The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

Poughkeepsie, y. Y, June 23.-Three
crews of freshmen on the Hudson this
evening smashed 10 smithereens all
previous records for freshmen on two
mile course and put up one Of the hot
test inter collegiate races ever Wit
messed IN this country.
a crew of sturdy men of Yale rowed
the course in minutes, 1872 seconds;
a triGe lighter crew of Harvard fresh
men fought them every inch of the
way and finished a tribe over two
lengths behind them, and the Cornell
freshmen. whose college record is that
ore of lis freshmen crews mas never
been beaten before. finished a length
behind Harvard in 9:201a. The best
previous record for two miles was 9:4
made By the Columbia freshmen crew
of 81 at New London in 1881.
As the conditions here are better for
fast time than upon the Thames,
some allowance should be made
for the much better exhibition TODAY.
The days race was a very remarkable
ore, all three of the crews having low
cred the record. the last crew in the
observation-disclosures so by liz seconds
All three of the crews uSedS~ every
pound of power in their boats at every
StdSt u lfit Two LllltSs anu EslNn NlNN
at some period of the race was in the
lead. The victory of today is looked
upon by the crowds here tonight. as be-
ing in some measure indicative of the
result of Fridays big varsity race. It
is not contended thai the order of finish
viii be the same, for Mr.. Lehman. Of
Harvard, has all along said that his
freshmen had been badly neglected and
could not be looked upon as a repre-
sentative freshman crew. On the con-
Jrary. the Yale crew of youngsters had
been said 10 be more sure OF winning
than their varsity, while MIR. Court
ney's Cornell crews nave had equal at
tention paid. to them. The chances
therefore, are that the order Of today's
finish is likely TO be Harvard. Yale,
Cornell.
The start which was originally
scheduled for $50, was postponed be-
cause of water conditions until
o'clock. Then the crews were gotten in
line and at 7:1O the pistol sounded.
Harvard got the best clip on the water
and in a few strokes drew TO the front,
closely followed by the Cornell crew,
With Yale almost a quarter length to
the rear.
Harvard and Cornell started at 50
strokes TO the minute and Yale at a
stroke of "a. At the eighth mile Yale,
finding that she was trailing behind
draw ND, while Harvard and Cornell
dropped down to "a each. At the quarter
Yale was still behind. but seemed to be
rowing easily, while Harvard and Cor
nell We're working hard, Cornell draw
ing up on the Harvard lead. Yale was
easing her stroke, and within the next
half mile brought il down to SO and "a.
but even then seemed to gain, and
there was a Dercepuble dash to the
boat that seemed lacking in the others.
At the three-quarter mark il became
apparent that the heavyweights in the
Yale boat were going TO prove trouble
some TO the lighter youngsters in the
Harvard boat and the still lighter ones
in the Cornell shell.
Just crossing the mile line Yale had
picked her boat no even with that Of
Harvard and was showing its nose for
ward a few inches with even stroke.
Cornell was laboring a length behing
Harvard. rowing a rapid sc stroke to
HarVard'S 80 and Yales steady 33.
From that point on TO the finish Yale
rowed steadily at 80 and 81, quickening
TO So several lengths from the finish in
ar endearOr TO make the breach be-
tween her old enemy, Harvard. and
herself a trile wider. And. although
Harvard picked her stroke up to SO
after passing the mile and held II there
until the finish, it lacked power and the
boat droDped gradually behind, cross
ing the line trifie over two lengths
behind the Yale boat When Yale
PASSED both the Harvard and Cornell
crews. just beyond the mile mark. Cor
nell. who had pulled their boat on to
even terms. and. perhaps. as seen from
the observation train, slightly in az
vance Of Harvard, made a desperate
effort 10 keep Yale from gaining, out
il was of less avail even than Har-
IL.
was clear water between Cornell and
Harvard. From there on the finish Cor
nell whooped up 10 Sc per minute. and
closed the gap slightly, finishing just
about an even length in Farvard's
rear. None OF the crews seemed dis
tressed when they finished, but Yale
was decidedly the freshest of the three