Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-06

Poughkerpsic, y. Y. July "a new
.ccOrd for varsity cigltS was made on
the hudson river last evening, nnd.
what Is more, the four leading crews IN
the race each brOie the old record by
MANY seconds. The times we're:
Varsity eights: Cornell. first, time,
1858 10: Columbia, second, time, lS:''S;
Wisconsin, third. time, lo:OG4-5: George
town, fourth time, 1921. The best pre-
ylouS time for varsity clShts was
l9:4435 No time was taken for SYRIA
;use and Pennsylvania, who were many
lengths behind.
In the varsity four, Cornell was first,
time. / 81 81: Pennsylvania. second,
time. / 40 %; Columbia. third, time,
1851 -. The best previous record
for the distance was 1851 ii.
In the freshman race. Pennsylvania
was first. time. 1920 IL: Cornell. see.
ond, time. 1923; Columbia. third. time
1926 10; Syracuse. fourth. time, l0:iI.
The previous record for freshmen eight$
for this distance was 9:l3 II.
Georgetown, n new rival for hOnOrS
and to whom little attention had been
paid, got inside The time record, and
hung on to the leaders with II trnacity
that surprised everybody. Prnnsyl-
vania was never in the race with its
second crew, ana Syracuse. with its
light oarSmen. were OutclaSScd, al
though they pulled through TO the end.
The varsity race was one of the
tierccst struggles ever witnessed in col
lege aquatics, and had any one Of the
Of physical weakness the talcnderS
were ready TO take their places and
make good time at that. AS ii was, al
though the race was one of the most
severe ever rOwcu, there was not n
sign Of distress in any boat.
From the l 12-milr point to the 3-milr
point. mt the bridge. was one of the most
remarkable featS of endurance and SIX i'll
ever witnesses. Cornell, rowing low
stroke. to the minute kept the nose of
her shell just 4 scant half length in
front of Columbia. who. with Il higher
stroke. and n clean running boat. mad,
desperate efforts to reach her rival
Wisconsin. II half length behind Go,
iumbia, made equally great efforts. but
they seemed to he of no avail. and
makers with trnucity that won for her
the plauditS of The spectators. Those
who watched the terrific pace hein.,
made looked at any moment to see on"
of the four leaders go to pieces, but they
swept down under the bridge without
changing positions.
Here it was that Columbia made :,
desperate attempt TO take the lead. IIri
stroke hit up the swing and her boat IL
less than five seconds had rvencd NJ
with Cornell. and in another five had
showed its nose 10 feet to the front
mighty roar columbia " inS," but ther,
was still Il mile of water to cover, and
Cornell had an unknown reserve.
The Ithaca boat had been pushed for.
ward at the lowest stroke rowcd ny any
of the crews. and when t>e Columbia
boat rushed to the front they raised it
slightly. and, taking the lead again
passed toward the finish line increasing
the lead, until. when tie line was
crossed, they had Il length and Il guar.
ter advantage over Columbia. WiScOn
sin had found herself unable to get any
more speed in the last mile and finished
two lengths and n half behind Columbia
Georgetown had hung on like young
bulldog, and finished only Il scant two
Syracuse and Pennsylvania were dis
tance1.
The four race for the Davidson.