The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1875, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 SARATOGA SPORTS. The Freshman Contest Fought and Won by Cornell. TIME, 17M. 321-28. —--—___ nell, Brown, Princeton and Har- ‘ vard on the Course. GOOD WATER AND A SPLENDID DAY Harvard Second and Close On to the Winner. THE TROUBLE WITII BROWN. Princeton Brings Up the Rear Gallantly and Well. The Single Scull To Be Rowed Over Again. member of @ crew about to enter in the striggie. The most of them maintained a judicious silence, and looked thoughtful and, indeed, somewhat anxious. Many were the looks cast to the sky nd then to te waters of the lake, the surface of whioh looked here and there gomewhst ruffled, but most enough go to cause any alarm or produce any fears for postponement. The wind was blowing from the southeast, Bot very strong, howe a nice, refreshing Dreeze, which would beip tne boats to make good time, as the oarsmen woula have it in their faces during the race, At ten o’clock pre- cisely the cannon on Snake Hill belcned@ forth its signal to the boats to prepare and get to the arting point, ‘The steamboats which were down at the lower end of the course also took the hint, ano began to make préparations to get away and steam up the course, A little later and the beats conveying the members of the press, judges, ref- eree and starter, steamed up to Snake Hill, Tue water, ag the boats passed up over the course to the starting point, was in splendid conditto it Was not as smooth as glass, but it was excellent water to row over. OWing to the withdrawal of Kenneay, of Yale, Francis, of Vorneli, the #.ngle scull race was juced down to one entry— Weld, of Harvard, who was started with in- structions to row over the course, Only @ very short time elapsed and a atir round Doathouses on shore slowed that the men were preparing to get in their boats. Harvard and Princeton got their boat in the water about the same moment, and after the usual delay, got away from their boats and shot outior the stakeboat. The boys of Brown were the next to take their position, and but a short time passed over ere the Cornell freshmen issued from their retreat under Snake Hill and also rowed into line, As they were placed previous to being sent off on their struggie Curnell had the extreme west, then came Brown, alongside of her Princeton, and with Harvard outside, having the eastern boundary, There was a slight delay oc- CHE UNIVERSITY RACE FORESHADOWED. SaRratoaa, July 13, 1875, The first day of the great regatta is ended, and Cornell, white and cornelian, has won the Fresh- man race, It was asplendid contest, There were no fouls, ana the race from beginning to ending ‘was a superb spectacle, The day was everything to be desired, and the crowds that Issued forth in the morning frem Saratoga came home in delignt- ful humor, The grand stand, extending fer sev- eral hundred yaras on the west shore of Saratoga Lake, was fully occupied, while Lehind tt, im the grgen meadows, a large number of vehicles of all shapes aud sizes were packed throaghout the afternoon, On the prominent elevations around the lake groups of people were stationed, ana ot Ramsdell’s Point, where the HERALD tower stood, overlookiig the course from start to finish, quite a number of people sat on the overhanging sand bluff and enjoyed themselves in eating sandwiches and looking at the race. All the primitive wagons, for which Saratoga is so famous, were put in mo- tion in the early forenoon, and @ constant stream ‘Was directed toward the lakes, the grand stand being tne chief potnt of aestination. Coming home in the afternoon the road presented a very lively appearance, somewhat resembling Dervy day in England. The lake looked extremely beau- titul, It was calm and reflective as a mirror. The ‘woods along the margin in the neignbornood of Foint Breeze found vbeir shadow in the watcr as ‘clearly ontiined as above. The sky was an opal, ‘the blue coming tirough the fleecy clouds in intcr- miprent fashes, PERFECT WEATHER. far as the weather was concerned, there coula be no possible complaint, it was simply perfect, and the breeze at eleven in the forenoon freshening up and blowing directly along the course was a source Of great joy, as well to the oarsmen as tothe multitude of spectators scat- tered along the shores of the lake on either side, THE FIRST RACE ‘was @ failure, as the Yale man, according to te port, Was withdrawn by his captain, and the Har- vard representative rowed over the course, to the great disappoin:ment of everyboay. THE PRINCIPAL RACE The next ana only race of the day had fonr crews—Harvard, Brown, Princeton and Corneil colleges being represented. From the tower at Ramsdeli’s Point, now called Lower Hili—the tower being erected by the jeint enterprise of the HeRaLD and Harper's Weekly—the view ‘Was quite commanding. Mr. Theodore R. Davis with three assistants, B,R. Rockwood and the brothers Pach, photographers, occupied the top story of the tower, and took instantaneous views of the struggle at different poin:s as will oe seen by the diagrams, On the lower story among otber spectators were Messrs. Fletcher Harper and General J. W. Husted, With camera and tele- scopes levellea on the course the Duals Were takeu tuto complete observation from the beginning to the end. Following tue boats were three smail propellers, tue Commodore Brady, the Madge aud the Mary. Tue Madge—on board of which was the referee, Mr. James Watson, of