The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-27
THE RACES AT POUGHKEEPSIE
CORNELL TOUR DEFEATED BY THE
 PENNSYLViNIiC CREW
Tho Ithacans, However, Capture the Freshman EveaAt From Columbia and the Quakers--The Latter Hard Fought and Exciting Race-'Varsity Race Takes Place To-day.

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 Poughkeepse N Y, June 26-The
 four -oared race over the two mile course
 to-day was won by Pennsylvania. The
 time was Il minutes, F seconds. Cor
 nell was second, time Il minutes IA 3-5
 seconds. The time of the first mile was, | Pennsylvania, 5:29 3-5; Cornell, 5:53.
 Strokes, one half mile, Pennsylvania, 36;
 Cornell. 34; one mile, Pennsylvania, 35; Cornell, 33: mile and one-half Pennsyl-
 vania. 34; Cornell, 33. Second mile, 36;
 Cornell, 34.
 The freshman eight-oared race be-
 tween Pennsylvania, Columbia and Cor
 Tell over the two mile course, was won
 by Cornell. The time was g minutes 55
 seconds; Columbia was second, one and
 one-quarter boat lengths behind Cornell.
 Time, 10 minutes. Pennsylvania was
 three and one-quarter lengths behind Columbia. Time, 1O:10. Strokes, one
 half mile, Cornell, 34; Columbia, g.;
 Pennsylvania, 35. Mile, Cornell, 34; Co.,
 lumbia, 33; Pennsylvania, 34. One mile
 and one half, Cornell, S5; Columbia, 33;
 Pennsylvania, 34. Two miles, Cornell,
 36; Cornell, S4 Pennsylvania, 36.
 At the crack of the pistol the four
 cared crews from Cornell and Pennsyl-
 vania took the water together, but the Pennsylvania stroke started at 36, while the Cornell stroke was only 34. The | Pennsylvania stroke, while not as pret- | tily rowed as Cornell's had much more go in it and before the boats had gone | ten lengths, the Quakers had showed their boats nose ahead of the Ithacans | boat. Cornell had dropped down to the | Courtney stroke of 33 to the minute, and although inch by inch the Quakers' | boat showed to the front, the 1thacans | did not increase their stroke. From a | mere gain of inches in the first half mile the gain of the Pennsylvania boat be- came one of feet as they neared the tin- ish mark. The Comedians tried to re- duce the lead, but each time the Quak- CTS responded and maintained their lead. Just as they got under the shadow of the bridge and when Pennsylvania had obtained a lead of almost a length a ferryboat crossed the rived and threw up a heavy swell. The Pennsylvania shell then turned almost directly to- ward the Cornell shell, and to avoid a seemingly probable collision the Cor nell boat was turned away also. Quick as flash Pennsylvania strengthened out again and when they cleared the great abutments the Quakers had lead of fully a length and a quarter. From this point to the finish there was little material change, unless it may have been at the mile and three quarters mark, where Cornell hit the stroke up to 34 and strated to close the gap But the Quakers who had been rowing from one and one-half to two strokes more per minute than the Ithacans all through the race whipped their stroke up to 36 and crossed the line winner by one length and a half in eleven minutes eight and 4-5 seconds, according to the watches of several experts upon the press car and the reliable system adopted by the Associated Press. Mr. Fortmeyer, who was the official time keeper of the referees boat, made it II minutes seconds, but the official time as given out by the college timers was Il minutes 12 seconds Cornell finish ed, according to these same officials, in Il minutes II 3-5 seconds.
 The freshman race, which was started promptly after the four -oared finished. was one of the closest and most exciting races seen on the river in years, the Co., lumbia crew giving the Cornell crew sharp and pretty fight for first place and making phenomenal time, consider ing the slowness of their stroke. At the sound of the pistol the crews got away in a bunch, but at the settling down of the stroke, to the crews usual style, Cornell poked the nose of her shell a few feet ahead of the line. For the first half mile the struggle was so exciting that the spectators arose on the press car and in the observation train and cheered for each crew. Cornell was rowing a long sweeping stroke of 34, while Penn sylvania was rowing at the rate of 35 Columbia was rowing a phenomenally long stroke, 32 the wonder of all of the experts on the train, for the boat went along as fast almost as the Cornell boat. Close together the three boats hung, but there was something about | the way the Cornell boat glided over the water that made Columbia and Penn- sylvania hearts go down. As the crew reached the mile mark with the Cornell | boat about a half length out from the l blunch, Columbia seemed to gain and there were shouts of approval as the l nose of the boat crept forward. But | the old Cornell boat form was there Never did the stroke go above the 34 mark and the speed came from increased | power in the stroke.
 Columbia was steady in it's stroke also only hitting it up to 33, but the boat began to lose after the mile was passed | and soon Cornell had 2 lead of Q clear 1 length. Pennsylvania was, in the mean time. steering erratically, especially at the mile mark, going out of the course i badly Tn this way she lost some speed | and although the crew pulled a stout stroke and did it cleanly they dropped behind rapidly, the nose of their boat as they came under the bridge being just even with the stern of the Columbia boat. The race after the mile point was passed was between Columbia and Cor nell with some chance for the Columbia men.
 Just after passing that point the Pennsylvania boat seemd to lose power and dropped rapidly astern as the Co., lumbia stroke hit it up to 34 in an en- deavor to close up the gap between Cor nells boat and CoMr 'Ia's. Cornell re- sponded with freq Jugar fl 36 and it was