The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-28

start Was beautiful one. the four bosfs
noses seeming TO hang tCostheg TOR ne
nfnt two strokes. A they settJed n ~
stroke taught them by t1De various coAchee
Wisconsin seemed 10 b T0wfmg the lAnet
number of strokes per minute OF any OK
ths srswss bus hes sese was sstnE fseess
than any ~ fhe Ot1sses wbcsnsin rUUed
a, Pasasy1ysMa - Cornell - sad coIun-
biz -
sBkfose ske mn eighth OF = n11e VS. IN
isled the wisconsin boat had showed tts
nose ahead Of the other crews. win Cor
nell second, Pennsylvania hanging well
oase ber, snA Csawmnss flssrd. dro1ptng
ao(arn.
when the Hrst hnk mile was reached -
fast was tn wisconsin boat Gosng tbat II
had taken its whole length ahead Of the
Pennsylvania boa: and wsss hAif . bsnsfh
ahead OF the Cornell boat on the extreme
east. Columbia was ccmsssg with tse ssss
Of her boa, just overlapping Pennsylvania
rrancticaliy the pe1nsyfvsnta roosess On
the train yelled TO their crew. and the
i1fnutes they shot their boat up even with
the Cornell boat.
WSscsnaas Keeps ne Lead.
~ - essen Wisconsin eas not - eAsy.
on q perfectly even keel. with the bodies
roing we'll hack together ana the heads
seemfng a. II they w0uia sWta9 81 the
shoulders, q feature that seemed to make
the critics believe that they would 60 70
pieces after the first mile. the wisconsin
1RoW asW o.
when the mile Was reached the Wis
cousiu boat had 4 lead OF clear length
over Pennsytvamie. while Cornell So
Pennsyivania were se&-sawfnG for second
place. The Wisconsin crew had sestied
down TO q stroke Of ~ 10 the minute. the
boat never checking between the strokes
and the blades cutting the water as Keen
~ o. 3 knife. The Sow recovery ana the
powerkut stroke had behind IL = wOndeyful
power, and the Wisconsin boat never
1heenSd - seoDpsA - u Wsns toward The
eseunA mtle-
IN the meantime Pennsylvania ana Cor
pe9s Weea having - pEstty eUht tor $40
end pIace - ever has been seen on the
courae Time and time again the Cornell
oeoW ~ . ntato more back IN the stroke
ana sent the nose ri their boat even With
thAt Of the ouakers. But Il Was quite
1soareaf that there Was little chance Of
their holding II there. Wards men were
rowing In magnificent form. while Cornell
&ao ~ fsatlg with tie usual Cornell
esserve force fheis work. was being done
spasmodicaIly. and they seemingly made
) 1separa4e e9orf to rat 10 The trent sAd
stay there leng enough to dishsarten their
opponents.
Wnsa wisconsin had reached the mile
on1 quarter point they eased ~ = trtlse
~ thets stroke. rowing for two o. three
21nstes - n.
11esse otyuaGle Ter eeeenA PlaA9.
~ the same time Cornell picked up their
stroke and showed their boats nose slight
" ahsAA a. Pennsylvania ana overlapping
the stern ct the Wisconsin she'll. 'Cof-
n<Ils came from thousands of thx0Ats on
ths observation train, and the hope arose
that Curnetl WaG going to the fnOnt In
1hslr ueuat style hut With apparent eaSs
- wisconsin stroke went back 10 its
regular = and the beat shot ahead again
3 sod hall lansth. At .Jhs aane timne
ethMny1vaniAss hat. which had heen la9-
C1ne half ieneth behind Cornell. shot up
1evel with the Cornell boat white Co
lumhta. making desperate effort placed
Ne nose at thetr shcii near PennsyivAatA's
stsEu.
AZ this point II was one Of the most
oeanttfuI races Imaginable. the four crews
fowtnx with great regularity. and all of
them with q clean. neat stroke. Again a.
they neared the mile and . hall point.
CoFn1jrs b01t caane up even with the
psnnsylvAnia shell, but Was unable 20
s.ss *. erw ma' 81 noa 'fa
. length. ana was stiiI going. From this
paint on 20 the two-nalie point the WIS
sens.n boat sssmed 70 ssiris ~ fsa n r..
oar. hut instead Of catching the Badgers.
the Weeterners boat drew away frum
0en with ease. A they passed the two
q clear wssss sssw..S the ns. o. o aspt he
(ennsylvaniA she'll and the stern 81 tbs
Wtsconsin shetI. and then for the first tins
49, :so: u :. sns train sssan 10 .ppsec,sss
and that having pulled Through The srst
TWO hard mica at such a splendid paee.
they we're liable 10 make trouble al the
vaniA ri the mark and the two crews
stayed on even terms until the tWo mile
nnd . quarter point was reached. Then
Renneyivansa alternately forging the nose
- their boats ahead Of each other IN .
6eupesAte effort to maintain the necond
rsass. white The WONDERFUL Western Grey.
Uuch-crfficised form, kept their shell .
boat length In the van. Peer Columbia
struggled THREE boat lengths behind, row-
boat. what they must have known was .
losing race.
Csrnell Drops Astera.
AT the two and three quarters mile posi-
Cornell began 90 drop back n little In
spite OF the iatuncttans OF the ccxswaIn.
vhe was frsnsiesiiy appealing To his men.
while Pennsylvania spurted ahead little
and finally Tapped the wisconsin shell,
while she had fair length 81 ADVANTAGE
over Cornell In the hast quarter os the
second mile, where the race gees uadsr tho
great Puuxakecpx3e bridge. the crews OK
fs~nsewaaiA ard Wisconsin, struggled
nke dsmons. but Wisconsin was ruvtnx
better than Pennsylvania. The euakers
temper was crratfc. as they made various
spurss In their endeavor 10 cvertake Wis
eanAin. whtie the latter were rowing stead
uy 81 "a their hacks going backward and
forward IN absolutely perfect rhythm.
A. they passed ande. the bridge, WIS.,
ccnsin had length on PennsyivansAs and
one and "a hair aa Corueil just after
they passed the bridge. Pennsylvania
made another snsieavor to ciass up thr
ZAP and did suceeed in tapping their boat
over the badgers stern, hsi, the Western
Ns Immediately responded. increasing
their stroke slightly Al this ftme.
Cornell had evidently last isa ability 90
pot any mere power In the, stroke and
could not ksrr up the pace set nv tho two
crews aheAt. Cornell . boat VAS fully