New York—kept up close with the con- testants, when the Mary, bearing a number of press representatives, fell behind, as aid the Commodore Brady, The largest number of spec- tators was at the soint opposite the stakeboat, | and as the crews came within Tshot a great, hoarse murmur, like the sound of ocean breakers, was borne on the breeze up to Tower Hill. When the winning crew, after A SPLENDID SPURT, glided past the grand stand a wiid cheer went up end went ringing through the silent woods oa eltherside, The course was three miles straight @way and cut up into lanes for the great regatta of to-morrow. These lanes were simply a num- ber of tiny buoys, 100 feet apart, giving that mued space to each boat and surmounted by the colors of the respective crews that have en- ‘ered for the great eontest to-morrow. THE LINES OF BUOYS were at a distance of an eighth of a mile, so that the least attentive observer could measure tue progress of the crews ata giance. Of in the dis- tance wo could plainly observe from our tower the crews getting into piace. “They're off,” shouted a thousand throats, and | the eyes of ali the people about the shores of the beautiful lake were strained to their atmost in making out the colors of the leading crew. They came along gullanily and at tremendous speed, Well apart and with penty of water room. Brown Wasa promising boat up to a mile or so of the finish, but he, e one of the oaramen cangitacrad and consternation filled the learts of ail the Providence people, for Brown haa good backing and its men were strong, iikely fellows, who, | though falling to win success, certainly deserved it. THE SIGNAL FLAGS at the HERALD stations on the east shore of the | lake were raised as the boats crossea the vnoy lines every eighth of amile. The fag was waved to and fro three times, then held steadily uprignt 3 the leading boat crossed the line, At toe same moment the photographic operator took an instantaneous impression of the scene, ay so on to the end of the 1ace. The tower was an object | of much curiosity to the country folk, As jor the | excitement 10 Saratoga just cvening there bas | | | been iittie to resemble tt for years, Tne hotels wero filled to overflowing, and at every turn one met with college men, wearing straw hats bound with ribbon representing the colors of tnis crew | or that, Numbers of ladies, relatives of the | crews, came to town for the occasion, and the | Saratoga hotels seldom displayed so great an | animation. | PREPARING FOR THE START, The morning was a busy one in the boathonses of Cornell, Brown, Princeton and Harvard, pre- paring for the Freshman race, which was set down to fellow the single scull race. Ali the crews about to participate in the Freshman contest wero close together, and aimost within the shadow of Snake Mill, Anxlety was evident and general among the partisans, but tho freshmen themseives—the participants in the race—bad little to say to the many inquiries to which they were subjected by outsiders of inquiring turns of mind who chanced to get close enough to any | must be a | Was nota castoned by a drifting boat whten happened to get into the course, This being removed, and Mr. Watson, the referee, having savisfled himsell that the boats were in lime, made the usual inquiry, “Are you ready #” and three seconds later sent them off with as pretty ana fair a start as one need desire to see. THE STaRr, Two mmutes and three seconds befere twelve o'clock tuey got the word and came away down the course in fine style, Princeton pulling 38 strokes to the minute, Harvard 36 and Cornell 85 at the start. Choosing a good course they set- ted down to their work without accident of any sort and the promise already was excellent of a very fine race, Long before they reached the first half mile Princeton bad drawn to the front and passed that station, still rowing her rapid stroke, with a lead of three-quarters of a length, Brown and Harvard following about level, the latter pos- sibly having a foot the best of it, with Cornell abont eight or ten feet behind. ‘The latter crew tance increased certain! ‘t im Detter, though ovinsbing every Soweud wach. bay SOKATCH CREW, made up partly of old Columbia’ men, with Mr. Reeves as stroke, Mr. Leiand as bow and Messrs. Grisweld, Ml, ‘Tim and Peters in the Waist, Bad started & little ahead of Corneil aad was making good work, keeping abead stnrough- crew, although out the race, Tue work of tb) contuining so many famous oars, looked rough by the side of Cornel!. In fact unsteadiness was plainly vistule in every other crew except Cor- hei, Browao seeming to show less of it, It was a good race aud one of the Iastest ever made on bois lake. Two tired crews at auy rate siuck to their work ip such @ Way that one of them, though it was rowed down, end that im the early pars of the race, seemed likely even yet to beat the others. As they drew toward the second mile Princeton veer- ed ont of her course and lost ground by steering quickly to tie right and then back to tne lets, while brown managed to keep fresh, her port oars yet looked 4 little angular; but all shuwed a good cealorlile, While the otners grew ragged, Uor- nell Was yet showing vo signs of fatigue. Prince- ton Was bot moving steadily, and in the matter of her steering it looked at one time as if she would ron over into her neighbor's water, But se recti- fied this and moved the rest of the course on a good line, A» they drew toward the secona mile Brown. was il makiog 