Connecticut western news., 1895-06-27
COLUMBIA MEN WIN.
FIRST IN THE GREAT INTERCOURSE
 ATE BOAT RACE.

FIRST IN THE GREAT INTERcoLLEGi
 ATE BOAT RACE.
 The Univsrsity of Pennsyiv~nfa shsif was
 sw.mped Mile From the Finish-rhs
 Race Was Poorly Managed. but MAgnin-
 gently Rowed-A Late Start PouGHKEEPsIR, N. Y, June e5.-The four mile stretch of Hudson river water opposite Poughkecpsie has been christened as an intercollegiate course by the contest which was won by Columbia's eight over those of Cornell and Pennsylvania.
 Cornell was beaten by about six boat lengths and while the victory was being won Pennsylvania's men, swamped within three-quarters of mile of the finish, were sitting in their shell, waist deep in the water, waiting to be rescued by an ap- preaching tug.
 Three distinctive forms of applying strength to the sweeps of the shell were observed during this contest. Cornell in her work was sharp, crisp, rapid in move ment; Columbia had the broad reach, thorough finish, with beef at the start of the stroke and snapping power at the fin ish
 Pennsylvania rowed the heavy, labori- ous stroke of the early times of aquatic contests, gained slightly at the sendoff, held her own we'll on toward the second mile and then lost until the finish.
 The appearance of Cornell's men in the struggle was to the others as that of a springing sprinter of the running turf to the long reach and steady, powerful gait of the thoroughbred trotter, as represented by Columbia. Pennsylvania, while row ing with greater exertion than either, made less headway because of faulty style and method.
 . As against the forms of the other two crews, Pennsylvania was like the draft horse of undoubted integrity, but slower accomplishments
 Psnnsyivsnia In Rad Form Whether or not the mon of Pennsylva- mia were so trained is not known, though the assumption must be that the style was acquired under coaching. The back work of the crew, measured against the standards of what is today regarded as clean form in boating, was uncouth. Ev- cry man in the shell, with & slow reach and a tardy grip on the water, failed then at the finish of the stroke to ynnk through the oar to its ultimate possibilities. Every man in the she'll in the technical terms of
 
 bodies and bumped shoulders were ob- critical character.
 It is scarcely fair to say that either crew was outclassed by the other, unless 1t be that Cornell, in her light, snappy form, was not the level antagonist of so power full and steady a crew as Columbia. Penn sylvania in the personnel of her crew phys ically, under different method and in . different form, might have appeared to better advantage against each of the oth- CTS.
 Of the course as a waterway for 8 shell race 1t may be said that when taken at its best and when used in its fairer moods there could be none more desirable or sat isfactory.
 This statement leads the way to anoth- CT, which is that the Poughkeepsie course was exceedingly patient and complacent of official misnanagement of the event rowed of on its surface. Although the the race had been publicly announced to be rowed at 4:S0, it transpires that those in charge had at no time any notion of starting the race at that hour. The early arrival of steam and sailing craft to be anchored along the course was sought by this early announcement, the real design | being thus to gain an hour over those who are always tardy and to bring the event off at about 5:3O.
 How the Race Was won- The race was started by the word from | the referee at 6:53 p. m. Cornell got the water first with a crisp three strokes, but lost it almost before it could be detected | by spectators. Columbia, who had taken | the water second with surging strokes at | 42, pulled her nose to the fore, Pennsylva- mia and Cornell rowing nose and nose. | This order was maintained until nearly l the half mile. Cornell at one time ran her stroke up to 45, while Columbia, never I losing foot of gain, was digging sS holes a minute in the river.
 Pennsylvania coming down the entire l first mile rowed laboring heavy stroke l of 34 to 36. The first mile was finished in | minutes at 6:5s, and in the first stretch of the second mile the crews encountered wind against tide, and all were splashing. | Columbia doggedly gained by inches in i the first quarter of the second mile, and there came clear daylight between colum- bias rudder and CornelPs bow, while I Pennsylvania was a full length behind I Cornell
 | Tells greeted Columbia's first daylight, | and at the mile. and half they were re- newed, whom Columbia beefed her pace | for half dozen strokes, and led Cornell | past the two mile point at 2 :o4 o'clock by I a clear length, while Pennsylvania, at St | to the minute, was toiling three lengths in the rear. At the two miles Columbia was I rowing evidently within herself at 36 tc the minute, while Cornell at 42 was splashing some in an. effort to gain, and Pennsylvania labered doggedly along in the rear at 40 strokes.
 Columbia entered the third mile 15 sec onds ahead of Cornell, while Pennsylvania was third by 80 seconds. From this on to the end of the third mile 1t was race in procession, Columbia gaining on Cornell and Cornell gaining on Pennsylvania. The third mile was finished at 7:0s o'clock, and Columbia, rowing down to 34 strokes, easily within herself, shot un. der the bridge for the home mile.
 Cornell lost steadily, though slowly. Ar eighth of mile below the bridge, with the leaders 12 boat lengths in advance Pennsylvania was swamped by the choI of the tide assisted by the wash of the referee's bent, which pushed past Penn
 tylvania to follow the leaders to the fin
 ish. In the last eighth Columbia spurteG to 70 strokes, finishing five lengths ahead
 of Cornell, while tug at the same mo
 ment was rescuing the Pennsylvania eight
 who had sunk in their shell waist deep il
 the river before aid reached them.
 The race was rowed in 21 20, a minut,
 and ten seconds below the New London
 record
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