The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-25

| point Cornell in the lad. Columbia,
| second, Pennsylvania, next.
| Two and three-QuarterS miles. Col
umbia leads one length, Columbia row.
| ing So strokes and pulling away from
| Cornell.
| Nearing the end of third mile-Colum
| bia two lengths in lead; Cornell, sec
! ond; Pennsylvania five lengths oil.
| Cornell rowing a strokes.
Third mile-Columbia three lengths
| in lead and pulling away. Going under
| the bridge four lengths, Pennsylvania
| five legnths behind and boat full OF
water.
Three and a quarter miles-Colun-
| bia six lengths ahead, Cornell second,
| Pennsylvania away off and their boats
| full of water. 1t is a close race.
| Half mile from finish. Columbia lead
| ing.
Pennsylvania stopped rowing before
! finish and a tug boat picked them up.
Pennsylvania crew taken out of she'll
three-quarters of a mile from end.
Result-Columbia wins easily by i've
| length, Cornell, second; Pennsylvania,
| third. Time winner. 81:
MORE IN DETAIL.
On board the observation train,
Poughkeepsie. \. Y, June 2i.-The race
was started by word from the referee
at 6:53 p. m, Cornell got the water first
with crisp three strokes, but lost ii
almost before il could be detected by
the spectators. Columbia, who had ia
ken the water second with sUrging
strokes at ~, pulled her nose to the fore
Pennsylvania and Cornell rowed nose
and nose. This order was maintained
until nearly the half mile. Cornell at
one time run her stroke up to a. while
Columbia never losing a foot Of gain,
was digging three holes a mile. Penn
sylvania coming down the entire first
mile rowed a laboring heavy stroke of
81 to IS. The first mile was finished
in five minutes, at 6:5S and in the first
stretch Of the second mile. the crews
encountered wind against tide and all
were splashing. Columbia doSgedly
gained by inches in the first quarter or
the second mile. then came clear day
light between Columbia's rudder ana
Cornell's bow, while Pennsylvania was
full length behind Cornell. YelIs
greeted Columbia's first daylight and at
mile and a half they were renewed
when Columbia beefed her pace for a
half dozen strokes and led Cornell past
the two-mile point at 7:04 O'clock by n
clear length while Pennsylvania at
thirty-six strokes to the minute was
toiling three lengths in the rear.
At the two miles, Columbia was row.
ing evidently within herself at So to
splashing some in the effort to gain
and Pennsylvania labored doggedly along
in the rear at 40 strokes. Columbia
ended the third mile fifteen seconds
ahead Of Cornell. while Pennsylvania
was third by thirty seconds. From this
on to the end of the fourth mile it was
race in procession. Columbia gaining
on Cornell and Cornell gaining on Penn
sylvania.
The third mile was finished at 1909
o'clock and Columbia, rowing down TO
81 strokes, won easily within herself
and shot under the bridge for home.
Cornell lost steadily, though slowly.
An eighth of a mile below the bridge
with the leaders twelve lengths ahead
Pennsylvania was swarped by the chop
of the tide, assisted by the waves of the
referees boat as she went past Penn
sylvania to follow the leaders to the
finish. In the last eighth Columbia
spurted to 0strokes, finishing five len
gths ahead of Cornell, while a tug az
the same moment was rescuing Pennsyl
vania, who had sunk waist deep in their
shell, before aid could reach them. The
race was rowed in q :21. a minute be-
low the New London record.