The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-18
CORNELL HARVARD.
The Eight-Oared Freshman
Race at EnSenOre.
CORNELL THE WINNER.
Large Crowds Witness a
Plucky Struggle.
CORNELL THE WINNER
II I M E: I'm. ID "a S.

! yesterday, In the early hours but II gradually
dropped until by nine O'Clock there racing water
| 1t stad 80 all the morning, the little capuls OF
| wind which every and then scudded across
| It's surface in no way disturbing wsighty eight
| oar, whatever havoc they might make with tsy
single shell Soon the hazy. smoky look peculiar
alike TO hot weather and to Indian summer, began 10
spread around aud bank Of white clouds away 10 the
north and northeast promise winda WheE 1t
blows hero Marty In the morning from the south and
by ten o'clock whips around to the north,
you may count quiet wster in the afternoon,
Courtney says but when it Is strong south all day
look out for rain next day. South II certainly did
stay all yesterday every is little uneasy lest
there may be postponsmsnt. Still everywhere you
20 there q sunny, holiday aspect Boats are flock
ing In every corner Of this long and beautiful
piece OF water Girls nstty trimmed in the white and
red Cornell sit in the Sheets while sturdy
are at the evidently having mad an Ostrom for
mentor. Trains begin to come in from tho south and
north and hundreds to disembark, all at this litto
Enssnore Groups OF hearty farmer boys and bloom
Ing country maids scatter about with their roomy
lunch baskets, some making Tor shaded hooks along
the psbbled track, others working their way up <he
damp. cool. beautiful glen-for they have quite
brave little glen right here behind the house,
regular pocket edition OF the great affair at Watkins
where you can keep as cool and calm as you
like ana read OF the terrible heat OF ST. Louis, or
think OF the patrolman the wall In the ncighborng
city, who with carbine slung across his back, must
through all the hot noon march measurediy up and
down. ana watch lest Joe Coburn other per-
son rejecting for few years at the States expense
in the coe houses by, may try 70 scale tho
walls to get Whit OF Gods free air.
At POINT.
Many times during the forenoon 1t looked like
possible thunder shower, but tho heavy thunder
clouds went away, passing OF TO the eastward. The
noon trains brought large quotas from all directions
and at hotel at the beach, the grand stand and
for a quarter OF mile up tho track all lilo
and hustle. BY three o'clock long obser-
walton train, with thirty platform cars and
the referees high box car in the middle,
with seats arranged top and the private Of Mr.
D. N. Osborne, Auburn's m oney king, drawn up,
next camc down from Auburn Ensenore ana In q
few minutes was alive With human freight from end
had 'p plenty "" 10 90. At quarter 10 four
O'Clock the train had gone up The three miles
directly abreast OF the line. An hour before des
patch had been sent TO Captain Shinkle OF Cornell
certainly cert -' have ~' their Crsws 10 their boats
| and out Of their stations at i've minutes
there. SD'' and Bancroft. "wnl do the best I
| can" Cornell was first 10 launch, and padding up
IN; time. as shnsis had promised But Harvard ad no.
| come workman was seen mcndina something
about her boat snd the Minutes ~. %oTs slipping ~ M
Then sho got snoat and, instead Of coming 10
tho starting point soOiy padded on directly the other
| Cornell men. Presently Harvard wheeled ABOUT and
came leisurey down 70 ncr station, The Cornell men
rather broil,ng IN sun intensely not for the Their
mometer marked ninety six degrees IN the shade
| They got into line each forgetting 70 head their
boat directly the course until reminded OF II.
seemed 10 hang for momcnt.N They got their weight
on their oars aud they 0r Cornell getting trins
sos '' good 90 onss % they wsrs. while Har-
vard. already falling in.o her well known
outward at least seemed to; but az the two dashed
along In what was pisinly squirt, and terribly
manifest to all snipke was jumping on ne begin
ming siashing his through the water with slap
the way ne and all crew slung tn cir heaos
the end OF tho stroke Cornellian all over and
Whatever might come later, Cornell was doing the
leading and making all the pace Harvard, over hun
drsd iess 70 Inc e, sh a,Sns my
rival and AZ they near the hamile nag, Cornell has
such lead that her stern is almost clear OF Harvards
| bow. Courtney's pneumatic says they have been
I'm sos SO far fast work. aster by 1--WE seconds than
Hsrvard's varsity eight AVERAGED the other day at
| New London. No mas thought yet OF getting
| out Of form, and rapidly as Cornell has gone
10 the front NO yet dare say whose race Il is
liner tight might not wish 70 witness. The OBJ
servation train was behaving admirably, and all on
board could every inch OF the work. Fitiul gusts
OF wind would come directly abreast and bother
the starboard men both boats litss, and ouch
team, as It happened, was weak At stwboard still
they tore along finely, the Cornell coxswain bobbing
away back and forth tor dear life, hts rival in the
othor beat sitting as stiT as a rudderpost An
and nowhere IN tho nsh. was the race
more beautiful. Cornsils brilliant squirt At the
inch, and she sooms 10 have hard work to hold her
lead But she rs at II again, and AZ trey pass the
mile cost she has gone clear at and nearly hall
length Of water shows between Dor stern and
Harvards bow, the time now being ON. 22s,
and tho leader dong thirty-six q minute, her rival
ho I'd hal mi thcro a no al
observed any lack oil life In either bout CorneIps
,nin looking s1es,a,s Is ersek,ns away as hard as
,ss,ay and T ,S.s pSety s,,ss
and aro OF the enemy but a,ui {. most time for that
dash aud At 70 woa, out osuscsly ,rssnmsn thu.
for they are pounding away .s as we wei, I,
work. :, tue tue mule and hail. the hard work IS half
lengths, while the watch says SIN. 3ss
HARvARD's poPkLEss HrURr,
The form OF both Is still good, harvard's though
rather the better OF tho Two, though her subsutcs
usefulness seems likely soon to terminate But sud
Ssny ea,sn ns'' 100 HSK Tss" y" aan,
now a., and nc. .. foot nov. BY foot ,, tue gap
after all aud now Harvards steadiness is TO
tell at last on tho fine fellows 10 the other boat who
rushed away too fast all the FIRST mc.
Bravcly Harvard st,cxs to her squirt Is only a
squirt and she Is b,ck to her steady stroke, and
her enemy slips past the two-milo stake two lengths
and half 10 the tore lin. 25s. Aud
who Ia doing tho best work IN tho
! leading boatf Shinklo every time. And
the poorest No. 8. Yes, he knows that; he must
jerk that head back at the nush come what may, aud
jerk he does, like horsewhip but he has forgotten
that 1t Is well to throw MS back, ZOO, SO he turns
II like fimlet while mis- arms do all
work. Ho IL done sure THIS time, the
nrst passenger iu either boat. and can ,hoy ing HIM
whole miloY Now, Harvard is your chance. Rush
up length again nov aud he Will feel so upwcll.
4 | Mo-
your lives, but IT'S OF no Harvsrd's trouble not
lack OF fern, not OF knowing nov TO row, not OF
STYLE but universal suggishness. Tbcy arc going
through Their motions ali right, but there Is not any
powder In all their eight There is just one man
putting much steam into HIS work. and that's not tho
well quit stroke nor sturdy No oven the bow, for
the virtue has gone out OF him too but MS tho oup
bodied zig boned Hooper at q. He 10 really Jumping
to his oar In fashion which " the other seven
would all equal II would win that race yet, surely