The herald., 1895-07-10

people. The course was syaked out with
white posts, upon which numerous signal
8aes were fying. The Cornell crew en-
tered the boat at the following weights;
-. W. Roe, '96, bow, 1863 pounds; II. y.
! Gpellman. '97. Tonawanda. N. T., mem
bof OF freshman crew of last year. No. =,
a62 pounds; e. e. Havger. '95, Buffalo N.
Ys,sWho rowed in freshman and varsity
Freobofn, '97, Ithaca, N. Y. rowed as fresh
man in varsity. crew OF "a. No. 4, II
pounds; T. Fennell, jr.. law, Eluira. n,
6rst year at rowing. No. 5, 1l3 pounds;
George P. Dyer, '95. No. 6, 161 pounds;
g. A. Louis '97. Brooklyn. N. Y, mem.
bounds; Tom Hall of Washington, Ont,
xnoWn as veteran - stroke of freshman
and varsity crews for three years, stroke,
G74 pounds; F. c. Colson, '97, Buffalo.
N. Y, coxswain of freshman crew last
year, coxswain, 109 pounds 10 these
weights were added three pounds dead
weight to make up the minimum required
for the coxswain.
The crew of the Leander Boat club en-
tered their boat as follows: c. w. N.
Graham, bow. 16O pounds; J. A. Ford,
No. 2, 1855 pounds; s. Graham, No. 3. l69
pounds; W. B. Stewart, No. 5, 1sa
pounds; McPhilkington, No. 7, .;172
pounds; G. W. Kent: stroke. l5l pounds;
e. @. Beges, coxswain, 1l9 pounds.
American bunco steerers in the crowd
feaped golden harvest from the luckless
Enelishmen. The Eton public school
crew was received with great enthusiasm
and when they won the second heat Tor
the grand challenge cup, beating, the
Thames Rowing club, there was the loud
est cheering of the day. The race was the
best up to that time. The Thames club
led slightly at the start but in spite OF bad
steering Elton ksoon gained the lead and
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splendid form by one and one-quarter
lengths, the best time of the day, min
ates, 341z seconds.
At2 O'Clock the Cornell crew drove
through the fields to the starting point,
the American college boys running and
yelling after the vehicles, uttering cries
which astonisbed the Britishers. A
strong wind continued from Bucks shore.
All four races up to that time had been
won by crews pulling on Bucks shore.
At 2:30 the Leanders padded down the
course to the starting point. They looked
ain splendid form and were loudly
cheered.
United States Ambassador Bayard and
a representative of the Associated Press
were on the umpire's launch. Excite
ment was at fever heat when the course
was cleared in preparation for the most
important event of the day, the race be-
tween Cornell andLeander in the third of
the first series of trial heat for the grand
challenge cup. When the umpire put the
crews in position, Cornell was the first
in place, Leander slowly padding to the
point assigned that crew. Several boats
followed in the wake of the crews and
the umpire sharply ordered them away,
as they seemed to seriously interfere
with Leander. The umpire then said:
SsHurry up, Leander." When the Lean
der crew was in place the umpire CRIED,
t'Are you ready?'
Cornell said: "Yes." A member of
Leander said YES" Then Leander's $
stroke, G. W. Kent, cried "No mol"
The umpire an instant before had said
stGo." The Leander crew at the word
started, half the crew pulling for dear
life. The others turned and shouted:
"No, not ready" The umpire waved
his hand to Cornell, which crew had
taken the water promptly when the word
was given shot ahead and continued over
the course. The umpire's boat at first
did not follow, and the Leander crew,
with Coxswain +. G. Gregg in a terrible
rage, pulled the boat toward the umpires
launch. Gregg said: 81 told you we were
no reply, and his launch steamed ahead,
after the Cornell crew, now far down tne
course.
The Leanders. until the umpire's
launch passed awaysout sof speaking dis
tance, continued to shout wildly: ''We
are not ready, why did you serve us SOP"
: The umpire did not look at them. and
ing tho end of Regatta island, F. c. Col.
son, the Cornell coxswain, half turned
and held up his hand toward the lm-
pire's launch. but the umpire waved them
on. and Colson, with satisfied look, quick
ly resumed his position and gave "a sharp
order to the crew, who had relaxed the
tremendous pace with which they started.
Upon reaching the half-mile post, @hs
the crowd began to thicken. the Cornell
boys were loudly cheered. A few feet be-
Hond this there were excited shouts from
both banks; . Where e, o,s is Leanders" al t%
lost2" could be heard every few feet.
s'An English crew would never have
kept on" said all excited Britisher.
Among the Americans the feeling was
bne of great disappointment One said:
~ would rather they licked us than have
p thing like this" However, the uni
Fersal opinion among rowing authorities
was thai Cornell was perfectly right in
rowing over the course, and could have
done nothing else in the face OF the UNI
pire's order.
Every few feet on the way to the finish
ing line the excitement increased until
hearing the finish the suspense was some
thing tremendous. The umpire steamed
mp to the press stand amid great and loud
exclamstions from all sides. But the um-
pie was not i'll any way dlsmayed, and he
said: 1.-THE race is Cornell's."
CornelPs time was minutes II Sec
pnds. The Cornell crew got very good
reception as they passed the winning
post, but there was some hooting mingled
with the English cheers and Cornell
yells.
The Cornell crew approached their boat
house looking as if they had been de-
feated, and their friends who were wait
ing for them were almost afraid to ask
for the result of the race. Finally le-
porter put the question to the crew, ask
lng if Cornell was victorious, and three
or four Cornellers nodded in reply. The
men got out of their boat without dis
playing the least satisfaction or enthus-
iasm, with the solitary exception of little
Colson, who remarked, eve are winners,
but this was no race. The other fellows
made only four strokes and sto pped. II
was entirely their fault, for the referee
said Go, and you bet we chaps went.
! But when we saw our opponents were
( making no efforts, we slowed up, as there
z was no sense IN firing ourselves. ! cant
Imagine what was the matter with the
other chaps, unless it was that they were
afraid OF us. But we are the winners
lust the same
II am sure we would have won." said
Roe, $50 / am sorry the leanders did
not put themselves to the test. Anyway
it was no fault uf ours"
81 suppose we should he enthusiastic, .
baid S. J. Dyer, "but there is little ,c
base upon"
''It was glorious sight" Freeborn re-
marked, "as we came down the course
(. That was some compensation for the lack
of excitement. There would have beer