A delightful day and a smooth course made it a possibility for the race of yesterday to be an ideal race in every way, but an unfortunate foul on the part of the senior crew marred the whole race, and caused the contest of yesterday to be extremely disappointing to all-save perhaps the juniors.

All the crews were very late in arriving at the start and it was fully fifteen minutes after five when the four boats rowed into their respective positions-Ninety-two next to the wall, then Ninety-four, Ninety-three, and Ninety-one on the outside. The starter of the Ninety-three boat was not an adept in his art and it was five or six minutes more before Ninety-three was in position. By this time the Ninety-four boat was unsteady, but Referee Peabody had grown tired of waiting and gave the word at 21 minutes and 24 seconds after 5, although the freshmen were not ready for the start. Naturally enough the freshmen fell behind and were fully a length and a half behind at the end of the first five strokes. Ninety-three had the lead the first few strokes but soon gave place to Ninety-two, Ninety-three being third. The seniors were rowing a quick, powerful stroke-fully thirty-eight to the minute-and almost all of the way down the course kept up this number.

All the way up to the Crescent Boat House, the freshmen were rowing raggedly but after this point was passed there was a marked improvement in their form and gradually they crept up on the seniors, who were third at the Boat House, until they were barely a length behind. The juniors were over a length ahead of the sophomores at the Cresent and from here to the Harvard Bridge rowed in splendid form, thirty-eight strokes to the minute, and lengthened their lead over the sophomores and seniors (who were now very nearly nip and tuck) by half a length.

At about 5.28 the crews reached the Harvard Bridge which was crowded with people eagerly peering over the ralling to catch a glimpse of the crews' positions. A clattering of feet from one side of the bridge to the other, and Ninety-two shot out from under the other side of the bridge, rowing her thirty-eight strokes and a full length and a half ahead of the other three crews which now came in sight, the seniors a quarter of a length ahead of the sophomores and the freshmen gradually closing in on the Ninety-three crew.

It was evident to all now that Ninety-two did not care for anything but first place and this was made more manifest by an excellent spurt which she now made, rowing forty strokes to the minute, a spurt so effective that her lead was fully two lengths, five hundred feet below the bridge, and it was at about this place that the accident of the race occurred. Ninety-one and Ninety-three (a half a length behind the seniors) were both spurting, when unfortunately the senior boat-whose coxswain ever since the bridge had been steering on Ninety-three's course-fouled the sophomore boat. In the foul, the oars became slightly entangled, and stroke's oar was chipped off several inches at the tip. But the boats kept moving and Ninety-one drew slightly away from Ninety-three, the freshmen meanwhile making a magnificent spurt, by the aid of which, and the foul, they came up to the sophomores.

It was now less than half a mile from the Union Boat House and the finish line, and the juniors were far ahead of the other crews. But the senior crew at this point came over directly in front of the sophomore crew and hopelessly hampered them, making any attemps at a spurt ineffectual. The freshmen meanwhile forged slightly ahead of the sophomores who were unable to spurt with the Ninety-one crew directly in front of them, their prow touching the rudder of the Ninety-one boat. The result was that the actual finish of the crews was Ninety-two first by a lead of three lenghts over Ninety-one who were second; Ninety-four third, a good length behind the seniors, and a few feet only ahead of Ninety three, whose actual finish was fourth.

But it was manifest that Ninety one had fouled Ninety-three and prevented her from doing any good work the last three-quarters of a mile. And so Referee Peabody decided. His final decision was that first place be given to Ninety-two-that Ninety-one be disqualified and given last place-and that Ninety-three and Ninety-four settle it among themselves whether they row another race for second place or not, it being Mr. Peabody's opinion that Ninety-three was unable to show what they could do the last half mile. Later in the evening, Captain Burgess decided that he did not care to row for second place, and so it now remains to be settled whether second place be given to Ninety four or not.