Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-28
Cornell, the Victor Of Former
Years, Badly Left.
AN EXCITING CONTEST
The WtscOnsins Lose the Four Mile
Bo"t Kaco by Getting Into Dead
wnter-Thc Miles AS lade by the
Comes Out Scratch Hair Length
Ahead.
<By Telegraph to Pilot,

(By Telegraph to VirrinIan- Pllot.)
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 27.-Twen-
ty thousand people to-day saw one of
the most exciting four-mle boat races
ever witnessed in the history of col
lege rowing. Five thousand people on
the observation train yelled themselves
hoarse in frantic appeals 10 their va
rious college crews to do their best, and
with the other fifteen thousand they
saw the red and blue carried over the
line a winner by n short half length
from the Wisconsns. who lost in the
last two hundred yafds by bad steer
ing. Cornell. the victor OF former
years, pulled after, full four lengths in
the rear. and Columbia, never in the
fight after the end of the first mile,
trailed in a good three lengths from
the stern OF the Cornell boat.
MADE THE BLOOD TINGLE.
1t was the kind OF i race that makes
the blood tingle. and was made so by
the crew that came over thousand
miles to meet former victors. for with
out the gallant Wisconsins in the race
1t would have been Il dolecul procession
after the second mile was entered. To
say that there was surprise on the OBJ
servation train and amid the great
crowds upon the banks when the Wis
conSin shell swept mile after mile of
the course until the last half was
reached, with II clear lead over all the
crews. is putting IL mildly. When the
people on the bank. unable to place
the stranger crew, looked toward the
observation train inquiringly and were
told that 1t was Wisconsin,. they were
almost dumb with amazement. and
when those on the train saw the gal
liant struggle mile and mile they drop
ped their appeals for their own crews
and yelled in Il friendly manner for the
boys from the West.
a SURRENDER.
The alleged ragged stroke, the badly
keeled boat, the TOO long reach, all
were forgotten as the fast moving craft
kept moving its sharp hose TO the fore.
and then the people saw the leaders
turn out towards the shore at the finish
and lose the race to the men from
Pennsylvania by short half length.
Well did the Pennsylvanians obey the
injunction OF ELLIS Ward to not lose
their heads. From the first eighth of
n mile they rowed astcrn, hard chase.
at one time being astern OF both Cor
nell and Wisconsin. but their pluck and
endurance sent them over the line first
in good time and by such n small mar
gin that the glory is greater.
CORNELLS HOPELESS STRUGGLE
For Cornell, the winner of many bat
ties, the contest proved TO be Il race
only in two miles. For tfrOy5l rtrsJ rW0
miles she did gallant work, but she was
struggling against evidently better
crews, and it was only by eXertions of
a. phenomenal nature that she managed
to Keep the nose of her boat ahead of
the Pennsylvania for IL brief time in
the second mile.
COLUMBIA OUTCLASSED.
or Columbia, it may be said that she
was outclasscd from the start and, bar
ring an accident. there was never n
time when she stood a chance of win
ming the race. She went to the rear in
the first quarter OF a mile. although she
made Il good start and stayed there all
through the race.
FALSE STARTS.
Two false starts were made and tbo
referee called the crews back. 1t was
five minutes after seven when the third
start was given. and this time the
crews got away without accident. The
start was beautiful one, the four
boats noses seeming to hang together
for the first two strokes. AS they set
tied in the stroke taught them by the
various coaches. Wisconsin seemed To
be rowing the least number of strokes
per minute of any of the crews, but
her boat was going faster than any of
the others.
THE RACE DESCRIBED.
Before the first eighth mile was fin
ished the Wisconsin boat had showed
its nose ahead of the other crews with
Cornell second. Pennsylvania hanging
we'll on to her, and Columbia fourth.
dropping astern.
When the first half mile was reached
SO fast was the Wisconsin boat going
that 1t had taken it's whole length
ahead of the Pennsylvania boat and
was half a length ahead of the Cor
nell boat, on the extreme east Column
bia was rowing with the nose of her
boat just overlapping Pennsylvania.
Frantically the Pennsylvania rooters on
the train yelled at their crew and the
broad. brown backs of the Quakers
seemed to respond, as in q few minutes
they shot their boat up even with the
Cornell boat. But to catch Wisconsin
was not so easy. When the mile was
reached the Wisconsin boat had a lead
OF n clear length over Pennsylvania,
while Cornell and Pennsylvania were
see-sawing for second place The Wis
consin crew had settled down to
stroke OF 81 to q. minute. the boat new
er checking between the strokes and