34 Harvard having fallen to 32 aud Princeton making 33% strokes to «the minute. ‘Tne steering of Princeton thus far the wildest of all. Soon after reaching the second mile, No. 81m the Brown crew managed to torn his oar in the water—technically, “caught & crab.” This of coarse lost his boat five or six seo- ouds, which loss, a8 the sequel! will show, provably proved fatal to their winming. Cornell, never seeming to change her pace, moved quietly along ‘ue west side, drawing more and more away from ver rivals, ring the best course on the lake. Princeton was growing still more ragged and splasued much, though hardly oftener than Har- vard, The latter, he drew toward the close of the race, had slowed down to 30, while Cornell, as one of ner or on tue boat claimed, had quickened up to though 3% wo! probably be quite enough, THE LAST HALF. ‘The water had fallen to almost a dead calm. The buzz began to come up from the great crowd at the grand sand, The bad steering was about feeling that the finish was near to exnilarate the men and quicken ail their work. Prineeton, first in the first naif mile, nad c to be last in the last. Brown’s loss had, riven her ng: the, mo less plucky crew would @ found Brown so incessantly @ greater part of the race, she could not have thus seized her advantage and headed her at the finish. But good a3 was her pluck It was no better than Princeton’s, for with he. wearing stroke she was still nitting away manfully and stowing of what capital stuart she is made and bow her one great need is coach- ing. Even at the very close she was rowing her 86, and when the roughness of her work is consid- ered it 18 most creditable to her that THE GREATEST GAP Cornell could open as she shot in a winner was one of seventeen seconds, while Brown only led her by ten and Harvard by twelve. Not.asiip did Cornell seem to make anywhere, put /rom start to finish she rowed a capital race, Indeed the work throughout the race, as well as the result, botn Show Conclusively toat the crews were excep- tionally well matched, and it 1s doubtful If ever tn the annals of American intercollegiate racing a closer mutca between so many teams was ever rowed. HONOR WHERE DUB. No crew deserves more credit than Brown. Bat tor Barringher’s mishap, of which, anfortu- Date as it was, she does not complatn, tuere is little doubt that Cornell must either have rowed Eb a Ss FRESHMAN the other two crews, who, from whas they have done publicly, seem in a talr to be of the last four in, {s by no means a light task. Some think Brown is likely to be atdifferent times she bas cov mile of the course, not only at better pace than alfofthe crews here, but bas shown steady and rapid improvement, With her the question 8 not one O! pace, but “stay,” for ber men 100k rather Inght. ARTMOUTH. D. In spite of many exceilent points and a gener- ous allowance of power, Dartmouth hag been seen several times to do slow work in her rowing om the Lake, taking over 50 seconds—on Saturday for tustance—tn covering an eighth, This, taken with manifest tauits in several of the men, gives ground fer the conclusion that, aniess she bas Lever shown her hand, she cam hardly be better than tenth or eleventh, BOWDOIN, on Saturday afternoon, while making an eighth In the good time of 43 seconds, yet needed 7 min- utes tor her first mile and an eighth, or 6 minutes and 17 seconds fora mile. If tits is her pest, and her men seemed to be trying to do their al!, sne cua hardly pull berseif out of the last third, or, at bess, she last half of the second third, Ifthe latter it will probably be becatise the pace ig too much for brown, thougn another crew—! seemfogly one of the toughest on the lak be keeping er company aome, Men certainly of long rowing experience and well situated to know—Joho Eustis, her oid captain, tor example— seem to really think her the dark horse in this race and good for the exeellent place tis own team twiee 80 brililandy won, This 18 all quite possivle, but, {hdetow mmoply by her public prac- tice, it is far from provable, hue abounding tn ane + matejsiai, sue has certainly not yes dis- play THE DASH AND SPEED that must be sustained over the whole course to vring her or any other crew in a Winne’. Sitll she may 0@ better up in the middie uird than buere seems good ground to believe. AMHERST has a crew noecasier to iocate. When tried on the last hall, to got over a single eigntn, she iound fitty- two seconds necessary, ) When fresh in the first mile, she nas done her eigath in Jorty sec- ends. How long she will need for the whole twenty-four eights is hard to determine, though some days ago she needed but taree minutes and one second for the first iour of them, Her men are sinewy and strong and throw themselves on to their Oars with much power, enough, in ail likelihood, to bring them in with as many crews beside as in irons of them, if mot more, WILLIAMS, notwithstending her late arrival here and her allectation of mystery, BAY find Amherst, ber second starboard neighbor, leading her through- out the race, She certainly has strong friends, one of them only yesterday being reported to have invested go largely on her aguinstany named boat at even as to bull the betting market notice- ably. But her accident on Saturday did not help Sue is not familiar with the course; her bow has done some _ bad _ steer- ing; her ower, though good, is not unusual. With many fine points in her work she has eviaently some bad ones, and sie nas not now got Jonn