The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-26

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y. June 25-
This afternoon, on tho unrivalled Hud-
son river course, occurred the great trl-
angular race OF %. the triangular race
between the crews Of Cornell, Yale and
Harvard. American grit. American
methods and American training won the
day as against American grit coupled
with English methods and English train
ing. A crew Of American college youths
trained under an American coach won
from two other American college crews
in an elght-oared contest, the TWO crews
having studied, the one under an Amer
lean coach with mixture Of English
and American methods, and the other
dlScardinB all American teachings and
methods and importing an English coach
in an endeRvor 10 prove superiority
for Henley methods. No such contest
ever occurred In this country before.
Cornell University has not been able to
meet Yale University on the water since
1875. and then, aS to-day, she defeated
the boys Of the blue.
After long chickering's. Yale University
consented, under pressure from Har-
ward, 20 RgnIn meet Cornell. The match
was arranged and to-dny the leading
crews OF these three leading colleges Of
this colleEe-BtreWn country started down
the four-mlle stretch together. Yale
finished second, and three and Q halt
boat lengths separated her from Cornell.
Harvard, with her newly acquired Eng
llRh methods, finished third, and She waa
over eight and O half lengths behind the
Comedians. Her eight were thoroughly
exhausted, while the eXponentB OF Amer
ican theory as applied TO the propulsion
OF eight cared shells. finished at q hot
pace without any distress being appar-
ent. The tide was slack, the wind ia
vOred no particular crew. and absolute
ly no favor OF any kind was shown by
nature toward the result The race was
rowed entirely on its merits.
The race also set conclusion unon
the long-mooted question concerning
weights. Yale stripped into their boat
nt an average nf Ill pounds; Cornell 1853.
Yale used every pound Of It's "beef'' and
the leverage OF Its oars. and at times
with a nervousness which made the boat
fairly lIft from the water Cornell en-
pioyed her trained down muscle without
beef In lelsurely,. confident manner
that pulled her at every stroke toward
victory. II was a singular coincidence
that tho English trained crew, Har-
ward. pursued exactly the same method
as to the number OF strokes per minute
as did the winning crew. and although
they weighed on an average ten pounds
heavier than Cornelis men, that extra
weight told for nothing. and either from
too much "hneness" in trimming ur lack
Of ability to pull the stroke for them,
they were practically dead" utter the
second mile. 1t was also curious TO note
that Cornell pulled exactly the same
kind Of a stroke and the Same number
OF strikes to the minute that she pulled
last year when she won in record-break-
ing, and that Harvard, while 0dvertiB-
ing that she had entirely new methods,
was defeated in exactly the same man
ner that defeat met her last year. Brief
~. the result OF to-day'B race Is that
Cornell asserts her superiority IN rowing,
method OF training and capabillty over
the two larger universities. and she still
holds the record for inter- collegiate
eightS of 19 minutes, 20 seconds, which
she made last year.
ADFtlIIhnt Contest.
The race was one ofthe most brilliant
In the history OF aauatles in this coun-
try. The crews started with stroke OF
thlrty-tWo for Cornell and thlrty-six
for Harvard and Yale. Harvard gained
q slight advantage over the others at
the start, and the usual note OF jubila.
tlon went UP from the Harvard Rdher-
ertB, II was apparent within the fiTBt
quarter Of a mile that the Cornell crew
was using the same methods that took
them on 20 victory last year, that Of
slow and telling stroke that would wear
out their opponents. The boats trav-
elsd swiftly, although II was easily mo-
tlceable that the tide was at a slack and
that the conditions did not favor record
breaking. Yale with q quick stroke
hung in the rear until after the first
quarter OF mile while Harvard and
! -ornell fought Il out, Cornell forged to
the front before the end Of the first mile
was reached. Harvard struggled va
llantly, but before the end of the mile
and q half was in the rear OF Yale. Cor
nell went on with that easy, swinging
stroke, little ColRon In the coxswain's
box cautlonlng them not 20 run away
with II. Harvard, acting under the In
structions OF her training master, used
ut many points the same stroke as TO
numbers. but It seemed TO have little
effect, the boat Of Cornell running away
from Harvard. At the two mile point
the Yale crew we're going away from
Harvard and the latter seemed unable
to prevent II, although they were rowing
away at the long thlrty-two stroke that
had been predicted winning one.
After Yale got away from Harvard
she turned her attention to Cornell, and
just beyond the second mile made des-
perato squirt to catch the elm young
sters. Never for moment did the
ynunR Vhitc-ehlrted lads from Cornell
get rnttlod. Backward and forward
went the sweeps with arithmetical mo-
tion and powerful swing that was sur
prlsing to watch. The welghty young
stcrs from Yale used every pound OF
leverage on tho end Of the oar, but they
could not bring their boat alongside OF
tho swiftly moving craft OF the Cornell
boys. The Harvard men were rowing In
n very weak fashion during the next
mile, and 1t was evident that they were
thoroughly used up, At the bridge the
coxswain OF the Harvard crew had TO
give the Harvard stroke little water
in his face, and for moment, under the
reyiylnE Influence, the boat swung along
nt a GOodiy pace. But only for mo-
ment, and Just az they passed under the
big bridge tho stroke began TO give way
Cornell was rowing Mt thlrty-two and
Yale was working away at thlrty-thrcc
and thirty-four and evidently tired,
Before they reached the third milo
post Yale had begun to spurt, and tne
eight powerful representatives OF Oh
Ell's muscle and stamina bent to theli
work with 4 wonderful exhibition OF
sheer will power. for their strength was
gone. For a period OF perhaps three
the dying struggle o. the giants