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Show BREAKEVEN ON FIRST TWO BOATRACES Yale Freshmen Winj Four-Oared Four-Oared Race Goes to Harvard. f! Kfi A TTA tOCRS KjX r;VLOV lON, June ;t0. Cheering thousands aaw Vale and Harvard break even in tbe two races on the Thames river today preliminary to the great 'varsity I eights' struggle. The hlue oarsmen pulled out a victory in the freshman eights by a suerb" npurt in the last half mile, while the Harvard substitute 'varsity fours, J cad inn from the start, defeated Yalo hv more thau lour lengths. Both races wctc well rowed but a contrary wind and a slack tide made the time alow. While the four oared race was always, in Harvard's command, the freshman race was a good struggle and full of excitement. It if estimated that more than :00 vachts were lined along the course and near double that number were preparing prepar-ing to take positions for the "varsity race at h later hour. A l-knot northesHtei-n was hlowln dlaaonallv down (he Thames and msalnm 1 the plHtt for the morning up stream rat-e. I but the wind did n t have or-e enough I to kick more than a good slsed rtp)le, ! while the protecting hunks of the Grot on 1 hore and htlfc formed by the spectator ! fleet further cut off the fore of the i hreese. fltlll conditions -tld not seem gl i for fast work In the freshman and varsity var-sity four-oared events, which were first on the program. ! Big Race Last. I Although last lit order for the da- program, the first tn Importance whs the varnlty eight -oared contest. The betting fnvnrcd the i-rlmson. and odds which wer I 10 to t on Harvard Increased to 10 to . It waa noted that there was romparaUve-ly romparaUve-ly Httl Vale money In sight. The river was -filled with yachts, all vsily decked ulth flugs and bunting, the spectacle affording, a most attractive si-ne. Anchored en the Mitt side were th ihre whit garbled revenue cutters and derelict deatroyer, Seneca, on which 4'apt. 1. H. I'berroth, the commander of the squadron, gave hi orders to the flotilla flo-tilla of small noais assigned for patrol duty. During the Interval of waiting the observation ob-servation train hrakeman threw buckets of water on a little (Ire started In one car by a cigarette or cigar, on the train were Liang Ton Yen. Yale class of 'A 2. minister of foreign affairs In China, with his family. In their oriental dresn, and the ; minister's secretary' Tong Kwoh On. Yale M. The starting plntol sent the freshmen i sights away on thelrt wo-mlle struggle at 11 2. In the firm dosen strokes Harvard pullM out nne length In the lead. Yale Win Freshman Baca. Vale won the freshman race bv two length. The official time on the freshman race was: Yate, I minutes fc3 seconds; Harvard, 11 minute fi!J seconds. The varnttv substitute four lined up for their two-mile stretch still further up the river, with the rowing conditions good. At U:M fhe pistol shot sent the fours away. Harvard Jumped Into the- lead at the start by half a length, but Yale quickly drew up on almost even terms. Harvard won the varsity substitute fours race by three lengths. The official time of th fours race was: Harvard. IS minutes 37ft seconds; Yale, IS minutes 53 seconds. |