Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1908 — TAFT WAS DISAPPOINTED [ARTICLE]

TAFT WAS DISAPPOINTED

He Saw Yale Defeated by Harvard and Says That fa Always His Luck. New York. June 2(1. —Secretary Taft has sustained his first defeat since his nomination for the,.piepidency at Chicago. He witnessed from the observation train the loss of Yale's aquatic prestige on the Thames at New Lou dou, and the besting of the Blue by the Crimson. After the Yale crew had stopped the secretary remarked, resignedly: “It always appears to be my luck to witness the defeats of Yale. In seventeen years we have been defeated but twice—or something like that — and I have seen both of them.” As the secretary greeted Bob Wrenn, the tennis champion and noted Harvard man. after the race he shook bands cordially with hint and remarked, Just a bit caustically: “Well, Bob, inasmuch as Yale could not win today I am glad that Harvard did." No other comment was made by the secretary on the boat race. He was disappointed —extremely disappointed—and Mt* Taft was correspondingly depressed. On his return to New Haven the secretary and Mrs. Taft were driven directly to the residence of W. W. Farnam. They left here today shortly after 9 a. m. for New York.