Ganster. Littie thimgs are going to count to-morrow, and is looks as if she has too many against her to let her attain that position in which many friends would like to see her and Which she has striven s0 maniuliy to caro, COLUMBIA introduced herself grandly last year, and her Style seems to have fallen of not a whit this one. But it is with her haraly & Matier of style; 1t is a question of beef and staying power. Pus Messrs. Cornell and Rees in the place of ber weakest two and she might repeat her story of lags summer, but can she without them ? Not unless one of two things is true, etiher that she has develo,ed re- markable endurance within three days or that never yet, Over this course, this year, nas sho in of this. and ner lightness sne wins, 1% will be all the more 3, her credit, and make i likely many years to come the stroke somes by thas for Yale, if not shat of all the ro colleges, sae a pee Imperieg [ty Fore yr bry oy SPECULATION IN THE CIry. Captain The excitement in the city yesterday over the college regatta was not quite so great as was ob- served last year, but nevertheless @ brisk busi- ness was conducted at Thomas’ Exchange during the day and evening. sefore noon quite a num- ber were inquiring anxiousiy about the Freshman race, and what little speculation there was ap- peared tobe in favor of Harvard. Ihe different telegraph oMces were very basy with private despatches from the lake bringing reports of the condition ofthe diferent crews from friends sup- posed to be well posted. kverybody was anxious for information, and boating men were worried «by thetr friends for points. Yale appeared to be astrong favorite, but whem the news arrived of the VICTORY OF CORNELL in the Freshman race, the latter's stock went up in the big race of to-day. Harvard and Wesleyan were also pretty strong, keeping about even, and then Columbia and Princeton were talked of. Williams was not tn favor in consequence of the accident to their boat that occurred last Satur- day, and Brown, Amherst, Bowdoin, Uuton ana Hamtiton had very few admirers, At about two P. M, Cornell had advanced so far in public opin- fon as te dispute the choice with Yale, but in the evening, Waen the auction pools commenced, the New Haven representatives jumped to tne front. In the side betting Cornell appeared to be the favorite over Colambta, Yale over Marvard and Wesleyan over Princeton. Yale, Harvard and Corneil were alsq backed ‘at evens against the fleld. At Thomas’ Exchange roems business was pretty brisk ouring the evening and a large amount of money invested, The Freuch pools, between nine and ten last evening, stood aa fol- low: rT 4 Yale... . * At the auction pools they were selling mainly Yale, Cornell, Harvard and the field, and the rices averaged as follows :— ‘ale. $10 the box at a lively galt, and Yale appeared a strong favorite at the auction pools, while in the French Cornell was nearly as much in de- mand. Harvard was also pretty strong and ap- peared to be very popular later on. Between nine aoe en o'clock P. M, the Frenca pools were as follow! ‘The auction poo shapes; but the most popular system appeared to be as follows :— ale.. 20, 2 40 25 Cornell . 10 it 2 16 Wesleyan. ial iW 18 i Harvard 8 Ba 21 13 Columbia. 7 6 M4 8 Field.... 14 13 81 16 In the match bets Yale was selling at avout the Tate of 100 to 60 over Haryard, and Oornell ap- RA C.E. MAP SHOWING THE COURSE AND THE POSITION OF THE BOATS AT THE FINISH. TOWN OF MALTA ae Poins SSS care corrace U SSONNELL » Hi Hart T.Amold TOWN OF STILLWATER \ 9 COLLEGE v4 pty \ TOWN OF 7 SARATOGA §| SPRINGS e| 29 _ Co, Sam ie © French ae. al s \ iV, xX 8 ‘Rarasdill 29,8ch REGATTA COURSE af * SSS== ere Amotd \ Curtis > SS DARTMOUTH Caldwell Estate seemed to have quickest settled into their steady work and disregarding the others were making a superb course down the western line of flags, rowing more like their practice work than eiiuer of their rivals, Brown had not been expected to do nearly as well as this, it wa pposeu thar jong before reaching even the first bali mile she jceably behind; instead of this al throngh the next and far down the race she did berseif much credit by the way in which she stuck to her work. At about one minuce und fiiteen seconds alter twelve they le.t tne first hali- mile flag; before the mile was reachea Brown slowed her stroke to thirty-two, while the others remained respectively at about the same stroke they nad pulled thus far, The lake, which a litte before had been ruled by a soutawesterly breeze, which caused #® chop of two or three inches, quieted down slowly; & haze parttally hid tho sun, the weather was not unpleasantiy warm aud the promise was excellent trom the time ia which the first half mile was covered—a little over taree minutes—of sharp work througuout the race. Aiready Harvard began to show some signs ot iatigue, and she and Princeton alternated in lashing, jar more jrequentiy, too, than there emed eny need of. The little referee boat, the Mauge, proved equal to her work and settled into the Space between the Brown men on the ieft and tne Princeton on the right, when she was adiir- ably placed fur that officer to aitena caretully to his work, In the third quarter Brown, after having suowa some little hesitation, began to fresuen up and THE DROPPING BACK began to be done by Princeton, There was nothing vdd ip this, OF more than mignt be ex- pecied. Ail along she has veen doting too mucn arm work, and bad no idea of throwing her body on