Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

cup Tor senior fours, and they were to meat
their former rivals, the Thames and Lon
oon Rowing Clubs. The Metropolitan re-
gaia 10 rowed from Putney to Hammer
smith bridge, and vice versa according 70
the state OF the tide. The course was a
great Improvement on that at Henley. but
1 On aoquslntance with its peculiarities is of
paIueI IL Is somewhat In the shape of a
greatly extended letter S. reversed There
are two bends in IL, the first being on tbe
surrey side and the other on the Middle
sex sIoe. This is the first portion OF the
course rowed over annually by the oxford
ano cambridge Fights. There was a good
s..ehaance OF boating men, but the public
ereat %. ~ the regatta was not near SO
80 as IN the Henley contests. In fact n
WIS regarded merely as an encore arrair
..rb .Lonoon Sportsman says Of the race.
str,T, lours got away well together, Cornell
ieasfns very rapidly and In time slightly
eaIs Ior few strokes London orIckiy
rSod matters, however, and by Sim,
inOath poat house had secured half |.
.Sts IN from Cornell, who were ~ apr,b,.-
snghtly leading Thames Had -, 81. eiiips
SEncrete wall the Londoners were ali hnt
..eai, whne the contest ragged CLOSELY r.
b..,,n 1orneii ana Thames, the former sim
nsN.s eisnuy the best of matters An
prLoaGnlhg Waldens the superior mower .,
ie names rowing Club crew also bapeh
-, 70 manifest itself over the American e.
term. a, yt.ckening slightly they were on
Inns at the top Of the new Commencement
ana ana mad pulled into second nIace on ,,e..
lits lne wharf. London then being a connIs
the sbont 20 me good. London now made
'te shoot Tor Surrey while tha ,,ost,te-.
OF cornell and Thames were Ijt,Ip o ai,s
" me crab Tree where the boy,o "
we're were, yet half length in front. The nefr
Thames n,t,tt over Surreywards. and
30 putting in q few extra thick oraa
Gue soap works, shot right abeaS -
Sorheil and took the inside hertb $500, VI
wer. ri s. TO their wash The visitors
r. ,r rot zone Yet, however as they nrassa6
me Ihames men hard to The 6,1fsb Pos ,u
t aIiihg their style to the end. and nni,i -
is peaten Tor second place bv a 80
ahp,,t tIn n min 10 Sec" The course Is
,pout mile and three-ouarters ~, ~
- was rowed with the tide Tho Saoors
SL was only three-quarters of n IaSotL
intarsa, 1He winner, SO that the finish uss
Intensely exciting. was
Cornell at yfenp,
Notwithstanding their defeats, the Cor
men went on 10 Vienna and rowed the
80. rus riah Tour. The race was rowed
IL vienna was ablaze with excite
-, 0'e' 'he occasion. The papers de-
sreat zeal OF space to it, the items
peins headed Wien Contra America 1h
course was three miles one ara -
aIiies up stream against a swift current
iinad t rev Thousands of spectators
i"eu inc banks, and three large St., 49,
packed with people followed ~ I tiIeis
1orhel took the lead, and ten lengths frnr,
the turn was four lengths Of clear -.
49, tie iead. Lhen Cornells stroke oarsnan
' LAT h
car crop and fell back OF course ~
ere" rowed at once to the shore TbiS
Us as the shinkel scandal that excited the
coating world fifteen years ago IT. ~ -. ..-e
was that he had sold out 10 tbt IJtl1lil se
senlpiefs. 1t was a sad end TO a dtsss-
trous trip. =" NiSas-
me HillsdaIes' Experience
III the Following year the champion ANA
teur Tour Of America, the Htllsdslea went
70 england. They were not admitted ar
Henley but arranged a match with tn
lhames Rowing Club over the Putney- Mort
lake course At Hammersmith brisua ,bev
were length in the lead, when their how
oar broke his seat. The Thames mn 60
tlat something was wrong and r.duIiles
thelr energies, and. after a hard race Won
py Two lengths The Hillsdales were how
ever remarkably fast four. and ara
credited with rowing the course i'm r,racrica
III nineteen minutes fourteen ser,r3s ~.
fastest ever made by four over no as
lance, four three-eiEhths miles Tho Hills
as Eso were unable to arrange another race
FROM 49, until last year no American
crews went abroad. The defeats of Cornell
cnLNerslty eight and The Lrgonaut Rowing
nIup -FOUR OF Toronto are fresh in the pub-
nc mind Cornell won a trial heat through
q luke and lost the race through, ono "a
fler men collapsing, when the race IVES
nearly rowed, and the crew was in N.
- me Argonauts rowed a grand race,
and me winner was in doubt until the an
nouncefnent was made by the iudres In
looked like dead heat
Discussing YnIe's Prospect..
LONDON, June Gas the time for the
Henley regatta approaches the prospects
OF the English crews are eagerly discussed
AS result the eight Of Oxford. CNew Col
lege) is absolutely certain to enter = GRAND
ehallense cup crew. which Will be excep-
tonally good, and with no better opponenfs
than last year they could be counted ,tnon
to win Magdalen College oxford is also
nkely to enter. while. from Cambridge. both
thrifty Hall and First Trinity are expected
to enter crews
Truth, commenting upon the Henley pros
poets. says:
~. Neither London nor the Thames is
likely to have a first-class crew. The ola
men have passed away and there are none
to take their places.
Leander seems to be relying upon Cam
brldge to strengthen its crew; but the
cambridge races are not until the 10Th
and they Will be of no avail until the mid
die OF June. The old oarsmen wont hay.
had much training. and 1t does not look
as II ale Will nave such combine against
her as her presence demands
Rumor says she has very strong crew
and, indeed, II is not likely she would
come unless she had a good chance of win.
ming
Not Behind English Onrsmen
The Philadelphia Press OF which the
veteran oarsman. Bob Cook is one Of the
publishers, editorially says of the Yale trip
to England:
Rowing is probably the amateur sport in
which this country is farthest behind Eng
land. Outside of Yale University fl is
doubtful II crew wholly made up Of anna
tours could be got together that would have
q good prospect Of winning IN a race with
the best English crews"
The Press forgets the crushing defeats
OF the English crews at Philadelphia in 1870
and the victory of the Columbia College
four at Henley in 1873.
ROWING.
The preparations for the coming Potomac
river regatta are being pushed forward