The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-25
COLUMBIA IS THE VICTOR PENNSYLTANIAss EVIL LUCK FOL-
 LOWED HER TO THE LAST.


 Her Boat Which Was Considered as Good
 as New, Went Down over Mile From
 the eFinlsh-Columbians Snapped All Bets
 That Were Made on the Race-At One
 Time the Conditions Were Perfect.
 Poughkeepsie, June 24--Almost in the
 face of a stiffish wind and water so
 rough that the boats of the crews filled
 and swamped one before the other af- ter the finish line was passed, the Colum-
 bia crew rowed steadily on to victory
 this evening in the fast time of 21;25.
 The Cornells were second, seven
 lengths behind. Their time was
 21:46 2-5
 The Pennsylvania's evil luck lasted
 to the end. Their shell, smashed by
 the waves from Governor Mortons tug
 last Friday and patched up until it was
 practically as good as new went down
 over a mile from the finish. The Cor
 nell boat was swamped just below the
 crew's boat house, after the race was
 over, by ewells from the steamboats
 and was fairly broken in two. The
 Pennsylvania's shell suffered little,
 The day began hot and clear, but in
 the middle of the afternoon it com
 menced to cloud up. Up to noon only a
 handful of rooters were in evidence.
 After noon, however, things began to
 liven up. Special trains on both sides of the river poured crowds into Pough- keepsie and Highland continuously. The large number of yachts that were out on the first day stayed away and
 the river was kept clear of boats.
 There seemed to be much less betting before the crowd moved across to the west shore than on Friday. The odds showed some change. The Cornell men, instead of giving four and five to one against Columbia offered 2 to 1. The Columbians snapped up everything that was offering. The members of the crew staked an amount aggregating fully $3,000 at average odds of 2 to l. Cornell was ' to favorite over the field to-day. On Columbia against Pennsylvania the betting was even. Scarcely any bets between Cornell and Pennsylvania were recorded.
 The race was officially set for half past four, but 1t was never intended that it should take place before 5:30. The latter earlier time was given out in order that the river craft might anchor before the race. While the ex cursion boats were taking position the observation train of thirty cars on the 1 west shore was rapidly filling up. It I was nearly o'clock when the train 1 was backed up to the starting point ! The sky had been darkening rapidly l but 1t was evident storm was inn l pending,
 At o'clock the Cornell launch was | seen coming up the river with the shell l in tow. It was half way up when the I rain began to fall. The wind drove the | rain squarely into the faces of those 1 on the observation train. The rain lasted | little over half an hour. When it be- | gan the Cornell launch went in shore l to protect th shell. Three stake boats | had been placed at the start. The men 4 in charge of these boats cut loose and | started for shore as soon as the rain began.
 When the crews got under way for the starting point the stakeboats were still absent. Cornell was the first to come up. The Columbia crew appeared soon afterward, followed by the Penn sylvanians.
 At o'clock the crews were ready to start. Up to this time the water had been smooth. The conditions were per feet, but the stakeboats were not in position. While they were being rowed out 1t began to rain again. The water grew quite choppy Two of the stake boats were soon got into position. But the middle stakeboat from which the Columbia crew was to start could not be brought to anchor. After some ad- ditional delay the referee got the boats in line and started them without the 
 Th locomotives of the observation train screeched while shout went out from the waiting hundreds. The train moved off and the tugs fell in behind the shells and the referees boat. the Gretchen.
 It was 645 when the starters pistol sounded and the three crews, catch 1 I ing the water practically at the same instant, got away together, making pretty start. Columbia was in the with Cornell on the east and Pennsylvania on the west The Penn sylvania's pulled with more vim than either Cornell or Columbia and set the pace for the first quarter mile. They ( forged ahead couple of feet in the l first haf dozen strokes while the Co., umbias and the Cornells were rowing r even. The Cornells were pulling forty : our strokes, while the Columbias with l $ ] long swing kept their place with thir- y-six strokes. The Pennsylvanias 1 f owed from thirty-six to thirty-eight { strokes at the start. The Columbias t pulled the cleanest stroke of the three s lnd the Pennsylvanias the most un- r wen. At half Pennsylvania led by a r luarter, while the bow of Cornell was foot in advance of Columbias. Then he shells began ito strike rougher water. I The Cornell crew got the worst of it, lut the Pennsylvanias took it in the d poorest shape. The other boats grad |ally drew up on the Pennsylvanians | md 1t was noticed that the.along easy troke of the Columbians was gradually c hoving their boat to the front L The Pennsylvanians dropped back to he rear at the three-quarter mark and rt Eere out of the race, although the men [, Eulled pluckily on. The Cornells hung S h pluckily and at the end of the first bile the race appeared to belong to