The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-28
CORNELL'S C0LORS LOWERED
BADLY DEFEATED IN THE RACE 1T
 POUGHKEEPSIE.

BADLY YDEFEATED IN THE RACE A1
 P0UGHKEEPSIE.
 Pennsylvania First, Wisconsin Second
 Cornell Third and Colum bIa Fourth
 Wisconsin Lost the Race In the Last
 200 Yards by Bad Stecring-Lead Near-
 Iy to the Ftnish-Beaten by Only Hal1
 Length.
 Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 27.-Twen- ty thousand persons to-day saw one of the most exciting four-mile boat races ever witnessed in the history of college rowing Five thousand persons on the observation train yelled themselves hoarse in frantic appeals to their vari- ous college crews to do their best, and with the other 15000 they saw the red and blue carried over the line winner by short half length from the Wiscon- sin badgers, who lost it in the last 200 yards by bad steering. Cornell the vic- | tor of former years, pulled after them, a good four lengths in the rear, and Co., lumbia, 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. It was the kind of race that makes l the blood jingle in the veins and the nerves become tense under the excite ment and those clements were injected | into it by the crew that came over 2,000 miles to meet former victors for without the gallant Wisconsins in the race it | would have been a doleful procession after the second mile was entered. To | say that there was surprise on the ob- servation train and amidst 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 a clear lead upon all the crews, is putting it mildly
 Yelled for Wisconsin.
 When those on the train saw the gal lant struggle mile after mile they drop ped their appeals for their own crews and yelled in friendly manner for the boys from the west The alleged ragged stroke, the badly keeled boat, the too long reach were all forgotten as the fast moving craft kept it's nose to the fore until it was seen to turn out towards the shore at the finish and lose the race to the men from Pennsylvania by a short half length. Well did the Penn sylvanias obey the injunction of Ellis Ward not to lose their heads. From the first eighth of mile they rowed a stern hard chase, at one time being astern of both Cornell and Wisconsin, but pluck and endurance sent them over the line a winner in good time and by such a small margin that made the glory greater.
 Cornell Rca ten After Second Mile.
 For the Cornell crew, the winner of many battles, it proved to be race only for two miles. For those first twb miles she did gallant work, but she was strug- gling against evidently better crews and it was only by exertions of phenome- nal nature that she managed to keep the nose of the bow of Pennsylvania for a: brief time in the second mile Of Co., lumbia it may be said that she was out classed from the start and barring an accident never at any time stood a chance of winning. She went to the rear in the first quarter of a mie al- though she made good start and staid there all through the race.
 Getting Ready for the Start.
 At 6:43 the referees boat signalled to Cornell and Wisconsin, both crews be- ing al the Cornell float just above the start, to come out because Columbia had just rowed into sight Seven min utes later fhe four crews were in line. and all had answered the refree's query. Are you ready?" in the affirmative. Cornell had the channel course, where the advantage is said to lie, with Colum- bia directly next to her, and then came Pennsylvania and Wisconsin close in- shore. It was rather pitiful to hear the three eastern crews get cheer after cheer and the western crew not getting any
 Two False Starts.
 Please keep quiet, observation train," called the referee, and there was uuiet- ness enough so that the referee could | plainly be heard saying, Are you all ready?" 'Yes,' came back the answer | from all the coxswains. At 6:54:30 the | pistol flashed and the four crews failed | to catch the water together. Hardly 1 had the crews rowed five lengths before | it was seen that No. 3 of the Wisconsin | crew had jumped his seat and the cox swain threw up his hands appealing for l new start, which he had a right to do inside of thirty seconds. The referees boat whisted the crews back, and the fact that Cornells boat was further down the river at the time raised Cor nell hopes. A second time the crews were lined up and at 6:5755 another start was made. For some reason or other some one in Columba's boat rais- sd his hand as if in trouble and for a second time the boats were called back to the start. It was 7:05 o'clock when he third start was given, and this time he crews got away without accident.
 A Beautiful start.
 This start was a beautiful one, the our boats noses seeming to hang to- ;ether for the first two strokes. As hey settled down to the stroke taught hem by the various coaches Wisconson seemed to be rowing the lowest number | if strokes per minute of any of the rews, but her boat was going faster han any of the others. Wisconsin ca ched 32 PennSylyania 34 Cornell 34