The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-24
RECORD BROKEN.
College Carmen Lower the Record for
Two Miles.

College OhrEmsn Lower the Record for
Two Miles.
PoUGHKEEPsIE. n. Y. June a.
Three crews OF Freshmen on the Hudson
this evening smashed to smlthereens all
previous records for freshmen on a two
mile oourp and put up one OF the hottest
intercollegiate races ever witnessed in
this country. A crew Of sturdy Yale
freshmen rowpd over the two-miie course
in minutes. 1871 seconds; tribe lighter
crew OF Harvard freshmen fought them
every inch Of the way and nslshed q
ty4fe over two lengths behind them, in
s:s6ss. and the Cornell freEhmen, whose
college record is that none OF its fresh
men crews has ever been beaten before.
finished a length behind Harvard IN
g:2sls. The best previous record for two
miles was g:4i. made by the Columbia
freshmen crew of - at New London
In 1891.
While the conditions here are better
for fast time than they are upon the
THAMES, and while, therefore, some al
lowance should BE- made for the much
better exhibition today, the days race
was a very remarkable one. all three OF
the crews having lowered the record, the
last crew in the race-Corneli-dolnE 30
by III seconds. All three OF the crews
used every pound OF power in their boats
az every stage OF the two miles and each
crew al some period OF the race was in
the lend The start. which was origin
ally scheduled for $50 was postponed
because Of water conditions until Z
O'Clock. Then The crews were gotten in
line. and al 40 tie pistol sounded. HaT-
ward got the best clip on the water. and
IN a few strokes drew 70 the front, close
ly followed by the Cornell crew, with
Yale almost 4 quarter length TO TIE rear.
Harvard and Cornell started At IS
strokes TO The minute, and Yale al a
sweeping stroke Of "a. At the eighth
mile Yale, finding that she was trailing
behind. Increased her stroke 20 20 and
began 10 draw up. while Harvard and
Cornell dropped down TO % each. AZ
the Quarter Yale WAS stiu behind, but
seemed 10 be rowing easily. while Har-
ward and Cornell We're working hard,
Cnrneu drawing up on the Harvard lead.
Yale was casing her stroke, and WITHIN
the next half mile brought it down 20
% and 81, hut even then she seemed TO
Ea4ls anu LLltst hAa n iAANHFs-eAN $500
to the boat tia; seemed 70 be lacking
IN the Others.
Al the three-quar.er mark Il became
apparent that the heavier weight IN the
Yalo boat was going 70 prove trouble
some % the lighter youngsters In the
Harvard boat. and the st4ll lighter ones
In the Cornell shell. Just crossing the
mile line Yale had pulled her boat up
even with that Of Harvard and was show
Ing its nose forward n few inches with
each stroke. Cornell was laboring a
length behind Harvard. rowing a rapad
&C stroke % Harvard's - and Yals's
steady 8.
From that point on TO the finish Yala
rowed steadily at % and "a. Q'Iicks=linE
10 Sc several lengths frun The fiHtSh
In an endaAvoF to make the breach BE-
tween her old enemy. Harvard, and her
sslf q trifie wider. And. although Har-
ward picked her stroke W 70 - after
passing the mile and held Il there until
The fnlsh. 4 lacked power and the boat
dropped gradually behind. cr'sS!ng the
line a trffie over two lengths behind the
Yale boat. None Of the crews seemed
distressed when they finished. but Yale
was decidedly ths freshes: OF the three