The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27

iccboxes ready for tho hungry horde. Assign
that attracted more attention than anything
else read as follows:
betting on the races in the bar"
A cripple who hohhled about on crutches
seemed 10 hc the manager Of the betting ring.
or rather sclf-arpoiutcd custodian OF 1t. for
he moved slowly about among the young
students and said in a deem voice:
when yous" wants ter put yer money IN.
why here's th"r place.
Then he pointed with long foroflnger at
the barroom door and repeated his little song.
Nobody paid much attention to the man until
he became ohstr"peruus.
Hey r. he finally yuwled in the face Of an
inofrensyc citizen who didn't want to bet he
was alive. Hey. Why don't yer go In there
and put up yer money? Hoy"
A fight was imminent when the queer person
was ordered TO keep Inict or get ont. Those Those
first class poolroom ilourlshing. Bets
were recorlcd and money was held Tor
was said that nearly $1,000 had been
put up on the freshman race. All OF the bet
III TsI at ' Even ny money and The Il" New YarEs
kept digging for it with splendid nerve, Tho
boys from Ithaca. however. had as much con-
ofer that came from the blue and White
Soon it was announced that the positions Of
was learned that Columbia had secured the
outside course. furthest from the west shore.
y
stock. Tier" is a brIiof among rowing men
that decided adrantag" lies in TINS position.
especially ns lornri mas man II IN all oil her
There's difference Of from three to i've
lengths in four miles between this outside
position and Tia" inside one" said former
coach. and COLUMBIA. with an already speedy
Cornell men, who had consulted the crafty
Courtney paid n" attention 70 this comment.
which soon spread like wildnre for they bet
the Columbia crowd 10 such standstlll that
ne
odds Of I 20 >. And SO tho specializing on the
fires Imam rae" went on, while tn" fpnr-oared
event was practically overlooked. There were
some oven money bets on the latter affair. but
they wcrc not OF sufficient magnitude TO create
much talk,
CHASGF ~ THE TIME SCHEDULE.
Tho coaches IN the meantime had registered
q strong protest against rowing at the adver,
tised time, because. as they said. they wanted
been led to believe that the four Dared race
would be started AZ { o'clock. and the frrsh-
trip across the river TO. the, west shore
was generally considered advisable. An extra
transit decidedly comfortable, but when the
other side was reached the observation train
been POSTPONED on" hour ca ~ although the
water WIS q smooth as ,u, milI p3n pond.
down to III" tram over the dusty ROAD
bed; while other. took S"a,' along TIE shady
hal to run tn" gauntlet Of a crowd Of
catchpenny people. hut strange to re-
late. there were no sh'II.gamo workers. no
men who w"r" formerly con,picuous at this
place. special trains. over the West shore
from New ork ana points north OF here rolled
in about 3 O'Clock. and then took sidings. This
made it possible for tho observation train Of
grand stands to move slowly up to Highland
station, Thos" who had started to walk to it
sspeS%y G ne t' @% for 6aSE oycr the
ties was necessary in order rot to he left
When III ra hnSI e@mI SOP sHs I ar
flags, streamers. horns. rattlcs and other noise
producing Instruments with which to enconr-
pretty women showed to an advantage. for
they had front seats and were lacked out in
brilliant tlnerv in a"cordanc" with their sym
pathles. one girl in red and white striped
dress, with hat and raras" T., match. was sur
en T St "n"hoT 'y you I woman. in LIGHT
blue with here and there n white bow. was in
one Of III" Columbia ears; aud she did not have
as il they had been studying hard at Nassar all
the term: wore ,hr n,; rI p named above
them wero mon, oll ana young. equally enthusi-
aStic. was a JollN gathering and no mistake.
signal cd To- the engineers on the locomotives
mt each eud TO starr her M And when the
which wer" taken NJ by the assomh!age still
on foot, which mad" it, way toward that part
OF the river bank oln4!~ite the finish. From
that point marin" picture was to he seen.
and it was booked at by an admlrinG
thr2ng White vorhtoi with shining brassss
while on, Hoard were anxious follow
ers OF tn" crews. who preferred this
S"rG"1 Of sISTE hT odE%s to The z"
crews from TIA train. \ myriad of small boats,
manned by strong armed rOw"rs and filled
with women and children. driitrl on the
smooth surfac" of the stream whit" several big
steamers, black with peuil". hung to their
The finish was marked with flags which
huttcred from two heavily laden s"hoon"rs
enough for four crews +" pass atr"ast between
them, The revenue cutters Manhattan and
Hudson fitted hack and forth IN order t. keep
about it thai there was little or no inter
ference. Tn" Hudson was INSPECTED with
interest b""nus" OF her performances during
the recent war. especially when sh" rescued the
torreln boat Winsl"w from the murderous fire
over on the hiIl, ON Doth sides Of the river
tn" masses could b" S"cn. and careful rsti-
mate put the u,Iouring al 1000 Sntnat with
from tn" tram. til" craft in III" river and from
vantage points on the bank. it is safe to say
that the attenuanr" was close on TO 10000.
SCENE At THE STARTING LINE.
The observation train reached the starting
line at 4 70 nclpck, and a moment or two later
there was shout Of " Here comes rennsyl-
Sure enough, around \ bend above the head
Of nc train tn" hrom2ed backs !nf TIE Quakers
unison, Will" h. launch Bon Tranklin, with
Coach " ard in the bow. hurried along behind
tne sh'il, rnNlInE warming ShTlekS from us
Ward wants to show Off his crew and let us
know what to expect Tomorrow! said the
Cornell men. "Wcll. let 'em come"
The Quakcrs sped down close to tho bank
past the long train. rowing beautiful stroke
OF thirty tn the minute The cCNswain. with n
megaphone strapped to his mouth. was grunt-
ing away with every hcave:
THAT'S the ST. n Now, Now, Now
Now! Keep il up, Now Now! Ah-h- n -
the little fellow cried. and the shell cut the
smooth wafer like knife. There we're a few
Old Penn sunportors on the team. including
Sam Boyle, George Brooke and Pete Overfield,
the football PLAYERS, who yelled:
!" Good enough. Penn! Good stun" But
there wasn't a cheer and the crew hurried
~ without getting the. rxpccted ovation.
Coach Mart, neguphonc in hand. stood in tho
bow Of the nunch and looked at the waiting
tranlond curiously. bat only a few recognized
him.
The Cornell four had in the meantime pad
died down the river and were letting their
boat DRIFT SLOWLY to the start, The referee, :
boat, the i'. steam Yacht Alcen, Own"i by W.
n. Patterson, Il peunsy ivanIa graduate. was
lowering about iIrrattcntly. il seemed. AS the
water was perfect. The crowd was gradually
working ITSELF INTO tn" proper state when the
loComOtiT" whistles Srrc-ch"d and the train
began a Journey to tn" north
stop her Hold on, We want to see the
race" the Passengers cried out. hut the grim
ts., M.