The class races yesterday turned out to be something of a surprise all around, the junior crew, which was the favorite, finishing third; the sophomores coming in first, followed by the seniors. The day was a bad one for a race, as the wind blew directly up the course and made the water very rough. The crews appeared through the draw in the order of their classes, '88 taking the course next the wall; '89 next to her; '90 and '91 the two outside courses.

The members of each crew were cheered by their classmates on the different tugs. The freshmen had two tugs, the "Curlew" and "D. Ronghan;" the sophomores had the "Blanche;" the seniors the "Mattie Sargent," and the juniors the "Elsie." The referee and judges, and the members of the University crew watched the race from the deck of the "William Sprague." After considerable delay, caused by difficulty in getting the sweaters out of the shells, all was ready and the word was given.

Eighty-nine took the lead at the start. At the end of the first quarter of a mile '89 was ahead, with '90 and '88 close behind. At this time '88 and '91 were running 36 strokes to a minute; '89 and '90 were rowing more steadily at 33. '90 spurted and took the lead. From this time until the end of the race, '90 gradually drew ahead of the other boats. The freshmen dropped slowly to the rear and were practically out of the race from the beginning. At the end of the mile '90 was two boat lengths ahead, while '89 was leading '88 by about a length. The most exciting part of the race now came in the struggle between '88 and '89. Until the last third of a mile the boats were nearly even, with a slight advantage in favor of '89. '88 then made a fine spurt and finished half a length ahead of '89. '90 had already crossed the line fully two lengths ahead. The freshmen spurted pluckily toward the end, and finished about three lengths behind '89. '90's time was 12 minutes 14 1-2 seconds. The slowness of the time was due to the very unfavorable conditions. The crews rested for some time at the Union boat house. At 6.20 the senior boat started back over the course. '89 and '91 followed soon afterwards. The victorious sophomores left their shell at the Union boat house, and returned to Cambridge in carriages. As a whole, considering the wind and rough water, the race was a good one. The sophomores rowed a very pretty race, and proved that besides strength and individual skill perfect time is necessary to make a winning crew.