New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-29

strong; two platoons of artillery with their pieces
TWO companies of infantry, the Henley crew in a
"'se completely covered with carnelan and
"hi.e and escorted by the university and fresh
ma, crews. the senior class In cap and gown and
"'a'iy Low students. marching four abreast and
carrying tin horns. flags pistols fire crackers. etc
AFTER marching around the campus the procession
e'"''ed lor the railway station downtown IL was
Joheo ny the Ithaca Band and fire companies while
carriages containing Mayor Todd. Professor Wheeler
ana other prominent were escorted by
platoon of city police There were altogether more
IMAM TWO thousand persons in the procession ana
the greatest enthusiasm was manifested. AS soon
az the station was reached the carriage containing
me crew was surrounded by friends Of the oaTsmeh
who were subjected to a vast amount Of handshak-
tendent Wtbur's private by their en'nu:astic
Cornell coors. and was attached to special Cor,
ne tram As tie train pulled ont h% or bs crew
and Courtney and the artillery fired the -Na"o''a'
Great amusement is felt here over Fob Cook s
statement that Yale wants to race Corne reat
of n 5 cornell f' a1hecs
ale sport smanship She waits untIi '"e and ' then
scs aschT'" cSa fer sob
poets Cornell crew trained 10 row & na me- any ~
freshman crew here that Cornell men Will be WILING
TO back against any crew Yale can turn Out
1t was a tired but still enthusiastic batch OF
Ing the Cornell Henley rolled INTO the s'a''o"
at Jersey City two hours late last night. Superi'
tendent Wilbur's private car attacheu " '''e ''
train was partly the cause of the dela! on "0o ,
of the reception to its passengers althousn "''"
of freight train on the way had M cnnse men
and their friends were in ateniancee a an" trainer
charles Courtney met as they left the train was vas
fully equal any OF the haf-dozen they got OIL '''
The college town Wen. wild with enthusiasm when hen
and twenty Of the elias smates Of the crew accom-
panied the men from Ithaca ana more , n1a boSs
TIE which WIN leave the erS Sinrn men r'eT wh n
terday because OF the examinations. ,r,.,oes has
caught the enthusiasm OF the collegians and has de-
cided make the trip with the boys on ,ne M n,d
attend theatrical performance on their arrival last
night but nothing was further from ' ir soon
a as ihey Sa could they left with their friends for the
Paris where they spent the nrh n one sfs as nsh
for the athletes shouted themselves hoaFse TOT Cor
n" The athletes, who will occupy the four STATE,
reserved for them on the cy o. r rreeiorn
Thomas r Fennel. Edward c. iaser tredeTick r.
Ms'RsT EawaTa BSs n E' Roe al and R"
Bentley with Coxswan Colson. The str1 ok oar
Hamilton Is junior and "a, me nsa, IN OF the fresh
boat. Louis. who will probably row 40 !, Las Is
sophomore roSsr an nd is SAID to have
greatly improved since then. Hall. who is expected
10 null No s is young man who would De re-
marked In any company OF athletes. lie Is pos
graduate man and rowed No. in 1891 on the fresh
man boat. Hall was stroke or me VARSITY ere" ~,
for Cornell, in 1882 and in 1896 He was captain OF
The varsity crew OF 1894. in which he rowec No =
Hall is also we'll known as football player .
Fennel Is a Junior OF the Law school lie Is a
stiff allround athlete. and since he has taken 10
rowing has shown remarkable form. He was
centre-rish on the eleven last year. Freedom.
who will probably row No. (. is "A sophomore Like
Fcnnel he first proved his muscular ability In
o, her branches Of athletes before taking up row
ing No >. Haeer. is senior. lie WAS member
OF the varsity OF 1898 and 1874. Spiilman.
who is booked for No. . is a sophomore. He de-
nonsira,ed his rowing ability In his first year In
college . :, .,, .,
The name Of the Cornell favorite steersman Is
Coson. He is a cool. steady fellow. with lots OF
nerve and plenty OF presence OF mind. This last quail
ifv rare enough among coxswains. He was cox
swain Of the q. freshman crew. strangely enough.
one of the substitutes is the captain OF the crew
jng for a time account OF overwork II" j. 4
senior in the architectural course and has won
many priZes as college oarsTnan.
The Cornell men have been doing some hard train
ing AZ Ithaca Courtney is the last man to lct up
on oarsmen In training. The tale OF forty-cieht
strokes a minute has been supposed TO ne elmer
vilful exaggeration huge mistake. but IT IL
believed that unless some particularly bad weather
sets in when the Cornell men reach England they
may be able TO get into sufficiently good shape to
show the English that all this talk has not been
mere wind. $780,.
time than 6 minutes "a seconds al Ithaca for one
mile $50 wards The record for the Grand Challenge
Gun race made at Henley three years ago is MIN
utes 81 seconds.