New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-21
COLLEGE ROWING.
pJLTEDGED CORNELL WORh
THE ADVANCE GUARD OF THE RACE
CROWD ARRIVES AT NEW-LONDON.
rBy TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE

TELEGRAPH To the IhihOHL'l
Nor1ondon Conn June 2O-Contrary 10 expecta-
M, considerable hard work was done ny ''e INV
crews to-day As a result Cornell has again f'oNeu
~ neg or TWO The work Of the lthacans was
,l.sdsed and the critics who were fortunate
enough 10 witness the trial spins can taA Oh ho'"
Ing else. Several watches caught me Tune Oh ~
OF Cornelrs miles at oVi WIKI '''e SUNNI
slightly over thirty.
During the first part OF the morning the weather
conditions were faI from perfect. " ME " $40
ebb tide was flowing which favored ro"As uo"''
- the wind was so violent and squally that
the water became rough and choppy' HarNaiu va,
the first out. $40 O'Clock Inc Gre" p'e-
,o,rlv across the river. and after turning down
s,rearn hit I'D thirty stroke for TWO miles. H'o
this time the Yale freshmen, with Cap'al" NoUe''
coaching from the launch, made ther appearance
worrying down the course until nearly opposite 'he
Cornell quarters Courtney was just giving some
anal instructions to his men. preparatory 10 I'e"
goinc the water.
u,pvARD AND YALE WATCHING CORNELL
voting this Harvard at once put back to Red
~ where the crew boarded the launch. Which
steamed out into the river. and later foHoweu ''e
Cornell crews al their work. From fSeo Top ''e
,evs tina; the Ithacans were on the water spreau
~ the Yale quarters. and the VARSITY ere" al oOo
to,,eh o, their shell and started TO get a line on
their much dreaded rivals but they were no. ="
time for the Cornel! crews, under courtney "A'0.'
mi eve had reached the head OF the COURSE '"''o
nd we going through the Fous4 "@'N' q.
soeed in magnificent style. The Yale laufch' nov"
ever happened 10 be in faVoTaDIe pos'''ol 40
watching Corneils work, and those on Ooaiu' III
clvding Captain Rodgers. made me most o. '"' w
porturiiy -. y-o,o boat
10Y, ror tho launch returned. and Captain
pod,e-s,e renort 10 Mr.. Cook was far from con-
sornr The Yale coach looked anything Dut con
tented and showed how CorneiIs WORE nar a.
fected him by getting into the lauhch "'i'se'' cav
giving the Varsity Il long hard noun VIII -
,ba,, ,rstrjct,ons roared from the megaphoHe'
.o,osA from him TO them The fact that ne was
n,l1,,g n make them work out shows the me
share Of the men. They are In the PINK OF Vol
oi,,ou and made excellent showing any |
that beats Yale If going TO nave us ''"'u'
Yale went out again about TO P. m ou' 'o'I
fined the practice to starts ana sh''' S''eO
HARVARD CREW sPLAsHING
", rAhnan who has been absent from Red
To, returned shortly after lunch THIS e'e''lne
- took tho Varsity on the river and WORKED inc
- .~on, .,e l,,,ncb One mile was made in fast
ina IN. there was an inclination TO spdsh d,
,froe. Tho Harvard crew were much imp'esse'
with Cornevs work today Captain le'h'"9
frankly admitted that Cornell came up 10 az .i"
has been said O: her They have speeu 10 "+."'
he sa,d "The crew that beats them VIII DC
- 1-,aIr ,orrn &c almost perfect and from
the NAV they do their work every man arr
10 be in the best Of condition ABOUT 0 c'' ~ "
Cornell crews again took 70 the "a'e'
roved ls.ureIv down the finish and then went PACK
over the course against time courtney 'eP
,hs, The tune was not up what the ere" Cou''
DO Their work not up to 'ayuga feS"''9 a.
vet tur tomorrow nc hoped 70 ma thein just
right
co1-pr~rv THINKS THE COURSE UNFAIR
Co,r,ney - convinced that the course Is lar
from fair He pointed out where mo ieSli.i''"
gaines two rengths on one OF the turns william
A Xeikelbam the referee. ana Lawrence l. ''
ton the chairman of the Regatta COMMITTEES nav nav
been az work all day on the Governments "s"
tender Cactus Strengthening up the Duo'' "''"'
down Sunday and correcting faults IN ,ne 0""
The final touches were not given UNI" uai' ~
Meikelham told The Tribune oorrespohoe.'' ''
evening that the course was now periec" y IN
has been made that the freshman az
BE- royed over q straight-awsy two-miIe COURSE
After sumner Fob Cook went over the c""'7o e"
,ha W.. Ia,h af,erward boarding the Cactus
He 4xnressed himself as thoroughly sa-lsned' a''
sid that so far as ne could see no one poS'''''
i4d any advantage over any otheT' " 10" ,h
ported that tn east position wou" Nv"
crew dra wing II an advantage pu' ~ ,.,, no.
denied by all the officials. Edwin > MIA"
c4lved . d,snatch from washing on to-day INFORM
iog him ina, the Secretary of War nad u'ie'
Major Leach 10 request the local autho''' ,os
railroad company 20 keep the dra"Di''so
during the hour Of the race on "'''''' ,,, .o
nouncement Of this order IL is behe'''' WIZ ,,,.
good effect The tug Castle no" III use III 49,
Engineering Department Of the GoVethne", 10
this section under Major Leach WI. D' o - on
70 act as revenue cutter 10 pom w Collector
the day OF the race al the disposal or I'M vsir
OF Customs J. Addison Porter, a sta"nCn re
man voo vii attend the race with a parry u
friends has been instrumental ~ opt""''"7 '
from Uncle Sam a. above mentioi!e eco. ,,o, train
The demand for seats on the o2se' 49,, sa,en
has been unusually large ALREADY t, .u Son,in-
cars have been sold and the orders are sun o.d nj
IN. The last time Yale and Harvard romcu ~ a.
New London there were only twenty-sN a. 80 sail-
pared There are few steam yachts mere ""' san
Ing craft are well represented. ,,-a .cr,-
There has been a request from the ram odu N"','
pany 10 postpone tho race until 2:D. I'D ordcI ~
Accommodate those coming on the 40 uatn 'l 1hn
New-York This will probably be granted. ~
coaches and crew ic.l. however. mat the ~
are much against the race being rowed al ing ,i
sppolnted by reason OF weather conditions; 99o
Cook said to-day ne would prefer O'CLOCK 10 1''