New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-27
trains-all these came out

ties for observation trans-all these came out
strongly yesterday.
Taken altogether this years four-cornered race
could scarcely be improved upon from a rowing
critics point OF view and II seems proDapie t'ni II
may become settled fixture in coming years
The start was made az the culvert Just below Mum
Elbow at 5.4 the delay OF a quarter OF an hour nav
ing been caused by the dragging OF CoiunlDia
anchor boat Whether the current was stronger o'
the outside-that Is, the eastern SIDE OF the coS
or not is uncertain and the question Oh uilcie''
ve:ocfties of tide different points across 'iio
stream must be left undecided still. AT all events
Columbia was at the position nearest the easter"
STORE and her anchor boat dragged its anchor 80
that a protest came from Harvards ana re'i'Sy.
vanla.s boats and Referee R!ves had 70 wait until
the man in charge OF the boat had pulled up OH hS
rope and Columbia was In line with the o'"e''
A START ALL TOGETHER
When the pistol was finally fired. however no one
could complain of the start All the oo"'' $50 81
together at practically the same moment heep"e
nrac.ica1lv even for the first eight or ten strono.
From that time until the finish line was cro,Seu
those who saw the race saw an exhDipoii '" 80
may not see again. and certainly never Sd" 'oIO,
Throa of rhe boats were tapped. 80 that no open
water showed between them until the two-rhie nag
was passed, and Cornell and Harvard heps ny ~,
banning until some time after the three-mne pom
was passed Finally II was Harvard or Oo'".'
race nearly to the three mile nan Po"'
the superior power In the Corhsh io'e '
q little over lap ahead ,,x
TIL ,aa.s so, q, tho following order. beginning
}roro the western bank: Harvard pennsylvania
Cornell and Columbia. Between the tehth aNa
teenth strokes Columbia fell distinctly pehii'o' ~
became evident at that either the Ooiui
men were not in the race at all or that sofnc'"'s
rad happened There was nothing fagrantly "ro"s
with tho stroke but as the ran on ana Coiu"-
b.a fen steadily behind, 1t became more anu inole
eyiden; that the crew was not the same DIS O
bias last years There was httle OF no N'eO
In the catch or finish. the boat saggeo he'pieS''
and none of the extraordinary dash that charac'ei
ized the 'e5 crew. was 10 be seen. TIE s''oNo We
se- AT fortv-two at the start, and did not orVP
below thir,y-sx at any time. Keeping up near IN
ty-eght all the time except once or '"ice "ie''
the men slowed down after a squirt
Shortly after the start Harvard was ROWING
+htr.v-eirht PENNSYLVANIA thriy-eight Cornell
thirty-seven and Columbia forty-two AT the man
mile flag all but Cornell had slowed down N'tie.
At the mile another drop came, as the men se''leu
to their work. though the leading three boats "eio
going faster Columbia's drop lmmeola'eN ai'ei
the start was followed by steady loss' 50 liia' d.
rho end of the first mile she good four lengths
of open water behind the other three VINO coVeleu
each other Harvard leading by about tnifd Oh d
length Cornell coming next, with her DOW opposite
Harvard's No A. and Pennsylvania bow covering
Cornell's No. The position hardly cnanged III tne
next half-mile. except that Columbia Tell away an
other length or two.
CORNELL. AND HARVARD FIGHT 1T OUT.
IL became evident then that the race barring ac-
cdents must be between Cornell and HarVaru DIS
PENNSYLVANIA though holding her own, mad not the
strong body work and leg work which coiiiolneo
are OF the only qualities that keep speed FOR Tour
miles Cornell and Harvard were rowing hard' Du'
keeping well within themselves, Cornell rowing IN
hetter form but Harvard sending their boat on
steadily without any trace Of thar checK IN INC
progress of the shell which has been fauit SO
often with their crews. 1t evidently was 10 pe
question as 10 which boat had the better staying
mower Of these two which could respond 10 iiIaI
call for spurts after three miles were passed oui'
at no time for the first three miles was fehnsy'-
yanfa absolutely on; of the race.
AT. the tw-o-mie point. one mile above the bridge
Harvard srih led Cornell though both had drawn
away from Pennsylvania far enough 10 open ha1
a length of water between Cornen's stern and hei
bow. And then came the crucial test OF the DAY.
Cornels coXswain Colson, called for squirt as the
two-and a-haif mile point was approachlng' ana
inch by inch the shell drew out ahead of the Tar-
ward men, An answering squirt Harvards part
closed again. but second squirt for Cornell was
more than the Cambridge men could answer, and as
they passed the two-and-a- half mile point Corne
had gained perhaps a quarter of length lead
Pennsylvania showed good length of open water
by this time as she was totally incapable OF max
ing TWO such spurts in such quick succession.
Columbia was a good eight lengths of open water
astcrn of Pennsylvania, and spashing at times
badly
The race now more than ever became a question
of the capacity Of the Harvard and Cornell men 10
respond 10 sp,lrts All the boats had slowed down
in the number Of strokes TO the minute, Harvard
doing thirtysix, Pennsylvania thrty-four, Cornell
thirty-four and Columbia thirty-six. san the
two leading boats stuck together. Harvard taking
strong squirt once and bringing their boat up to
within a third of a length Of Cornell, bur- losing
again when the Ithacans answered with squirt Of
their own.
HARVARD LOSES UNDER THE BRIDGE
Finally the boats ran under the bridge and II
appeared mat Harvard losing The Cornell put
up a long. steady squirt by increasing the stroke
that brought their Coxswain on level win Derby
the bow oar of the Harvard crew. and shortly after
water opened between the leaders for the first time
IN me race. This alone is a remarkable piece or
work in four-nl.e races. Seldom has any one seen
the third mile Pennsylvania he'd on well but ii,
was evident that had the men not been trained %
stroke would have dropped them behind long before
was BY sheer herse and g0od h ara.ns ena ngS
good in the main as 10 Workmanship. was SLOW
rreguar ali Trough The BOAT All three boats were
doing uhlriy-four 10 the minute, with Coiumos at
Here the superior trimming Of the Cornell men
showed itself. The pace had been too much for
boat dropped back for two good lengths of open
water Eyidentiy Cornell DID not increase , her speed
opened between her and Cornell 1t closed between
something might have gone wrong In the Harvard
boat, and then nnal brace Closed some OF the
distance and the threeand-a half mile point Cor
nell had TWO open lengths 10 the advantage From
this poin: 10 the finish the only changes were q
slight gain for Harvard. sessening the distance b
tween her and Cornell 10 short two lengths. or.
according TO the judges. length and halt, and a
slight Increasing OF the distance between Harvard
and Pennsylvania
The boats then crossed the finish hne Cornell
ahead. doing the four miles In the record time of
- minutes and % seconds: Harvard short two
lengths astern in the judges say. 1929 though II
seems difficult for boat TO go TWO lengths and
more in three seconds Pennsylvania two lengths