The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-27
CONDITIONS ALL FAv0RABLI
COLUMBIA DIsTANCED AT THE
START, AND CORNELL WON
WITH EASE.
CRIMSON SHOWED BULLDOG GRIT
Harvard Gave Cornell Race, but
Could Not Stand the Terrific
Pace Set.


race on the Hudson to-day, was won
by CornelPs eight in the phenomenal
time of 10 minutes 20 seconds, Harvard
second, Pennsylvania third and Colum-
bia fourth.
Cornell won the freshman race two
days ago, in which the order Of finish
ing was strangely the same. The race
was hard one for two miles, but after
that Cornell had its own way. Har-
ward men tried their old scheme of
tiring out Cornell at the start, but
failed. Cornell rowed clean race
without break of any kind. Pennsyl-
vania splashed and rowed badly and
Columbia, for some unknown reason,
was not in the race after the first quar-
ter mile. The Harvard crew rowed
pluckily, but was eut-classed. The
conditions were favorable. The water
was smooth, the wind undisturbing
and the ebb tide in favor of very good
time m
The four crews lined up for positions
about $50. There was good deal of
trouble, however. just as the referee
had asked the usual questions about
getting ready, Capt. Bullard, of Har-
ward, raised his hand and complained
that Columbia's stake boat was below
the line. Cornell and Pennsylvania
agreed to this and the referee ordered
it back. This took some moments and
then the if
CREWS LINED UP
again. To be sure that there should
be no error or claim Of unfairness, the
referee asked each crew separately
Are you ready and got a favorable
reply. a
The referee took a. last critical look
at the crews and then sent them off
with the pistol. ALI struck the water
together, but Columbia only got half
stroke. Cornell and Harvard were both
fully prepared and got the advantage
of a long sweep. Harvard began it's
old tactics of quick stroke, to tire it's
opponents, and for a while it seemed
to work well. ALI had started with
40 stroke which Harvard tempered
down to 80 at the first quarter, while
Cornell had come down to 3S. Colum-
bia seemed to have a leaden weight on
its boat and, 1t hung in. the water as
If it was not intending to try and
keep with 4the others Pennsylvania
was rowing 80 to the minute, but it
was a ragged stroke that rocked the
boat, and a recovery that stopped it.
Both Harvard and Cornell had settled
down to work in q methodical way,
and both, pulling a SO stroke, were
working with will. Harvard's boat
poked Its nose ahead of Cornell at the
half mile; then slowly, inch by inch,
the Harvard boat crept by the Cornell
boat until her stern just Tapped the
latter's nose.
It was noticeable, that the Cornell
men never changed their stroke, but
worked steadily at 3S and 81 strokes,
with good back work and beautiful
clean blade action, and as they neared
the two mile mark this work was no.
ticeable in it's effect. Harvard's men
had put all their hard work in their
arms and legs and It was beginning
to tell, for they could not get the stern
Of their boat away from Cornell's bow,
and gradually Cornell, with their backs
working from the sliding seat to the
backs of their necks, and with a mo-
tion that was beautiful to see, began
to gain their lost ground. Harvard
tried desperately to hold the lead, but
as the two boats flashed by the two
mile mark, Cornell had showed herself
forward on even terms and was still
going.
The number man in Harvards boat
was splashing, and the stroke wavered
little, but
WITH BULLDOG GRIT
they stuck. to their work But that
steady 37-stroke-to-the-min swing.
with the stronger stroke and the neat,
clean blade work was telling, and inch
by inch the bow of the Cornell boat
went forward from the bow of the
Harvard boat. Pennsylvania was
splashing on at a 81 stroke gait, three
lengths behind Harvard, and Columbia
was hopeless1y beaten. So they went
down to the third mile, Harvard pull
ing desperately and somewhat pref
tily. but CornelB putting an inch of
distance at every stroke between the
boats. The long stroke and the clever
back work Of Cornell was counting.
It was evident that Harvard was
beaten, for at the third mile there was
an evident plenty of reserve force in
the Cornell boat, yet there was not a
bit Of it in Harvard's boat. Her men
were using every bit of strength in
their endeavor to make good show
ing. Getting into the last mile, Cor
nell was still pulling 81 stroke with
out splash or a quaver, their boat
fairly shooting along, while Harvard's s
men looked as II some Of them would
fall out Of the boat
Cornell at the third. half mile had in
creased her lead to about four boat
lengths and Pennsylvania was clear
ing up some of the water between them.
and Harvard in such clipping man
ner that the Crimson adherents feared
for their crews he'd on second place.
The last half nae was uneventful.
Cornell crossed the line at the pace
she had set at the start, g winner by
five. lengths over. Harvard in the re-
cord-breaking time Of 10 minutes and
2S 2Siseconds, and not. man in her boat
showed distresss Pennsylvania crawled
in at a good pace about four boat
lengths behind, Harvard, and Columbia
padded in at least 20 lengths in the
rear.
Three or four men in the Harvard
boat showed signs Of distress but in
the other boats there was no trouble.
1t was conceded on all sides that Cor
nell had rowed a remarkable race and
one that from scientific Standpoint
was notable in the annals of boating.
Cornell's admirers are tonight on
anything but an even keel and her
enemies are Joining to more or less
degree in the
GENERAL JUBILATIoN.