The New York herald., 1875-07-14

tance increased Harvard certainly went in better,
'noush splasning every now aud then.
made up partly OF ola columbia men, with Mr..
Reeves as stroke. Mr.. Leland as bow and Messrs.
waist, mad started little ahead OF Cornell and
was making good work. keeping ahead through
containing so many famous oars, looked rough
by the side OF Cornell. In fact unsteadlness was
plainly visible IN every other crew except Cor
neil. Brown seeming 20 snow less OF It, It was a
good race ana one OF che fastest ever made on
Ins lake. TWO tired crews at any rate stuck TO
their work In such way that one Of
them, though 1t was rowed down, and
That in the early part OF the race,
seemed likely even YET TO beat the others. AS
they drew toward the second mile Princeton veer.
ed out oil her course and lost ground by steering
quickly to tne rignt and then back 10 the lelL,
yet looked little angular; but all showed q good
zeal OF lie. While she others grew ragged, Cor
nell was yet showing no signs OF fatigue. Prince
ton was not moving steadily. and In the matter OF
her steering 1t looked at one time as II she would
run over INTO ner nelgnbor,s water. Bat she recti
fed TINS and moved the rest Of the course good
line. As they drew toward the second mile Brown
was sun making 81 Harvard having fallen
TO SO aud Princeton making 33K strokes to
the minute. Inc steering OF Princeton thus Far
was The widest OF all. soon after reaching the
second mile NO. in the Brown crew manaaed 70
turn mis- oar in the water-technicalIv, 1caught a
crao." This OF course lost his boat i've or SIX Sec
onds, which loss, as the sequel Will snow. PROBABLY
proved fatal to their Winning. Cornell never
seeming 10 change her pace, moved quietly along
the west side, drawing more and more away from
wi ENuiS, bJccrlHk bne DeSt course on tue ldk0.
princeton was growing still more ragged ana
splasned much, though hardly oitener than Har-
vard. Tue latter, as she drew toward the close OF
bhe race had slowed down TO 30, while Cornell.
as one OF her friends on tue boat claimed, had
qulcAened up TO 40, though 3s would probably
be quite enough.
THE LAST HALF.
The water had fallen to almost dead calm.
Ihe ouzz began TO come up nom the great crowd
az the grand Stand. The bad steering was about
over, ana the feeling that the finish was near
seemed to eXnlarate the men aud quicken all
their work. Princeton, first in the first naH mile,
mao come 70 be last In the last Browns loss had,
as already mentioned, driven her back ana Har-
ward was carefully making the most OF it. Had
sne weakened, as many less plucky crew would
nave done. when she found Brown so necessarily
ahead through the greater part OF tine race, she
headed her at the 6nlsh But good as was her
pluck IL was no better than Princeton's, for with
ner terribly wearing stroke she was still hitting
away manfuly and showing OF what capital stuff
sne Is made and how her one great need Is coach
ing. Even at tue very close she was rowing her
30, and when the ronghness OF her work Is consid-
cred 1t is most creditable to her that
THE GREATEST GAP
cornell could open as sue shot In n winner was
one OF seventeen seconds, while Brown only led
her by ten and Harvard by twelve Not slip did
Cornell seem to make anywhere, put from start to
throughout the race, as we'll as the result, botn
show concusively tnat the crews were excep-
lonay well matched, and it is doubtful II ever IN
the annals OF American intercollegiate racing
closer matcn between 30 many teams was ever
rowed.
HONOR WHERE DUE.
No crew deserves more credit than Brown.
But Tor BarrlnQher's mshap, OF which, nnfortu-
nate as It was. she does not COMPLAIN there is
little doubt that Cornell must either have rowed