to her Our. She has not been lett ignorant of this, but still Seemed to have (allied to make much improvement. Soe was now begluning to find toast muscle alone cannot win @ coilegé race im these day4, aNd that there must be form as well. And ifthere was in the first mile of the racea wenuive sarprise to some of those Who saw her, it was the Way that the Brown men had aiready learned this lesson. Their ferm was far ahead of Princeton, and seemed quite as guod as Harvard and aimost equal to Cornell; aod the way im whica Brown’s oars kept cutting during all the way down the course showed the mep, Whatever tueir looks might suggest, Diust have undouvted “stay,” as well a4 speed, Hurvard led slightly at the mile post. The way ine Cornelis were sticking to their work while there Was more or less spiashing in the otner boats showed that she was rowing easily, the Steadiest of them all, indeed, im no part ot the Tace aid she seem to become excited, but pa | ner own way gradually drew up to, past an away trom every one o! herrivais. No. 61m the Princeton boat belore the miadie of tne course Was reacted began to show sigus of breaking up, carrying his shoulders too bigh, Making his arms do 50 mucn more Of the Work than they ought to, | which shrew him out of parallel with tae rest of the crew aad made him easily noticeabie. But rough as Was bis wor! and witn all bis jauits, there ton about the steam tn it nor about bis crew’s ability to make is a hot race for any crew there, no matter what its advantages. ‘Thore Was abundant evidence of the fine condi- tion not, only of Princeton, but of all the crews here; foreven when the first mile was reacned the leading boat had opened @ very slight gap be- tween itself and e following. The tired jook o| Harvard, though ahead at this time, had made it probable that she was going to disappoint her inends y seriously, Far over on tne right 4 more heavily thun in Was that she as weil the commencement and could uot eve ke & respectable showing at the finish, But she stuck to isand never slack: ened ber stroke below 33 Early om the secona mile Princeton Was still at her 36, and all were keeping together. Brown, in fact, nad poy upa ‘thie, and Princovon had falloy back, Ag t iu faster than sae showed herself up to or bave hardly * Won by more than an oar’s length, if it al Gt it Mr. Ruther has been nearty as suc with the Brown University men as have been in coaching ‘esimen, the! more genuine surprise in store for the pi ic the morrow. Not by more power or stay did ner frespmepd beat Princeton, but by knowing how to use it,ana if the same result comes when her chosen men meet the sturdy sons of Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut, some just sense of the importance of good coaching, on which we have dwelt so much Of late, will begin to be had generally. O! course, Cornell was not long home before she swung gracefully up alongside the grand stand, and 1D 4nother moment her men were on THE SHUULDERS OF THEIR FRIENDS, taking moss good naturedly their well earned con- gratu ations. To-pight doubtless the Cornelians Will flow in from far and wide, ins) the good day’s work to-day than the strong reputation her older men have so lately and surely establisned, The mea of the other crews were asked If they bad any claim to make o! any sort, and all an- swered freely that they bad not, They had rowed a better race than probably any of them thought possible, and to lose it, and by as little as did Princeton, was well nigh a6 particularity with Brown’s crab, as it was of Cornell to win it. Af, a8 good oarsmen nave often thought, the paper boat can beat that of Specie cedar, here tne Corneliags Bad an advantage which, perhaps, should be counted by seconds, and if so has proved decisive; but iew who saw the race to-day would long doubt, were it rowed over, and by allin wooden boats, or paper either, that Cornell woula again take good care that the othera were all benind her at the finish. For many days her men have been seen on the lake working hard and rendering to-day’s result manifestly possible; and it will be remembered that in many, if nots all, quarters, it was consid- ered that it lay between them and Marvard. ‘That four universities, at least, are in @ way to have Very fast crews next yeur, the result to-day makes more than probabie; that it will be long beiore a class crew on their course beats the 17m. 32\a, of the winner, the five seconds more of Harvard, the seven of brown, or the seventeen of Princeton, is equally certain, A better day, more suitable water and more strengtn in the crews themselves are not likely to be had in # fresnman race again pervaps iu many years. Better form and better rowing may Very rightly be popea for, and the hope should not be in vain. THR SINGLE SCULL RACE, At alate hour this afternoon the regatta com- mittee decided that the simgie scull race should be rowed over again, notwithstanding that she umpire had ordered Mr. Weld, the darvard repre- sentative, to row over the coarse and report to the juage at the finish, No other lade brendens ting in an appearance, the racing laws by whica the Rowing Association of American Colleges 1s governed declares that the jurisdiction of the umpire eXiends over the whole race, and his de- ciston shall be final ana without appeal. The race to-day is, thereiore, clearly won by Mr. Weld. The prospects are, however, that there will be a strug- ad between the representatives of Harvard and ule for slogie