Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-11
HE FLANDERS ARE AVENGED
'a',a.s Excitement .ueh feeling Among
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 Ger Incident.

Henley,July 10.-The second day of the Henley regatta opened with fine weather, marked by large attendance, many per- sons being present who were detained in London yesterday
 The principal features of the pro- gramme were the trial heats between l1ton college and Trinity hall Cam bridge) and New College (Oxford) and Cornell University of Ithaca, for the grand challenge cup the winners of which contest in the final heat for the tro- phy.
 The first of these heats was between New College and the llton eights. and was won by the former by a length and a half. Both crews struck the water al- most simultaneously at forty-two strokes. l1ton led slightly at first, but at the top of Temple island the New College boat showed just in front and maintained this very small lead 50 the quarter mile mark From this point the New College men gradually drew away from Eton and won by a good length and a half in seven min- utes and eighteen seconds.
 Then came the heat between Trinity hall and Cornell It was thought the sharp division of opinion as to the jus tiee of Cornell's retaining the heat they won yesterday would spur the Ithaca boys to efforts today which would show conclusvely that the result would have been the same if the Leander boat had started. But they showed nothing of the kind, for Trinity hall men beat them with the greatest ease. There was a strong wind blowing off Bert's shore, which made the position of the Trinity much the better of the two The excite ment of the crowd just before the start Was intense, and good deal of this feel- ing must have been communicated to the crew.
 When the umpire. MT. William, gave the word Cornell started at a stroke of forty-six to the minute and Trinity at a stroke of forty-two. The boats were nearly level at the top of the island and Cornell was leading by few feet at the quarter mile, and gained from this point to the half mile. At Fawley conyt they were three-quarters of a length in ad- vance. Trinity now began to gain, and at Bushey Gate they were only half 8 length behind. At the mile they had closed up the difference to a quarter of a length, and at the Isthmian boat house were a few feet in the lead and still gaining. Just here there appeared to be some confusion in the Cornell boat, the oars becoming woefully out of time, and moment later the men had stopped rowing. The Trinity men kept on at the pace that had enabled them to overhaul and pass the Cornell boat, and crossed the finish line winners in 7:15. The fact was the Trinity crew ran away from Cor nell and the latter gave up Cornelfs time to Fawley court was 325.
 Fennell. Cornells No. 5, showed signs of exhaustion when the boat reached the Fawley court boat house, but con tinued to row until the boat came abreast of the Isthmian club house, when he fell back in the boat and the man behind him dropped his oar and bathed the exhausted mans temples Trinity immediately took advantage of this mishap to their opponents and drew away at wonderfully fast pace. Fen nell was soon restored, but 1t was then too late and the Cornell men were obliged to give up. They padded to one of the boat houses, where they were received with cheers.
 Fennell was immediately placed in a doetof5 care. He did not faint, but was merely overcome by exhaustion.
 The. third heat, for the Thames chaI- lenge cup, was won by the Molesey Row ing club beating the London Rowing club by length and quarter.
 The first heat for the ladies' challenge plate was won by St. Johns college COX ford), beating Radley college by a length.
 A Bit of Roast
 London. July 10-The Pail Mall Ga zette in its comments on Cornelrs per formance yesterday says:
 The Americans certainly have the very worst kind of luck when they come to this country. They race just as heartily as the English sportsmen are accus- toned to welcome them. The Vigllant and her center board still rankle in the minds of yachtsmen, the Yale-Ox meeting did not pass off without u1i- pleasantness. and one cannot forget how Corbett. after being made much over by the National Sporting club whose reputation for fairness is un- equaled, declared on his return to the United States that he would never box Jackson under their auspices, as he would not receive fair play.
 But the action of the Cornell boat in not returning to the post was a rather different matter, and merely indicated the American inability to understand English notions of sportsmanlike be- havior If the Leanders had behaved as the Cornell's did the many hundreds of members of that club who were pres- ent would have felt impelled to hide their time-honored pink caps in their pockets, and things were not improved by the shouts of the Cornell contingent who were running along the banks, some waving banners and some wearing sash es over thei. shoulders like Sunday Hyde park processionists. They were evident ly of the opinion that the Britishers were licked out of sight, and though Cornell was padding leisurely along they were shouted to to make it rec ord. AS a matter of fact, this Is prae- ticallV what they did not do