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ians. Her eight were thoroughly ex-
hausted, while the exponents of Ameri-
can theory as applied to the propul-
sion of eight cared shells finished at a
hot pace, without any distress being
apparent. The tide was slack, the wind
favored no particular crew. and abso-
lutely no favor of any kind was shown
by nature toward the result The race
was rowed entirely on it's merits.
The race also set a conclusion upon
the long mooted question concerning
weights. Yale stripped into their boat
at an average of III pounds; Cornell,
1853 Yale used every pound of it's beef"
on the leverage of its oars, and at
times with a nervousness which made
the boat fairly lift from the water
Cornell employed her trained down
muscle without beef in a leisurely, con-
fident manner, that pulled her at every
stroke toward victory. 1t was a singu-
lar coincidence that the English
trained crew. Harvard, pursued ex-
actly the same methods as to the num-
Der of strokes per minute as did the
winning crew, and although they
weighed on an average ten pounds
heavier than Cornelrs men, that extra
weight told for nothing, and either
from too much "fneness" in training
or lack of ability to pull the stroke set
for them, they were practically dead"
after the second mile, 1t is also curious
to note that Cornell pulled exactly the
same kind of stroke and the same
number of strokes to the minute that
she pulled last year. when she won in
record breaking time, and that Har-
ward, while advertising that she had
entirely new methods, was defeated IN
exactly the same manner that defeat
met her last year. Briefly, the result of
the race is that Cornell asserts her
superiority in rowing, methods of train
ing and capability over the two larger
universities, and she still holds the
record for intercollegiate eights of
1929, which she made last year
The race was one Of the most bril-
liant in the history of aquatlcs in this
country. The crews started with a
stroke of 80 for Cornell and SO for Har-
ward and Yale, Harvard gained a slight
advantage over the others at the start
and the usual note Of jubilation went
up from the Harvard adherents. It was
apparent within the first quarter mile
that the Cornell crew was using the
same method that tox them on to- vic
tory last year, that of a slow and tell
ing stroke, that would wear out their
opponents, The boats travelled swiftly
although It was easily noticeable that
the tide was at a slack and that the
conditions did not favor record break
ing Yale, with a quick stroke, hung
IN the rear until after the first quarter
have little effect the boat of Cornell
fought It out.
Cornell forged TO the front before the
end of the first mile was reached, and
then began a struggle for place between
Yale and Harvard's old enemies. Har-
ward struggled valiantly, but before the
end of the mile and a half was in the
rear of Yale. Cornell, never varying
the stroke. went on with that easy,
swinging stroke, little Colson, In the
coxswain's box, cautioning them not to
run away with it. Harvard acting
lnder the instructions Of their training
master, used at many points the same
stroke as to numbers, but 1t semed to
have little effect the boat of Cornell
running away from Harvard.
At the two mile point the Yale crew
were going away from Harvard. and
the latter seemed unable to prevent II,
although they We're rowing away at
the long 80 stroke that had been pre-
dlcted as a winning one, After Yale
got away from Harvard she turned her
attentia1 to Cornell and Just beyond