New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-24
April Violets.
Colgate's
Violet Water.

nah,nd but seemed to be rowing easily, while
Harvard and Cornell were working hard' Ooi-
nell drawing up upon the narva arr, ,ea Tho newt
half-mie brought it down to thrty-three anu
thirty-four; but even then she seemed ~ s" no,
and there was perceptioie dasn " Th .nr Vas
that seemed lacking In the others Inere Mas
little or no hang. while the Harvard boat seemed
TO go hard and the Cornell boys did not seem 10
be able to keep up TO the marx, acting DIS '"o"s"
they had been finely trained
At the three quarter mark Yale was vpmng
up rapidly upon Harvard and Cornell, low VIE
thirty-five to the minute. while Harvard ana Cor
nell evidently feeling the effect OF the pace IN
the first mile had dropped TO thlrty-iour eau,
1t was here that IT became apparen. ma, ' to
bea vier weight in the Yale boat was gong W
prove troublesome to the lighter youngsters IN
The Harvard boat and the still nghter ones III
the Cornell shell Just crossing the hie iiie:
Yale had pulled her boat up even with ina. o,
Harvard and was showing its nose forWaru d
few inches with each stroke Corne Vas .,,r.,
a length behind Harvard. rowing rapi9 t M,
civ stroke 10 Harvard's thirty-five and Yale
steady thirty-three
THE OLD RIVALS STRUGGLING.
From that point on to the finish Yale rowed
steadily at thirty-three and thirty-four' QUICK
ening TO thirty-six several lengths from the HI
ish in an endeavor to make the preach between
her old enemy. Harvard, and herself trihe
wider And although Hazard picked her s'f rnES
I'D TO thirty after passing the mlie anu n.y. ~
a. thore TO the finish il lacked power, ana tne
boat dropped gradually behind, crossing IN, my
trife over two lengths D1nnu ,ne and Cornell
when Yale passed both the Harvard anu ~ mS'
crews lust behind the mile mark Corhell; VIZ
had pulled their boat on to even terms, anu Pc
haps as seen from the ,ada desperate
effort 10 keep Yale from gaining but II va wa ~ 81
,asc avail even than HarvardS e1ort' anu az
80 lii ond a half there was clear water pc
,ween Cornell ard Harvard. From there 10 u,ar
Nnish Cornell whooped ii up TO th,r'!eesi:H, 10
minute and closed up the gap siight!;, lin. aar
az, ahout an even length in Harvards rear.
None Of the crews seemed distressed Mneh
they finished. but Yale was declueHiy t .mrned
est ~ the three When the men OF Aaie 'u i,ro
,ba,r boats nose toward their own mouse -
was a tornado of shrieking Whistles hoi"' ""N
hoarse shouts. ,oostro+ion in
.ha nitv Tonight because the rooters ana ne,,
hers Of the crews themselves were 100 ahN'ou'''
awaiting the event Of Friday . u,orev
II is not believed that very iiIuCn n nrn en-
changed hands because freshman races are 81
uncertain. o,u orou.c said that
~ tracbn,en were beaten by the heaNlness VI
~ Voia crew which was too much lot tneiii u,
twome race. He said that they We're ian 1,a as
boaten by greater strength, ana ina, ''e t.Erod,
no,bing 70 be added to that remark. re ~
TThi,n who has assisted considerably win a.. ulle
training Of the Cornell eights, salu III d go. u9
gusted tone that the yorms snnr their stroke up
auH down and not keeping at STEADY haiu
null from the beginning
WHAT THE COACHES SAY.
Az 1ebmann. of The Harvard crews, wouio
M, no seen tonight. but captain 'oouii'"' Va
the University crew. who had his men OH t,'e
observation train to witness the race anu WIZ
a.. ,ho cheering early in the afternoon, Wneh IL
iv annonncod that Harvard had won the hase-
III game from Yale. said: Harvard IS very
much pleased with the result oil the taCe ~
day Neither Mr. Lehman nor my sen 1n onrtb;nr
idea that our freshman crew would 90 any ''' ni
tn Md practically trained themselves MI.
lehman devoted nearly AL his a'tell,oh ~ '''
University crew They gave ehs ,.ic,o,s of last
md hpqt
YYaar and altogether. we are very prouu Vi
them" 1870 ,hro,,ro in their
quarters tonight their victory over Ooi"e' "''
,heir baseball victory over 1ale. ,, a,d
Zach Ward of the Pennsylvania crew ulu
not take any Of his crews OUT t1nSS' y a,i won
the race himself. He said; Il think aie VOL
an her merits entirely. They were heavier men
and pulled in much more steaus sly ' n';l
either of the other two crews; 1hey W." W. a.,
IDENTIFY not overturned, and they certaihIy u.u
ne, look as i'll as some of yesterdays papers
tried to make them out ,,,u ot,or
When Yale's freshman crew IN thelr silei' al
,heir nrettv victory, arrived at their hoalhouse'
80 .oe no demonstration beyond the hearty
congratulations of their fellows waiting on ,m e
foat and the winners at once mace theii Wy
10 quarters. Later IN the evening 80 sor New.
hers Of the winning crew TOOK Tram ioi ".
YORK while four or five others started on loo.
for Poughkeepsie. a distance OF TWO iii'e' anu
half ~ ,o,irs cards
Nth some members Of the University crew
when a representative of the Associated rIes'
oeked him 10 give some expression on the resu,
Mr. Cook said turning from the table: 1 tnlnf
simply this-it the best rowing thas won n
Harvard rowed very effectively indeed anu Pu
Nn carney race I could not see the Corner
crew on account Of being behind tne reieiee
boat and having my view obstructeo.
'syyhat do YOU think of the chances OF YOU
Irniversitv men as viewed from the standpoh
OF to-days result? ,,, ct ,o,,
Mr. Cook smiled blardly, and replied i saw
tho Harvard University crew at practice !es'el
day, and they are doing neater work than my m!
TTn,versitv. If you can tell me how much thel
Srn;yersitv has beaten the freshmen in a two
mile race I'll give you an estimate OF GU
chances" ,- ~ cot,
this evening: I'VE expected to win the race
hut we did not Think it would be as easy as
was. We thought that both Harvard ana Cor
nell would distance us in the first mile ana W
had depended upon spurts In the second NH
70 win. Our men were in good condition at IN
finish of the race. but the Harvard boys SCENE
10 be tagged out Their stroke TAINTED IN n III ~
boat I think for 7 them throwing water OF
hie head after they passed the stakeboat