The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-26

point. Then came another squirt, Cornell rowing
thirty.seven to tho minute, and the shei, fairly
proipeilinss / with apparently no effort, until it
was nearly two lengths ahead Of Yale. ,.J.
and MpG nerve % to overhaul %SlY these aquatic marveis.
and were pulling. thirty.six wcll.:turned strokes
rs 2 they Game within q quarter OF on g anne Es bur n
p riI bSor oonsido RIM a III lehman had done
upon their chances: There was almost inccssantt
splSshing, and yet the shell kept within Thin Length ~ IN
Harvard crowd up TO high tension, ,u,
just as. the crews got to within hailing DIS.
most , Of the bridge is At q as ti%s %hsn train ah,ns ru mf SS.
pietelys, shut Oh the view. As L worked BY
arose and, though the engineers and signal men
We're too far away to hear the crowd, shook nsts,
threats because for n moment or two the beauti.
full sight had been ob5cured.
rrnAcANs SHOOT THROUGH THE BRIDGE
Emerging again to a place whore the boats
old thirty-six stroke. passing under tho bridge.
t IhHaSnl lengths %sGRsS ahead sSffo Of p the New Nv Haven law natl athletes.
Tho latter were rowing nov n peter Iofm unan
S Ss %qS P FcS 4 %sn ti%f; ana Hnis ShelF ir''ha' were
desperation had cut Ysio's load down 70 E hslt
length; but that was tho Crimsons' finish, for
some OF the men almost collapsed, as they, passed
the stone piers of the bridge. They had rowed
was an excellent reason why they dropped rap
idly to the rear from this point to the end.
now, and the cannon and whistles were adding
to the tumult. The Ithacans were stiil pulling
thhirtS,six to the ns m, minute, and s"l, their II a SoTt MSs
But Yale The men from New Haven, as they
was only a short sStrsetcR LETT in which to ovor-
haul tho flying winners, took on n tremendous
brace. The coxswain almost stood up In MS
frantic attempts to make his men go faster, and
they, answered his pleadings in phenomenal
Can Yale catch 'em r. was the, query all
along the heavy train and river bank as at the
three-and. a.haif-mlle mark the Blue had cut
tapce between Yale and Harvard was becoming
greater with every stroke. For q few moments 1t
pounding. They had run their stroke up to
But suddenly the Cornell experts, still relying
on thirty-six, put n little extra muscle into their
blades and shot away again..
HARVARD IN DISTRESS.
Harvard's efforts were painful. The men were
clearly ratified, and, though they hit their stroke
up to a SpdlHshinS thirty-eiEThbt . they ttrSt continued oar n1mo 70
were in apparently great distress: They were
into HeSst the b estorea Of the he SHE'LL be Clouds Of spray
were spsttsESd al re oyer the ! am men s1,o as their , oars
NtTcp PARTIALLY CEhbuCuB ~ oitoBOthOA bhCAh
Tho isather-iungcd Cornell men were now act
vii 1%e to pf bet their tn lives on. It That the crew in
front could not be overhauled, and they began
to celebrate the victory, which was still two
Cannon on all the yachts. blaring trumpets on
the steamboats,. hoarse cheers and delirious
iugboats and locomotives, filled the air as the
Ithacans raced down to the end of their journey.
for fun, without increasing the stroke. and when
they shot across The line they were a good two
Where are they going T. cried the crowd on
all sides as the victors continued their fast clip
and bolted on through the anchored fleet.
are ATM az tS;e ' fHIs sr :. e eIcia inSS' a sr faS 're'h 'n''
For fully half a mile tho triumphant Ithacans
smiling in response to the wild plaudits from
every hand. Then they slowed up and padded
embraces with Coach Courtney.
Yale crossed the line in rattling good style;
, ,hsi men har not Io showing "ns io xsKTE @q IL to the Keen effects oa to of
strength which was the chief cause Of their de-
esa.; S%f si% a%S on a4es 90 of That was u.ss ali.
Six FIJI lengths behind Yale came the nnfor-
ali sides for the Crimson 'oarsmen as they issbo.
riously reached the end OF the course. and when
i nse'S bo, sSaru OF the wa boat see there 70 IA" Mn nea a Eenst eh
soon revived Boardman, though. BY. throwing
lief on all sides. Numbers 5 and 8 were also
seriously affected for the time being. but soon
got oyer their disability. The Yale and Har-
heartbroken arsInen aboard. they towed the
shells up stream to their respective quarters.
The vlctors in their launch went diagonally
across the river to their boathouse, where all
PouRhkeepsie was on hand to cheer and con.
graduate them.
1t was a magnificent victory, honestly &C.
CURED. and II was a race long to be
in this country. The official times were: Cor
nell, &c minutes 81 seconds; Yale, 20 minutes
Al seconds; Harvard, 81 minutes.
The crews were made up in tho following
manner:
CORNELL
Height.