New-York tribune., 1897-06-26
lter> Harvard rot avay fret, with Yale a trine

waten Harvard got away fret with Yale a tr'"e
behind her. while Cornell got a bad start.
Those first few strokes were the only ones IN
which Harvard had the lead. The three eish'S
rowed almost on a line for the first quarter
Then Cornell crcpt UP and slightly into the ieau'
ON THE OBSERVATION TRAIN.
From that twisting, crawling serpent or Drill
liant coors the observation train there was no
perceptible difference between the Yale anu
Harvard strokes-that is. TO the layman. bo'h
pulled 1t well through ard gripped the water
easily and gracefully. The eight backs III each
boat swung az one. But Cornells stroke was was
different; even to the most untutored eye ihe
Ithacan boys rowed a shorter, more snappy ana
rapid stroke, and by its aid they forced theha-
selves half q length ahead OF Harvard ana laie
at the end OF the first NILE
THIS did not discourage the followers or 'he
Blue and the Crimson. "Oh. walt" they sald'
'',he race is young. Those boys will do them
selves up with that fast stroke But they
didn't. They continued TO gain as If to spite
their critics. Still Yalensans said Walt but
they knew that no crew IS going to let It's oppo-
nent get "A lead CT length In the first two miles
II 1t can help It.
Yale was leaving Harvard slowly al the two
mile mark. but that was not due TO ale sWlI-
ness. 1t was due TO an astonishing iact tnat as
was growing apparent TO the unWlunB WeaIeIs
OF the crimson with every moment that passed.
namely that Harvard DONE spent. beaten.
and the race not half over.
In this fashion the race proceeded 10 the
bridge the three mile mark Cornell gaining all
the time. At the bridge she was clean three
lengths to the good, and the neet OF steam
yachts began TO scent the dark horse ana 10
salute the same. Here was where the looked
for Yale squirt came in. Lan6ford bent his
broad back TO the task. and the seven men be-
hind him lay 10 their oars to accomplish the i'm
possible the coxswain called to them When
a man has rowed two miles ct racing speed he
becomes an automaton. He has been pulling
thirty-two strokes a minute. perhaps. rms ne
can continue to do with comparatively little
trouble in an automatic way for two miles more,
but to hit it up to thirty-siX or thlrty,elsnt
strokes a minute in those last two mes-theres
vhero the supreme effort of mind and body
comes in. But Yale was good for just that sort
of a squirt. and slowly the gap OF open water be-
tween her and Cornell decreased. Perhaps
length Of Il closed like that in the hrst three
quarters of the last mile. But that was ALL
Cornell hal been rowing that short. vigorous
but smooth stroke without trace OF falterlng
or wavering. There was no fatering now as
she let out another link in her chain, ard Yale
approached no nearer.
THE FINISH.
Cornell crossed the line winner by over two
lengths amid a hurricane of whistles and the
boom OF cannon from the steam yachts
anchored near by. Harvard was at least three
lengths and half behind Yale. The Cornell
oarsmen were very far from being exhausted
below the finish line and were there taken
aboard their launch. The Yale oarsmen let her
run" without delay, and bent their heads upon
their oars AS for Harvard, her men mad long
since been dead to the race, and before her
shell crossed the line Boardman the stroke, col
lapsed in his seat, and the coXsWaln occupied
several seconds in throwing water in his face.
When the Cornell men reached their quarters
they had much trouble to force way through
the a6m.ring crowd. Finally they succeeded in
getting inside, where they fell into the arms of
a swarm Of crazy undergraduates, who told
them they were the grea atest crew on earth
Then came Lieutenant Governor Woodrun, VINO,
although Yale man himself, told them the
same thing. ,n,,
The time made by the winning crew-2o34-
does not approach closely Corneis rec
ord of last year. but expert judges sad last
evening that if Cornell had been pressed yes
terday she could have done a minute better
BEDLAM LET LOOSE LAST NIGHT
There were lively times here tonight. Inc
Cornell crew did not participate They TOOK
refuge from their admirers aboard j. II. Balan-
tines yacht the Juanita. for they are 10 row
PENNSYLVANIA and Columbia next week, and must
not break training yet. But their partisans took
possession OF the town and filed 1t with noise
and paint Of light red hue. Their only resGet
was their lack of faith They might oil nave
been rich men. The streets are packed from CurD
to curb with a bowling. yelling mob shouting
the prajses of Cornell ard working UP al able
bodied delirium over the great and starting
victory Courtney too comes In for his full
share of the credit. and every Cornell man sWears
tonight that he is the only coach on top or the
aarth