The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-10

! Henley Thames. July 9.-The first
/ day of the ffty-sixth anniversary Of
! the water derby of Great Britain was
/ a disappointment to ell concerned.
! Cornell was pitted against the crew
of the Leander Boat club composed
of ex-Oxford and Cambridge oarsmen.
and said to be the strongest on the
river.
There was some confusion at the
start, owing to the presence near the
starting line of a number of boats
which seriously interfered with Lean
der Consequently, the latter were
somewhat slow in getting into posi-
ton. Then, when the umpire asked if
the crews were ready, Cornell promptly
answered Yes" and the umpire
claims Leander did the same.
This the Leanders deny.
In any case, the umpire gave the
word Go, and the Cornell crew shot
away. But only half the Leander crew
started and their stroke protested that
they were not ready. In spite of this,
the umpire allowed Cornell to pull
over the course, and awarded the
Americans the race.
The Leanders have lodged a protest
against the umpire's decision and it
was referred TO the board OF stewards,
but the board viii not change the de-
/ cision.
! The Start.
When the umpire put the crews in
position, Cornell was first in place and
Leander slowly padded to the point
assigned that crew. Several boats fol-
lowed in the wake of the crews and
the umpire sharply ordered them away
as they seemed likely TO interfere with
! Leander.
/ The umpire then said. curry up
Leander."
When the Leander crew was in place
the umpire cried. Are you ready
Cornell said, Yes 4 merchant Of
Leander said, Yes" then Leander
stroke, C. w Kent. cried, No"
The umpire an instant before had
said, Go" Leander, at the word
| started. half hhe crew pulling for dear
life. The others turned and shouted,
mo, not ready
! The umpire waived 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 Il. c. Begg in a terri
/ BILE rage, pulled the boat towards the
umpire's launch Begg said, Il told
you we were not ready"
To this the umpire made no reply
and his launch steamed ahead after
! the Cornell crew, now far down the
course. The Leander crew. until the
umpire's launch passed away out of
speaking distance, continued to shout
wildly, I'VE are not ready; why did
| you serve Us sO?''
The umpire did not look at them
/ and increased the speed of his launch
! Passing the end of Regatta Island,
| T. c. Colson, the Cornell coxswain
| half turned and held up his hand to-
wards the umpire's launch, but the
umpire waved them on, and ColsOn.
with a satisfied look, quickly resumed
/ his position and gave a sharp order TO
the crew, who had relaxed the ire
mendous pace with which they start
, ed Upon reaching the half mile post,
where the crowds began 10 thicken,
I the Cornell boys were loudly cheered.
| A few feet beyond this there were
excited shouts from both banks:
Where is Leander?
'sWhy don't they come? Are they
/ Iost?" could be heard every few feet
1.-The English crew would never
have kept on said an excited Brit
Among the Americans the feeling
! was one of great disappointment. One
said: 81 would rather they licked US
than have a thing like this How
ever, the universal opinion among
rowing authorities was that Cornen
was perfectly right in rowing over the
course and could have done nothing
else in face of the umpire's orders.
Excitement Increased.
Every few feet on the way 20 the
finish line the excitement increased,
until nearing the finish the suspense
Was something tremendous. The UNI
nira steamed UP to the press stand
snnid great excitement and loud ex-
carnations from all sides But the
umpire was not in any way dlSmayed
and ne said: ~,
not start" The time of Cornell was
minutes. II seconds
The Cornell crew got a very good
reception as they passed the winning
most but there was some booming
mingled with the English cheers and
Cornell yells.
lighthouse looking as if they had been
defeated. and their friends, who were
waiting for them. were almost AFRAID
10 ask for the result of the race.
Finally a reporter put the question
to the crew, asking if Cornell was vic
torious, and three or four Cornellers
nodded in reply
The men got out Of their boat with
out displaying the least satisfaction or
enthusiasm, with the solitary exception
of little Colson, who remarked:
I'VE are the winners. but there was
no race The other fellows made only
four strokes and stopped. IT was en-
II
I'gov and you bet we chaps went; but
! when we saw our opponents were max
ing no. efforts, we slowed up. as there
was no sense in firing ourselves. T
can't imagine what was the matter
with the other chaps, unless; it was