New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-11
CORNELL iT HINLLl

co,u.u !. h.lien That j. the doinnln. i'ii.
ure ~ IA. news from Henley Fairly beaten.
,no 81, lhacans Themselves declare. and badly
hn,tru. IL .hc record Enthusiastically indicates
There Will be- much speculation upon what might
have beet. had none ~ the men broken down.
I'm, might have bccns" DO noi count One 81
moro of the men did break down AMI thus great
f. aggravated II no, caused the defeat. To guard
against exactly such occurrences * ~ nn'h
part II proper preparation for race ~ i 'h'
practising Of a certain stroke. III" champion i
not he who would have won III certain "ih'r or
,nmstanccs. hut he who did win III me 'T'""
stances actually existing ~ ia" nm" 81 tl'' con
le.l There viii also be- much debate. IL tl'i'
Ia. been hitherto. about The cOlnparai'" merits
Of The short. quic, stroke "f cornell ana Inc
longer and slower struk" Of ihr lngilshii''h
That will br Interesting and perhaps Instructive
# viii no, change The result Of yesterdays race,
nor. We think. materially affect public opinion
of it, Exhaustng rs such stroke ~ 'ofh'h
{. If should moi have worn the men on on 4
short course like that only II mile ana Il ihlid
II it did what earthly chance would men nave
with II on Il four-nile course; Tie question 81
entertaining Is far more pertinent one prom.
ably the most pertinent Of all h'il lm'l may
be- dealt with hereafter TO days message sim
ply is that Cornell j. beaten. fairly hut over
whclmingN.
Tha, X something all Americans Of Whatever
college affiliations. must earnestly regret Al
most culiallv must they dcplorr the occurrence
Of The day before yesterday. when th" l.cnndcr
crew failed 10 start and Cornell pulled over the
course alone Cornell was declared. and justly
declared io le the winner Of the race Hut II
WAS a most unsatisfactory, triumph 1t afforded
not the slightest test Of the merits Of the crews
Had I.candcr rowcd Cornell might or might not
have won: The former perhaps. II her men had
hcld out to the finish; the latter. certainly. if
they had broken down they did yesterday
I'm either ease there would have been pleas
ancr feeling a around. and the Henley cham
MON, would not have had TO surrender The cup
without struggle TO defend il. No doub, Their,
are Americans Cornell men. too-who
would have preferred defeat In a wcllconcstcd
race 10 victory through huke
There j. however no room 10 crilicisc the con
duct Of the Cornell men or 10 impcach their
! honor ~ gentlemen and sporismrn. Some Eng.
! llsh papers show tendency to do 80. declaring
/ that no English crew would have acted rs Cor
nell did Thai i NONSENSE. Cornell could not
! have done oihcrwl>' Tie umpircS word was
/ law When he said CO., the men had no choice
! but 10 go. and l" 80 right on To The end OF The
course or until he told them I" stop. lie did not
} tell them 10 stop. H. told them 10 90 on lie
followed them 10 the end Of the course. and IN.
declared them 10 he the winners Of the race.
Perhaps he made a mistake With tlai we have
nothing 10 do. II he did. the Cornell men were
as much the victims Of II ~ the Lcanhcr- But
the duty and the honor If the Cornell men re-
uuircd only one thing, and that was to do exactly