The herald., 1897-06-26

acting under the instructions of their
trainine master, used at many points the
~,,,e stroke as to numbers, but 1t seemed
- hove little effect--the boat OF Cornell
~,,nninp away from Harvard. AT the
+wo-mile point the Yale crew was going
awav from Harvard and the latter
seemed unable to prevent 1t, although
thev were rowing away at the long ~
stroke that had been predicted win
ming one. rra
sha turned her attention to Cornell, ana
Just before the second mile maze oeH-
nerate squirt to catch the slim young
sters. Never for moment ala the youns
white-shirted lads of the Cornell crew
get ratified. Backward and FORWARD Wen.
the sweeps with powerful SWING ina.
was surprising to watch. Inc mighty
vo,,npsters from Yale used every pound
of leverage on the end of te oar out tney
could not bring their boat aionsslue
the swiftly moving craft OF the Corhei'
boys.
The Harvard men were ROWING IN
very weak fashion during this next iiiiie'
and It was evident that they were tnor'
oughly used up. At the bridge the cox
swain of the Harvard crew had 10 give
the Harvard stroke little water IN NE
face and for moment, under the re-
viving influence, the boat swung alohs
at a goodly pace, but only for molnen'
and Just as they passed unoer the pis
bridge the stroke began TO give way
Cornell was rowing at 81 and Yale wa
working away a SS and S4, and evldenti.
tired. >,
Before they reached the third mil
most Yale had begun again to spur'
and the eight powerful representative
of old Ellis muscle and stamina pent
their work with a wonderful exhipltlo
of sheer will power, for their strenst
was gone. For period of perhaps thre
minutes the dying struggle OIL IN
giants lasted and they gained a niue
the flying leaders, and poor ola Hai
ward, with nearly every man eXhauste'
clung with the tenacity OF buildogs
4he wake of her old time rivals. But
was a hopeless struggle, and surely an
steadily the flying representatives
the red and white, never changing the
steady stroke of 80 to the minute ore
away as if they were enjoying an are
noon spin instead of participating Ill
contest that will go down IN hlsIol
as the greatest race ever witnessed
American waters. AS they approach
the finish line it was seen that the Ha
vard eight were nearly to man
difficulties, while several OF the IA
men were flying signals of distress In
the Cornell crew, as If in mockery
the discontinue of their rivals
creased their stroke to "a and shot pa
the Judges boat every man as lre'
apparently, as when he started ana
if not satisfied with their wonder1ul
hibition, rowed for quarter OF m
down the river, first giving three ro'
ing cheers to the man who had coacf
them to victory, Charles E. Courtn
Ten seconds after Cornell,
crossed the line and immedhat
stonped rowing, with No. Whitn'
and No. 8 (CampbelD in state OF c
lapse.
Then came Harvard, sixteen secol
behind. her entire crew used up
three of her men utterly helpless. Ha
lv had the nose of her shell reached
finish when Boardman, the stroke,
hack off his seat. Wilmington at
T f. Perkins at also lost their oars
cir. eaelpapiQps sqmGmIHencea GIlHg1 sast .s, TO sp
reached and taken to their quarter
After the race the Cornell crew y
taken on board their launch. wi
steamed proudly across to the I
house, where a crowd of 1000 n
women and boys had assembled
We're waving flags, handkerchiefs
fpieces OF bunting. The oarsmen ha,
falrly hight their way through the crc
into the boat house. Once inside f
were quickly surrounded by undergr
yates and the enthusiasm knew
bounds. Courtney and his men w
overwhelmed by kilograms of congr
ulation from all parts of the coun
this evening. There could be no rela,
ton in the training of the crew, as tn
superb condition must be maintain
for the race with Pennsylvania and C
umbia, SO the men sat down to the fra
ing table at $3.50 p. m. as though they h
Just come from an ordinary practice re-