The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-27
NOTES
A NOTABLE RACE.

Poughkeepsie, y. Y. June 2G.-The
Harvard. Cornell, Columbia. Pennsylvania
| four-mile straightaway boat race on the
Hudson to-day was Won by Cornell 5
| eight in the phenomenal time of nineteen
minutes and twenty-ninc seconds, Har-
ward second, PENNSYLVANIA third and Co
| lumbia fourth.
Cornell won the freshman race two
days ago in which the order Of finishing
was strangely the same. The race was II
hard one for two miles, but after that
Cornell had it their own way. Harvard
tried their old scheme of firing out Cor
| nell at the start. but il failed. Cornell
rowed Il clean race. and without break
| of any kind.
Pennsylvania splashed and rowed bad
| ly, and Columbia. for some unknown rea-
son, was not in the race after the first
| quarter of mile. Harvard rowed pluck
| lily, but was outclaS>cd.
The conditions We're favorable The
water was smooth, the wind undisturb-
ing. and the chb tide in favor of very
good time
The four crews lined up for positions
about 3:3O o'clock.
After some delay the referee took Il last
critical look ut the crews, and then sent
them off with the pistol. All struck the
water together but Columbia only got a
half-stroke. Cornell and Harvard were
both fully prepared, and got the advan-
age of long sweep. Harvard began its
old tactics of quick stroke to tire its
opponents, and for while it seemed to
work we'll.
Harvard's boat poked its nose ahead of
Cornell at the half-mile and the rooters
yelled with appreciation. Then slowly,
inch by inch. the Harvard boat crept by
the Cornell boat until her stern just
tapped the latterS nose. 1t was nOticea-
BILE that the Cornell men never changed
their stroke. but worked steadily at thir-
ty-eight and thirty seven strokes with
good back work and beautiful clean blade
action, and as they neared the two-mile
mark this work was noticeable in its
effect and gradually Cornell began to re-
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 Penn
sylyania was splashing on at a thirty
seven stroke gait. three lengths behind
Harvard, and Columbia was hopelessly
beaten. So they went down to the third
mile Harvard pulling desperately and
somewhat prettily, but Cornell putting
an inch of distance at every stroke be-
tween the boats. Cornell at the three and
half had increased her lead to about four
boat lengths, and Pennsylvania was
clearing up some of the water between
her and Harvard in such a clipping man
ncr that. the Crimson adherents 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, Il winner by five lengths over
Harvard i'll the record breaking time of
nineteen minutes and.",twenty-nine sec
onds, and not a man in her boat showed
it.
Pennsylvania.crawle in AT IA good pace
about four lengths behind Harvard and
Columbia padded in ut least twenty
lengths in the rear. Three or four men
in the Harvard boat showed signs of dis
tress, but i'll the other boats there waa no
trouble. Ii was conceded on all sides
that Cornell had rowed Il remarkable
race, and one that from scientific stand
point was notable in the annals of boat
ing