The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-27
CORNELL VICTOR.
Wins the College Boat Race
By Five Lengths.
Row the Four Mile Course In
Fast Time of 1929.
HARVARD WAS SECOND
Pennsy and Columbia We're
Never In 1t.
Thirty Thousand People Wit
messed the Event.
HARVARD WAS SECOND

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Harvard Cornell O1um bia- Pennsyl va
MIA four straight away. on the Hudson,
was won by Cornell by the phenomenal
time Of l9 minutes and 29 seconds. Har-
ward second, Pennsylvania third and
Columbia fourth.
The race was a hard one for two
miles. but after that Cornell had its
own way Harvard tried its old scheme
of firing out Cornell at the start. but 1t
failed Cornell r0Wed a clean race IS TN
out a break of any kind Pennsy-lva-
mia splashed and rowed badly. and Col
umbIa for some unknown reason was
not in the race after the first quarter
The Harvard crew roWed plucAlly- oul
was outclassed. The conditions were
favorable. The water was smooth the
wind not disturbing and being in favor
of a very good time. The four crew s
We're lined up for position ABOUT o-oV
The referee took last critical look
at the crews and then sent them OH
with the pistol All struck the water
together. but Columbia got a half
stroke. Cornell and Harvard were both
fully prepared and got the advantage
of b long sweep Harvard began its old
tactics of a quick stroke TO tire ITS op-
pOnents and for a while it seemed to
work we'll
All had started with a 90 stroke
which Harvard tempered down to SO at
the first quarter while Cornell had
( come down to IS. Columbia seemed to
[ have a Ieaden weight on its boat and 1t
( hung ia the water as If it was not in
tending to keep up with the others
/ Pennsylvania was rowing 80 to the
minute. but which became ragged
stroke thar pulled the boat Tar over and
stopped it,
Both Harvard and Cornell had settled
/ down to work in a methOdical way and
both pulling IS stroke, We're working
/ with a will Harvard's boat poked its
t nose ahead of Cornell at the half mile
and the "rOOters yelled with apprO ba-
+ rion- Then slowly. inch by inch. the
Harvard boat crept by the Cornell boat
until her stern just Tapped the Iatuer's
nose
lit was not noticeable that the Cor
nell men never changed their stroke,
I but worked steadily ait Is or g strokes
( with good back work and beautiful
clean blade action, and as they neared
the two mile mark this work was no
/ ticeable in its effect Harvard's men
had put all their hard work in their
arms and legs and it was beginning to
4 tell. for they could not set the stern of
+ their boat away from COrneIIs and
gradually Cornell with their backs
4 working from the sliding seat TO back
( of their uecks, and with ryrhmiCal
motion that was beautiful to see, be-
gan TO gain their long end Harvard
4 tried desperately to hold the lead but
as the two boats flashed by the two
I mile mark Cornell had showed herself
+ forward on even terms and was still
+ COINS.
+ Getting into the last mile. Cornell was
4 still pulling at q 81 stroke without a
/ splash or quaver their boat fairly
/ shooting along. while Harvard's men
J looked as if some OF them would fall
! out of the boat Cornell at the 3lA
4 mile had increased her lead to about 31a
\ boat lengths and Pennsylvania was
/ clearing UP some of the water be-
/ tween them and Harvard in such a
/ clipping manner that the crimson ad-
/ herents feared for their crews hold on
+ second place.
The last half mile was uneventful
+ Cornell crossed the line at the pace she
: had set at the start, a winner by five
4 lengths over Harvard. in the record
4 breaking time of 19 minutes and 20 sec
I onds. and not a man in her boat show
+ ed distress. Pennsylvania craWIed in
at a good pace about four boat lengths
{ behind Harvard and Columbia padded
I in at least 20 lengths in the rear. Three
/ or four men in the Harvard boat show
I ed signs of distress but in the other
/ boats there was no trouble
1T is estimated that 10000 persons
saw the race. The observation train
/ carried 5000 and 5000 We're on yachts
{ and other vessels. Many PHILADELPHIA
/ Boston. Brooklyn and New York soci-
( ETY. people witnessed the race from pri-
I vate yachts.