Harvard-Yale Races.

Now that the annual Harvard-Yale boat race is near at hand, a list of the victories gained by the two colleges ought to be of no little interest to the members of the college.

The first race between Harvard and Yale took place in 1852. Harvard won. In 1855 a race took place at Springfield, the course being one and a half miles down stream and return. Both colleges entered two barges and Harvard easily won both places. From 1857 to 1870 a series of races were rowed on Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Mass. Crews from all the New England colleges were entered. Harvard won seven of this series and Yale two. The fastest time, 18 min. 2 sec., being made by Harvard in 1879. The next three races from 1871 to 1873 were rowed over a three-mile straight away course down the Connecticut River at Springfield. Yale won one and Harvard got two seconds. In the races held during the next three years at Saratoga neither Harvard nor Yale secured places. In 1876 Harvard and Yale formed an agreement to row each other annually excluding all other colleges, and since then races have been rowed regularly, the first two at West Springfield and the rest at New London.

During these years the races have resulted as follows:

DATE. WINNING CREW. TIME.

June 30, 1876 Yale 22.02

June 30, 1877 Harvard 24.36

June 28, 1878 Harvard 20.45

June 27, 1879 Harvard 23.48

July 1, 1880 Yale 25.09

July 1, 1881 Yale 22.19

June 30, 1882 Harvard 20.47 1-2

June 28, 1883 Harvard 25.46 1-2

June 26, 1884 Yale 20.31

June 26, 1885 Harvard 25.15 1-2

July 2, 1886 Yale 20.31 3-4

July 1, 1887 Yale 22.56

June 29, 1888 Yale 20.10

June 28, 1889 Yale 21.39

June 27, 1890 Yale 21.29

June 26, 1891 Harvard 21.23

Of the races rowed since 1852 Harvard has won sixteen and Yale twelve. Of the races since 1876 Harvard has won seven and Yale nine. Yale has made the fastest time, 20 min. 10 sec., in 1888.