seulis to-morrow, aiter the Univer- sity race, THE UNIVERSITY RACE. To-day it 18 generaliy conceaea hereanouts that in the great race to come off to-morrow both tue Union and Hamilton crews are likely to be among the last, As between the two, Hamilton, irom the remarkable distance—thirteen miles—ol her loca- ton from her practice track at home, and from the fact that she has baa almost no exverience In @ racing shell, seems to stand a good chance of Mane | irom ber rival tne prominent position of end boat, Ssnould she succeed She has nevertheless only to maintain the spirit which has kept her so pluckily at work thus far for another tweivemontn to raise her to a posi- tion next year far More to her bking. Jo nama_ done all she could. By what she has done, Uhough likely to prove very swilt over the first mile, there 19 at least substantial ground to doubt whether before the second is over and particularly the third, see will be any better than third or fourte. Uniess Harvard rows at her very best she and Coluimbia will probably be neighbors at the finish. What looks mucn like tt 1s that it is said that the Columbia gard this year’s course as but two seconds ionger than last. This looks asif perhaps they had covered it within that time. The time they claim for last year 18 16m. 423. If they can do it now in 16m, 4448. the race is almost certainly theirs, but whatever the fact, in no Way, a8 just beiore the race last summer, have they shown themselves likely to wip, and tt is probabie that they will have to leave two piaces above them in other hands. IN WHOSE HANDS? is the question. One of them almost certainly in Corneii’a, To-day her Freshmen snowed that the; had learned how to row and now to stay iast al over the course. They made vetter time than the last five or six University crews will probably snow to-morrow, and yet they have above them im the university outrigger siX men who can surely outrow them, who, after from their and easil; perch on Snake Hull, taking the practice time of nearly every other Grew ana bid’ well their owa, at iast, in an unguar moment, let out that it was beter than any other, who, though clipping the beginnin; and showing some other rougunesses, row ye with splendid dasa and spring, who, though or not muck above she middle weight, are known to be very strong and enduring, and who are said to have covered the course in 16m. 628. I! they can do that to-morrow either Yale and Harvard are Jaster than their rowing bas (hus far snown or the race will be Corneli’s, and it may be hers in any case, even if they are so faat. YALE, last night, in @seciuded part of the lake, snd- denly frum her usual twenty-nine or shirty strokes @ minutes shot Up to thirty-five, and held it tor a jong distance. If this is her pace, then she has sbaken out @ reef that may make bot Cornell and Harvard very sorrowful. — Aud what looks much as if this were tne fact is the 1n- difference of the time made by her in her only two daylight trial trips made since here, apparently at racing speed over the whole course. If these showed the best she could do, which is hardly possible, i ahe will be neither first nor second; but almost certainly they dia not. And yet it is aificuls to see how Mr, Cook could take & man weil Known ia boating circles, off to a quiet cor- ner and ask how it was that the beat Yale could get out of her new boat was 18m. 24a,, thougn these figures were corsainly avout all she showed on Savard; even today’s Fresnmen have beaten that by almost & minate and 1, aiter all, she will win the race, and in faster time than Cornell has made, then ker captain, together with rowing better than any other man here, bas, since hig arrival, certainly shown su- perb geueraisnip, HARVARD. If Harvard can win it will be not by rowing more thorougily or betver than Yale, not by being of tougher fibre than Corneil or Columbia, but wainiy by having ber men equally well trained aud having more beef in the boat. The last mue is likely to do the work, and if Yale is peaten at ail she will then learn too ate that puttng Hall io @ crew already none too heavy hus lightened i¢ too ‘mnoch, and that merely doing the best rowing among thirteen chosen crews is no sale guaranty that she can surely lead them all, arvard’s stroke Oar 18 at least as enduring as his prede- cessor, And tn all probabilty is more so. In the race over the last half of the course neither team last year could Jairly snow of what it was mado, that whica was freely assumed by many that © would have beaten both Harvard and Col- UNbId, Wi, Should she lose to-morrow, be ren- dered all the more improbavic. Yaie has certainly been luterrupted more im her traimima, and so if M.0.Ramsdi' TOWN OF SARATOGA ‘inst Columbia. ack and in tie follows :— $13 peared to be equally as strong At Keily’s business was ra French pools the tickets sold were Wesle; ber of supporters, The speculators kep' up to a late hour and it was close to midnight when Thomas’ Exc! nee closed Rad the night. Puols will be sold this morning up to noon, HIGHWAYMEN IN NEW JERSEY. AN AGED COUPLE BOUND AND ROBBED ON ORANGE MOUNTAINS. For a long time past the city of Orange, East Orange, Milburn, Wassessing, in tact all the north- western portion of Essex county, New Jersey, has been inlested by tramps and burglars, 80 much so that the inhabitants have been almost id to trust themselves abroad after dark. esterday morning, between twelve anu one O'Clock, e Gesperadoes made a tour wo the second ridge of