The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-24
CORNELL FINISHES FIRST
A Fine o Boat Race as Ever
Was Seem in America.
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE
~ Was Three and . Half Lengths In
~ Rear. While Harvard Was a
Poor Third Cornell Men Rowed
Like Demons All the Time.

New London. June 23.-Cornell won
the tr~i-university boat race on the
Thames river course to-day. the four
miles being rowed In 23:4s. Yale
crossed the finish line three and one
half boat lengths behind the winner
and II lengths ahead Of Harvard. Last
year ct Poughkeepsie Cornell won In
So.sl, Yale second in 2o:44 and Harvard
last In n minutes.
shortly after IL o'clock the Ithacans
left their quarters. two miles down
the river and proceeded ~leisurely in
their steam launch at Red Top. where
they got into their shell at the Har-
ward noat. A few minutes later the
Harvard crew padded slowly across
the river TO the start. 1t was leu pc
FORE Yale put In an appearance. Al
Rhe appointed time. 1880 p. m. the three
crews were at their respective stake
DC 70. Referee Meikleham shouted his
0nal Instructions TO the waiting crews
and gave the orders to get ready
An Instant OF suspense. & pun OF
smoke, q report, and the boats were
~.
Effective starts were made by all
OF the crews. II there was n advan.
cage IL belonged to Yale. The nose OF
her shell jumped to the fore, with Cor
nell viciousiy hugging II and Harvard.s
prow n few short feet to the rear. Yale
was the first to settle dow to the
racing stroke Of "a strokes to the min
utt. Cornell was soon around the same
and In a few minutes the crimson
tipped blades we're dipping In tne Wat
err "a times a minute. The long. sweep
lre Cook stroke sent Yale to the front
a quarter of a length, where 1t hung
for perhaps a quarter OF a mile. The
form of Harvard was fairly good. but
during the first quarter the CRIMSON
fell to the rear. slowly but surely. and
at the half was nearly a length pc
hind. From the quarter
stroke began to assert itself. A hstie
spurt brought Cornelrs shell even With
YaIe's. and a little later yale was sec
ond in the race. At the half Cornell
led Yale by a few feet. ana Harvard
was a half length behind the leaders.
From this point to the mile they rowed
prettily, and when the flags WIRE
passed Cornell's men were rapi1ly
reaching a point where clear water
could be seen between Captain Colson
and the prov Of Yale's shell. The Cor
nell men spurted Just to show that the
race had not told on them. When the
mile and a half flag was reached Har-
ward was evidently destined 10 cross
the finish line a poor third.
Cornell continued to gain, ana at the
end OF the second mile plenty OF blue
water was discernible between the Cor
nell n Yale boats. From this POM
on Cornell gave an exhibition OF row
ing never paralleled on the American
Thames. She lowered her stroke and
pulled a measured 30 to the minute. AS
Cornell and Yale approached the two
and a half mile flag the latter sent their
stroke up three points, and began to
close up the gap. Cornell DID not un-
dertake to respond to the squirt, as II
was unnecessary. Cornell's rowing was
as clean as a whistle. During the yale
spurt the blues lost something OF theif
finish. and in the waist of the boat there
was a splashing.
The three-mfle nag showed Cornell
the leader by over two lengths, witf
Yale and Cornell both sending theii
strokes up.
Cornell. while Yale began to show signs
of distress. Still Yale fought on pluck
fly. and did succeed in crawling up 9
tribe. Cornell, however. had evidentl,
been waiting for the stretch, and durint
the last half mile they rowed like de
mons. Yale lost a length in the las
half mile. while harvard was toilint
away nearly 10 lengths behlnd'
The booming of the gun on IN
Judges boat announced that Cornell
had crossed the line a winner. -Four
teen seconds later another report tolt
that Yale had finished, and away bsci
came Harvard.
Cornell won the race by three and
half lengths over Yals, and nearly ]
lengths separated her from Harvard
Time. 23:4s.
The Cornell men were apparently
fresh and strong at the finish. In tn
Yale boat Captain Payne Whitney wa
apparently exhausted. me
were not done" and all kept thei
seats until their launch came alongsid
and took them picard.
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