New-York tribune., 1886-05-12
CLASS RACES OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE.


CLASS CONTESTS
The annual class races of the Columbia
College Boat club were rowed yesterday afternoon on
the Harlem River. The wind blew cola from the NORTH
east aud the sky but the bad weather did
not prevent large number of the boys and their friends
from cr0wdng the boathouse aud givlEg their college
cry Whenever occasion offered The first WAS for
the eghtoared shells and each class had a Representa-
tive For 1856 the G.. Y. Wheatley, r. NJ
Edwards, +. Clifford. W. Wallace. j. H. Janeway jr
j. Lawrence r. Is. Hart jr. l.. De Witt aud j. H. Towns
end coxswan. The 1887 boat was manned by u. ".
f. Cchen ". l. Tyler. W. A. Aldrdge. c. f. Sands. W. f.
Woods, j. r. Bacon, f. NJ SDionds u. 5. Rice. with A.
b. Gardner l.. b. DE Sibourg q. Llvngtone. H. Par.
sons j. sade. L. Could 4. Perkins. X. Bunzl and A.
Colnder sat in lSSos boat. and the fresnmens boat
carried IA. Petcn {. Beeknan, ID. Dresser, Vain
Wright, l.. f. Weskes c. Plez +. Denton, f. Kapp with
Es Provost rs coIswain. The race was a mile a hair
from Gatess lumber dock point just above the boat.
house. The boats OIL evenly. but SS7 and soon
showed their superiority and drew ahead lncy made a
pretty aud, had the crews been evenly matched tne
,esnt migh have been different As It was 1887 won
by "A seant half length III o:oo.
The seconi race was for p.r-oared gigs Warren and
Stevens. with Mofel as waiu and Dempsey and Vr,
dcnb~rgh. with Garin~r a. coxswain. were the two
crews entered There was only tne semblance OF race
Warren and StS winning as they pleased. with no
taken. The race D"t~esn fouT-osrcd shells. repre-
the School Of Mines aud the school OF Arts was
aso tame and uninteresng The latter dep rtnrnt was
represented by +. b. Hart. SO: X Bunzl. sS d. W c.
Cohen. 81. snd J. Lawrence. SO; ana he Mines were
and T. NJ. SlmOni-. 81 The practical v a walk
the the School OF Arts crew, VINO won by three
leugths III 55S
The race The day was between the University crew
from the AtLlauta Boat Cun II IL the first
OF series Of races, and the terms mile down
the river from Central Bridge. The representing
Columbia were Richards. Applegale. Stevens Aleikle
ham. Donneiiy Harris. Beckwrh. lockwood. with
Motell as coxswuin. In the Ataanta boat were Cody
Jackson, Patterson. Bonham Bulger son. Ste ginsn
Barnes with Coffin stroke. T. X. Brown acted as
referee with j. T. Goodwin as judge for Columbia aud
W. {. Dorscher for the Atalana The two camo
up to the stake boat la g0oi shape. Mhsn tn. word
given to go the Ataantas took tho nrst aud
got lead Of quarter Of "a length. They rowed
sr0ke OF 80 to the npute which they increased To Al
and AT the NewYork Athletic Clubhouse had Increased
their lead 10 nearly haf "A length Tho Coumbas we're
rowing Tine stroke OF 81 to the minute. which began To
tell aud they slowly picked their adversares. and
when the half mile point was reached they had tho race
we'll IN hand with clear water between tho boats The
lead was gradually Increased until when tho finish was
reached tho Coumblas three lengths OF
clear water. The time was 5:32. mighty shout OF
% Rah ! Rahl Rab C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a'w went up
from tho Comic Goodwin, and was kept up with great
on enthusasm until tho bOathouso reached
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