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Show THOUSANDS WITNESS THREE GREAT RACES I I NEW LONDON, Conn., June 30. Tho setting sun could not tinge the waters of the Thames this evening with a deeper crimson than they had been dyed by the victories of three Harvard crews. On the broad four mile 6tretch between this city and Gales Ferry Harvard met Yale today In their forty-fourth annual rowing regatta. Five lengths was Harvard's margin of victory in the 'varsity eight-oared race, three lengths In the freshmen eight, and four lengths In the 'varsity four. The freshmen four-oared four-oared race won by Yale Wednesday evening was the one sweet drop In Yale's bitter cup of defeat. Sixty Thoui.nd Present. It is estimated that sixty thousand persons saw the final race, and that 40,000 of them were from out of town. This multitude saw three as great races as ever cut tho water of the Thames. Iero are the times: 'Varsity oIkM: Harvard, 20:4Cl-2; Yale. 21:01. 'Varsity four: Harvard, 13:001-2; Yale, 13:18. Freshmen eight: Harvard, 11:54 1-2; Yale, 12:02. |