets Second Place. New London, Conn, July 1. The "Cocked hat" boat race two miles Btralghv away between the Freshmen eights of Yale,, Harvard and Columbia waa rowed here today to-day at flood tide and with the current, start-, ng at 11:15. The conditions of the wind aud tide were almost perfect though the rainy came down quite heavily. While the crews were on the way to the starting point a breeze started up making; jhe water somewhat rough before the start Harvard won the toss, and chose the middle course, Yale selected the west, and Columbia was given the east. , Before the word was given for tho start the rain began to pour down and a strong northwest head wind began to blow. At the pistol 6hot Columbia caught the water first thmiP-h Yale's Doweriul stroke ears tha. crew a lead at once. All rowed a fast stroke, thirty-nine to forty-one to the minute, for the first quarter mile. At the end of thai distance they were well bunched, Yale lead-4 ing by a few yards, Columbia and Harrardi very close together. Yale dropped the strope to thirty-eight with-. Harvard and Columbia rowing forty. Nev-ertheldss Nev-ertheldss Yale gained at every stroke. Sho was two lengths ahead at the end of tho thrci-quarters of a mile. At the end of th mile Yale quickened the stroke to forty and Columbia hegan to show jerky work. Afc the beginning of the last have mile tha fast work began to tell on all the oarsmen. Columbia steered wildly but in spite of that maintained the lead over Harvard. Yalo he'.d the lead to the finish, rowing steady ' 36 to 33, and finished eight lengths ahead of Columbia, which was two and one-halt lengtns before Harvard. Time: Yale, 1203 Columbia, 12 20; Harvard, 12 2S. . -a-. |