New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
ROWING.
CORNELL ARRIVES AT POUGHKEEPSIE-NO
PRACTICE TO-DAY-WARD'S MEN
sJOwTNC Up WELL

PoughkeepsIe n Y June 1.-THE Cornell row.
Ing aggregation arrived at Highland on the West
Shore Railroad at sos o'clock tonight. ana look
possessi IN OF their training quarters at Crum FL
bow. They had two cars, one a baggage car con-
tanning their two eght-oared shells one four-oared
boat and a pair-oared tub" and the other
day coach In which the thirty-fve people who maze
up the party travelled from Ithaca.
The train stopped at Crum Elbow for the Itha-
cans thus saving them ride OF three miles from
the Highland station. The car containing the boats
was sidetracked at Highland. It will be taken up
to the Elbow tomorrow afternoon and the oars
men will unload their shells. Arriving at Ked Top
the former Harvard quarters. Coach Courtney and
his men found a hot dinner awaiting them Man
ager Gould reported that the journey was without
incident the boys being tired and glad there wouia
be rowing tomorrow.
Information was received here to-day that the
Wisconsin crew. with their boats, would leave Mad
ison tomorrow and arrive at Highland early Tues
day morning. Their boathouse and training quar-
tiers In readiness for them.
Columbia, as we'll as Pennsylvania, made time
row over the course to-day. In tho case OF Penn
sylvania the result was given out as satisfactory
but DR.. Peet. speaking Of the test OF his crew
said that Il was poor" The conditions governing
the two trials were widely different. In the morn
ing when the Quakers went the four miles for the
first time the wind and tide were both with them
and while Ellis Ward was satisfied with the trial
as he expressed 1t, he would not make the tfne
nuhIic Incidental 10 the Pennsylvania trial there
was a race for three miles between the varsity and
freshmen crews The youngsters picked up the
senior crew after the later had rowed the nrst mile
OF the course For two miles the freshmen held
their own in good style, both boats being even al
the bridge Then. as the varsity crew exerted main
strength for the last and deciding mile, the fresh
men went 10 pieces and the varsity passed the
finish line a full ten lengths 10 the good Coach
Ward spoke encouragingly TO his varsity men. tell
ing them they had done we'll Josh Ward, the vet
Gran oarsman Of Cornwall and the brother OF the
Pennsylvania coach, watched the crew from the
Rem Franklin, and afterward said that he thought
we'll Of the boatload speaking particularly favor
able OF Howell bow and Gardiner, stroke.
This evening the Pennsylvanians had smoother
water than in the morning. and the coach gave
them longer row. sending them TWO miles north
Of the starting line OF the course and making their
The Columbia varsity rowed their trial four
miles this evening. when they had the last OF
the start in the launch with the shell In tow. They
made a fine racing start gripping the water WIN
their CHARACTERISTIC short-clipped stroke Wn nh
they heightened at every catch up to the sixth
when they settled down to the long. strong stroke
that DR. Peet has taught them. Inc BOAT kept an
even keel and shot ahead with apparent pow" ,ho
men were weakening. and encouraged them
through his megaphone. on coming ashore Or
dtions the time was poor. But he spoke well OF
his crews form which was almost as good at the
finish as o al the Sus sre du recoverng from their
slump Of a week ago. The Columbia crew are pen
eftingly physically from their sojourn on the HUG
son and the average weight OF the varsity crew
has Increased since they came here fourteen days
ago LFo expected some Of the New-York officials of
nin come IN tomorrow and make the rounds OF
the quarters on a tour OF inspection.