tue ains, and THD here they forced an en- trance into @ neat little cottage, oecupied by an aged couple, Mr. James P. Boondon and nis wife, The only person besides the above mamed couple who usualiy slot im the building, was their gardener, Philip McHenry. He, 1% seems, had been down the road, and did not return until quite late, On reaching the house he was knocked down, and that was the last he knew until near three o’clock in the morning. On recovering his consciousness he made lis Way into tne house, and there found MR, AND MRS. BOONDON, bound hands aod feet and lying upon the bedroom floor, He immediately released them, and, upon @ search, found that the house had been ransacked from top to bottom, and aearly $1,000 in money and silverware earried of. Mr. Boondon stated that the gang consisted of three men, and as soon as they had secured bim and the old lady they assured them that they would do them no bodily harm if they kept quier. Many wealtoy families reside on the Urang Mountains, an: lice the neign- as they pornood affords a gre rg ‘Op6- rations, it is thas the resiaents sirail adopt 4 rule to provi ach dwelling with @ iil ament of revolvers, with which te greet such FS ag show signs of crimimal Intent, REAL ESTATE, The Exchange Salesroom Was well attended yesterday, tue announcements of foreclosure sales including mauy desirable pieces of prop- erty :— Wiiliam Kennelly sold a lot on south side of -seventh street, 206 feet cast of Fifth ave Pow mxveney to Wiillam A. Ooit, for Pore. @ auctioneer soid the lot on side of Ninety-nrst street, 225 fee! it of Fifth ave- nue, 25x100, to Join J, Macklin, for $1,000 over e mor! Of $9,000. wan Kennelly also sold ander foreclosure the remiges on tie west side of Dry Dock street, 97.5 et south of Bieventh street, 22x84, to the plaintf in bry suit, for $1,500 over and above the Bld the Astor Teasehold emises On soUtn side of ae had street, 492.6 Ram nth avenue, to William B, Johnston, ia 5 (A 7 . James M, Miller sold the house and lot on north ide of Kast Seventeenth streat, 100 feot west of Irving place, 25x92, house three story brick and basement. to Harries A. Cone. for $21,000, ANOTHER STARTLING OUTRAGE, AN AGED INVALID LADY AssavLreD 4Np ROBBED IN HEH OWN HOUSE—TEE nospen PASSES HIMBELF OFF AS A SANITARY IN- SPECTOR—ESCAPZ OF THE BURGLAR. * Tne irequency of daring midday robberies ts becoming really’ starting. The desperate affatr that occurred on West Eleveuth street on tne morning of tre 12sn inst. was yesteraay suppie- mented by a case identical im many ressects, and fully 88 heinous and alarming. An aged lady, an invalid, sitting quietly im her room, was ap- Proached by « well dressed, suave yeung roMan, who represented himself as @ ity official, and by his oily tongue ana engaging manner entirely dis- armed the suspicion of his helpless victim, and then, with a fendisuness rarely equalied, choked her almost to deata with one nand, while with the other he robbed her of ali the money im her pos session, Tue details are aa fullows;— Shertly before three o'clock P.M. a young man, apparensly about twenty-two years of age, of me- dium baiid, wearing a small biaek mustache and being dressed in @ark clothes and straw nat, en- tered the residence of Mrs. Van Slack, at No, 4 Mangin street, Tue front door of the house was bolted, but the man entered through a small alley- way and tue back door, Que of the male boarders in she house was goimg out at the time and brusl by the robber, but paid no special atten« tion to him, Mrs. Van Slack was sittimg, as haa beon her custom for years, in a large easy chair in TF Of tie house om the Srsi Moor, engaged in ‘{ AM A SANITARY INSPECTOR,’”? sald the robber, as he entered, wiping bis fore- head with a nandkercbief, “and I would like, with your permission, tO make am inspection of tho cellar and closets.” His air was of the most non- chalant character, and there was nothing in his sppearance, to belie his alleged calling, Mrs. Van Slack, gs to the closeis, repiir ‘You mus excuse my not arising; sir, a8 1am ap invalid and cannot Walk, bus you Can make the necessary in~ spection yourself,” ‘All right, Madame,” was the response, and the young man weat in the di- rection given aud made Hie supposed inspection. in @ few moments be returned and reinarkea, “Your cellars look so very clean that I don’t be- lieve 1 will wo through them.” He tben, unin- Vited, took a chair near the window, about four feet from Mrs. Van Siack. She thought at tho time that it was rather a strange p' ing as he had accomplished his mission, bus she said nothing. Tue young maa presently commenced conversing about the extreme heat, In the nidss of it he suddenly broke off with the question, “By the way, Will you please give me the name of the owner of this property’? “i will give you bis card,” said the ludy, taking irom her pocket a pair of goid spéctacies, and putting them on pre- paratory to looking for the card. Walle doing tia she slightly averted ber head aud tae rufian, em- braciug the opportunity, mace & pantuer-like spring to her side, and CLUTCHED HER BY THE THROAT, forcing her head back against the chairs. So vio- lent was his grip thas the biood spurted out of her nostrils, saturaling her dress. The poor woman gasped for breath and tried to scream, b iy slight muiied sound escaped her. While the rob- ver heid her throat with a& vice-like graap by v1 hand he putea rill sigh from her dress, turned 1é tnside out and seized the contents, about $50 in small Dilla, AS he Was engaged in this flendish wilte poodle dog, Which bad commenced barking at the jcutlle, seized bia leg. Tho feebie assistance rendered by the little anim: however, came too late, as the villain had already accomplished his purpose. Immediately on letting go bis nold of the oid lady the man tarped upon the dog, and, catching up @ stove cover lifter, struck the animal a blow on the back, rity off the end Of the instrument, and, not With that, he hurled @ piece of wood at t 01 the littie poudie, The robber then made for the tront door through the parior, bat, his way impeded, ma 18 @X1t as he entered, by the baek way, Since that time bothing has bi heard of hum, Upon being released Mrs. Van Slack fainted, but was revived wituim & jew minutes by Murs, Moore and Mra, Thompson, twe aged ladies who resided oo the top door, and who burried down on hear- ing the noise, A policeman was promptly notified of the rob bery, but no clew could be obtained to the man’s | ldentity or whereabours, A HERALD reporter visited Mra, Van Slack last Might. she was sitting in the chair where tho outrage bad been committed. Sne is an old teeole lady of about filsy-lve years of age, and hag | been an invalid lor many years, not being able te waik. Ip answer to the questions put she exuib- ived her throat, which bore THE FINGER PRINTS OF THE DESPERATE CRIMINAL, and piainly evidenced that her stasement o1 the outrage Was not one particle exaggerated, She stated that three other young men, representing themselves as sanitary imspectors, had called within the past week and tuoroughly Inspected the house, but beiore yesterday none had mani- lested any criminal designs. ‘The ctacles, which Mrs, Van Slack had just adjusted to her eyes when tne villain sprang upon , Werg | tound under tne table all broken and bent, Mrs, Van Slick also stated that to her knowledge | she had never before seen the yeung man. She, | however, was inclived to the impression thas | Was a (riena or associate of rvant girl whom she bad discharged @ few weeks before tor steal. ing. ihe apparent familiarity of the robber with the premises seemed to Mra, Van Slack almost conclu- Sive proof that he nad become posted by elther the before mentioued girl or some other person. The house 18 @ three story brick one, situated In | One of the most detisely inabited portions of tha | city. At ail hours of the day numbers of peopie are Dassing up aad dewn the street, and up 0 a tate hour at night she vicinity is teeming wita Ine. captain Revenge of the Thirteenth precinct, | took @ compiete description of the robber, but di: not believe ne Was Known to the police. THE DANCER OUTRAGE. THE PERPETRATORS OF THM ASSAULT AND ROBBBRY IN ELEVENTH STREET NOT YET AR RESTED. No arrests were made yesterday in connection with tne burglary in the house of Mr. Daacer, No, 50 West Eleventh street, which occurred on Mon« day morning last. The police, however, bay a clew to the perpetrators, which they persistently following out, under the direction of Captain Van Dusen, of the Filteenth precinct. His. theory appears to be—and, 90 far as investigation has been pursued, it has some basis of proba- bility—that the parties wuo were engaged in the aifair are gamblers, who were aware that Mr, Dancer had lately invested his surplus junds in bonds and stocks, which he wus supposed to pave in the nouse; re aud tuat they had wate &@ favorable oppor- tunity to effect an en:ry and secure the piun Mr. Dancer until lately in partnership wit man pamed Daiy, at No. 8 Barclay street, where tmey RAN ‘a GAME," which wasa short time sgo broken up by the police. Dancer, finding occupation gone,’’ it Was ons Invested his cash in bonds, aad if is thought that the temptation Was too strong fot certain of hi aie’ Or “ropers in,” who ara credited witn the attempt to “clean him out.” rs. Dancer yesterday was too unwell to con- could not, he thought, personally ide! the parties who effected the burgiari he bat that she could recognize the frst man who entered the bouse by bis voice. She described his appearance as that of @ flue-looking man, With “AN EDUCATED KIND OF VOICE,” showing that he Was a man out ol the common cer red very nervous, and iz tO give any iniormation ip his power evidently knew but little of the affair. here was, however, P ‘esent at the interview a wao looked like @ dealer at a ‘aro bank, r’’ of @ Danco game, Who on = rt conversation speedily 8 BARRETT'S BRUTALITY. Jonn Vervoort, the victim of Jonn Barrett's re- sentment, passed another day of intense agony im the home of his sister-in-law on Weehawken street, West Hoveken, yesterday, He has not yet Segre att teetcar acne snd mae le ie care es Moe ke ai tives the swel In the back 0} muoh reduced and the internal hei abated. Ine sufferer is not yet out of rs wever, The search made ior ould-be homicide, has thas far tied : cessful, Dut hopes are entortained that ne Will ba —— C4 long. eyt = nc iy eed nding against reatened, $a sliege , to Kill au aged gentleman Om the mora ing of the 1th inst, AN ALDERMAN EXPELLED. Alderman Daryea, of Hoboken, Who 1s now um dergoing a sentence of three months’ imprison~ ment for stealing ® polibook at the recent chatter election, was the subject of @ lively con eg pe nn hyd tyr: hide, A ot ae Rg orms Talsoonduct and providing for his im expulsion from 7 ly Was 0! con: victed Veanciimal bis I w: vor ven og LJ i bim, nos even jawye! te Semcon eee ee Oe out one ing pe Caunell seemed to give geacral