The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-24


the tri-university boat race on tn,
Thames river course. today, the foul
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. Las
year at Poughkeepsie Cornell won il
2O:34; Yale second, 20:44 and Harvard
last. q minutes.
Shortly after u o'clock the Ithacans
left their quarters two miles down the
river and proceeded leisurely in their
steam launch to Red Top, where they
got into their shell at the Harvard
float. A few minutes later the Har-
ward crew padded slowly across the
river to the start 1t was 1920 before
Yale put in an appearance. At the APP
pointed time, 1890 D. m, the three
crews were at their respective stake
boats.
Referee Meikelham, shouted his final
instructions to the waiting crews and
gave the order get ready"
An instant of suspense, a puff of
smoke, a report and the boats were off.
Effective starts were made by all of
the crews. If there was any advant-
age it belonged to Yale. The nose of
her shell jumped to the fore, with
wards PROV a few short feet to the
rear. Yale was the first to settle down
to the racing stroke of 81 strokes to the
minute. Cornell was soon around the
same and in a few minutes the Grim
son tipped blades were dipping in the
water "a times minute
The long, sweeping Cook stroke sent
Yale to the front a quarter of a length,
where it 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 behind
nearly a length.
From the quarter Cornell'S strong
stroke began to assert itself. A little
squirt brought Cornell's shell even with
Yale'S and a little later Yale was sec
ond in the race At the half Cornell
led Yale by a few feet and Harvard
was half a length behind the leaders.
From this point to the mile they rowed
prettily and when the flags were
passed CornelIs men We're rapidly
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 Harvard was evidently des-
tined to cross the finish line poor
at the end of the second mile plenty
of blue water was discernible between
the Cornell and Yale boats.
CORNELLS FINE WORK.
From this point on Cornell gave an
exhibition of rowing never paralleled
on the American Thames She lowered
her stroke ard pulled a measured 80
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 undertake to
respond TO the squirt and it was IN
clean as a thistle. During the Yale |
squirt the blues lost something of their
finish and in the waist of the boat /
there was a Splashing.
The three-mile flag showed Cornell /
the leader by over two lengths, with /
Yale and Cornell both sending their /
strokes up.
Cornell, while Yale began to show |
sings of distress. Still Ellis sons
fought on pluckily and did succeed in
crawling up a trif1e. Cornell, however,
had evidently waited for the stretch,
and during the last half mile they
rowed like demons. Yale lost
length in the last half mile, while Har-
ward was toiling away nearly ten
lengths behind.
The booming of the gun on the
judges boat announced that Cornell
had crossed the line a winner. Four
teen seconds later another report told
that Yale had finished and away back
came the Harvard.
Cornell won the race by three and
half lengths over Yale, and nearly IL
lengths separated her and Harvard.
T1ne-23:4S
The Cornell men were apparently
fresh and strong at the finish In the
Yale boat Captain Payne Whitney was
apparently exhausted. HarVard's men
we're not done" and all kept their
seats until their launch came along
side and took them aboard.
FRESHMEN RACE.
The three freshmen crews of Yale, /
and Cornell rowed one of the I
pest races ever seen on the Thames {
his afternoon. Yale won, but Har- /
ard spurted at the finish and was so l
lose a second that only few feet +
eparated the two crews, while the !
'oat of the Cornell shell was opposite I
20. of HaTvards crew. 1t was a {
oval battle from start to finish, with
CORNELL leading at first, Yale catching I
er at the one mile and Harvard max :
ng a grand rally and beating out I
CORNELL at the line. Considering the C
weather. conditions, with the wind I
lowing strong upstream and the tide 4
lso running in that direction, the time
7as fast, although the slowest since
892. Every one of the freshmen came
yer the line in the very best condi- I.
ion.
If the university race of the early II
was tame as a contest, the p
race was thrilling to the last II I,
egree. Every yard of the course was
ought viciously, and the result was in q
oubt until the second Yale rushed .
cross the line, winner in the official y
me of 11:22 rs. One hundred yards "
rom the end it was Yale, Cornell and =
Harvard, and everyone looked for .
nish in that order. u
Yale spurted and maintained her ad-
antage, but Cornell was not equal to
ne strain, and at the last moment
Harvard, in a desperate effort, shot
head of the Cornell youngsters and m
rossed half a length behind Yale. =
18th the nose Of the Ithacans' shell -
piping the Crimson boat ~
Lieberkarl Goes Lame. "
Chicago, June 23-LieberkarI. the fr
lestnut son of Froester, in his final b!
ial today for the American Derby
aturday finished his prem lame and