The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28

va. perfect. There S was little or no wind and
the tide was going out with good current
The middle Of the river that Cornell and colum.
der ths collar because Si the Y9nE delay; The
majority h9weys5 .till quietly waited "a Nth
STsWn Wers .t o :s SSt the
Five minutes later the referees boat was
seen coming up the river. the water churning a p
shore the m etropolitan eigh udde9i y appeared
nal for E gt oSt I ' from from the Ga
men on the train. and they ran up and down
Indians Columbia was out ute 70 ' show ON on bit.
ior the crew rowed straight up past the entire
the their ssss WIZ
their style was pretty TO look az the power was
sharp,eyed critics. who heartily enjoy doing
They have not got the backbone in that
who, had a red and white umbrella over his
the Quakers got out upon the float and took
their seats y the shell as quickly az It takes 70
nd T Zen bs s'P d h boat Soy, 5srsS
to row. 1t was a long swinging stroke, far
more effective It seemed. than that OF Column
QuaEers received an ovation But where were ere
the others The. crowd asked this question
shadows were beginning to creep over the
hills hills suddenly whIlST the crowd was locking
o yd% w Tev
| once taken for Cornell, but as the lthacans fol-
LOVED the mistH IKE WAS was quickly seen
quarters were the explanations as the two
crews Joined the others near the stak boats.
IL was $40 then and the shells backed into
| line with rapidity.
sKrRMIsHING AT THE START.
will n" people on the train please keep
quiet while the crews are y Gent tnway hawled
and the four cantains, were asked il they were
| fired his pistol. Cornell had the outside with
Columbia next Penmsyvano third and Wis.
| shore. Instantly there was wild outburst
from the crowd. for the four shells leaped
for an advantage at the start. The QuaEers got
Of in fI9n With Cornell and nd Gaam ba about
lifted their shell out Of the water with a few
mighty drives: Then the stroke oar and Nos;
rowing. and the others went on. The referees
boat was whistng steadily and the other
that WISCONSIN. had stopped. ceased rowing
too Columbia followed suit and the Qua kers,
who were hustlinR along at good clip, did
the same.
1t was a false start. and. as one OF the Wis
consn men had slipned his sliding seat his
cali for another start. The crews Padded back
slowly and the crowd on the cars, stretched.
get back to the dories, and the distance was
gone over at snail's pace All but COLUMBIA
yrs pu Ing mp to the reieree boat for pow
WOW. At I o'clock precisely another start was
made. The shells had scarcely got under
way when Columbias stroke raised his hand
"A second huke," the crowd howled. as the
back water and turn around Just then the
big side wheeler James W. Baldwin from Troy
came around the bend in tho river. full TIT
warnings to her 10 stop and then made bee;
S f2r shf tea avn teT ssGdh9nFS
wotcr and hold uG. but at the same time she
got in the way, Of the referees boat. which
At 40 the crews were aligned once more
and the referee drfted UP In the beautiful
Are you all ready 2" he cried.
Not 1nlte yct,n replied C.ornell,s captain.
moment later.
RACE on AT LAST.
This time the four CAPTAINS replied in the
Affirmative and for the third time the pistol
and the crews bore away in superb style II
vas such an even start that nobody seemed to
have have an advantag" In fact The crews were on
Cornell forged ahead Just trihe then. But
the rrnnsyIvp1in shell was Just as fast. while
Columbia AMI WISCONSIN hung on so well that
there wa. no appreciate difference. Then. as
sin men began rowing in 4 way that startled
Til" oulooEers. With magnificent strokes. that
the badgers gradually shot ahead. u e"'''
hey are squirting, that $ ALL" was the COM
mHpt on ths train nnr 81 + canno keen up
steady brace, in which the Westerners were
shelf coupled with the knowledge they had
stored away II their heads
their movements exciting the admiration OF all.
They were rowing with the style and skill OF
he sd wSb
VAS slowly but surely increased nnt it was asa
Wisconsin S in the lead! We'll. what do you
think Of IT." One could hear this remark re-
pccted the badgers 70 stay, there. especially
as they were rowing thirty five strokes to the
ST IN Of sh.R Ri mai OF"
Cornell and CoInmbi4 and had an advantage of
lew yards oyer the Itnacqns. The latter
were rowing thirty-two strokes and appar-
entity felt that 1t was inadvisa bile to cut loose so
early in the game The Quakers were pound
ing omt tnIrtS,TIN ana columbia was content
1t was at. the half mile flag that Cornells
ana began to oycrtake both Pennsylvania and
"t"rnSII ' viii show en- how sT to r"w'' yelled
the lthacons on II" train, Cornell! yell!
yclI! yen cornell.
Wi:h that old Courtney stroke the Ithacans
closed W inch by inch. The Quakers had to
give way and the badgers had their lead cut
down to n quarter of length The Ithacans
wore shooting ahead now as smoothly as II
they were enjoying a practice spin and their
followers were confident that they would do
th" trick. But suddenly tho Wisconsin men
,mok N ne situation, and put on pressure,
They 'l'lnt hit up the stroke. however, but
kept il down to thlrty-two. at which standard
they h"h! i almost to thu finish. The power
ther pun into the Strok" was the principal thing
than. hpl ho
water 50 evenly that their skill in manipulating
the oars was conspcuouslv noticeable
CORNELL CATCHES WISCONSIN,
But Cornell was out for business. and with
the pluck that is characteristic OF the men
they x their PROV almost on even terms
with that. OF WIsronsin's boat Wiscon-
sin was thought to be firing. so rapidly
did Cornell reduce the lead. but such
did not prove TO he the case. Behind the flying
leaders, who were now bow and bow, came
Columbia and Old Penn. also on even terms
and not more than a quarter of length he
hind the leaders, All were rowing with clean
ness Of oars. and there was very little friction
I'm the boats