New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-20
A PROUD DAY FOR CORNELL,
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with no takers 1t was pretty evident that the race
was lost and won. Poor Columbia was far over to
the east half n mile from the others. What made
the mshaps of the Columbia crew worse was that IL
they had steered a proper course their rowing was
good enough TO have brought them IN Respectable
third ifnot second but they were so far out oil TIE
course at two miles that they must have lost an
eighth of mile TO return into the course at all at
the finish.
The 2lo miles were made in Ia minutes and "a
seconds and on the last half mile Cornell had iead
of a sixteenth of mile. Harvard put on spnrt
but it was too late to do any good. Columbia
gave it up and stopped rowing away almost
ont of sight down east by the Dartmouth boat
house. Meantime the Cornell men on shore had got
ten wind of the state of things in spite of deceitfu
kilograms and were shouting their grotesque college
howl for the second time in triumph. This was
Cornell's day truly, and the laurels of Columbia
dropped low as the Ithaca again swept over the
line in the van, pulling tremendous stroke, with
Harvard a poor second, and Columbia nowhere.
The winning time in this race was 2 minutes 23i2
seconds which is frst-rate time for freshmen, and
would have placed them fourth in the University
race The best time on record was made by Yves
leyan's freshmen in 1872. beng II minutes and 10
seconds TIarvard's time this morning was l7:3S.
Columbias time was not taken
REGATTA NOTES.
In the athletic sports tomorrow @ colleges VIII
be represented. The college park track is com
plete failure, owing to the inetfciency of the Sara
toga Committees and the College Committee to-day
took the matter into their own hands. At the re-
quest of many of the contestants they have changed
the scene of the sports from College PARK to Glen
Mitchell where in al probability the contests VIII
take place Tomorrow. There are about 100 entries,
and the contests md fair to be close aud exciting
Athletic sports appear gradually To be taking the
place of base ball in the colleges. The professional
system of base ball and the introduction OF the
element of money and paid players into the game
have made il unpopular with colleges, just as the
professional system of rowing has tainted and rem
dcrcd unpopular the regatta among the heightened
and cultivated class of students. These athletic
games thus far have been kept free of any element
of that sort.
The regatta of to-day is the last Of the general
regattas The amount of wre-pulling and diSrepn-
table practice which has been introduced into the
reCattas Of late has Disguised. one by one, almost al
the colleges. Plans now actually on foot among
several Now England colleges for the formation OF
New England rowing association, which before an
other year Will be- accomplished fact.
The winning crew this afternoon had grand
demonstration of triumph, riding mp and down the
street with band and a hundred or two torh"i
men As escort. The ball ut the hotels is now IN
progress The Hon. VIM. VI. Eyars will present the
flags to the winning crews AT midnight.
Tho people returning from the lake after the re-
gatta found the hotel, and stores dccaed with the
Cornell coors. About o'clocl, the Cornell winners
were met sn thcir entrance 10y procession OF about
200 students, headed 10y Halls Boston Band. Led
by the President Of the Rowing Association. aud
with the winner, i'm an omnibus and the boats IN n
wagon, the procession marched mp and down Broad
way. a number If the students carrying brooms with
the Cornell culors attached. The bands at Congress
Hall and the Grand Union were on the piazzas play
ing and the crowd, ohccrcd as the yictors passed.