The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-24

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 21.-Cornell
won all three of the events in the inter-
collegiate amateur association regatta
today The four Dared race was a bit
of easy work for her but in both the
freshmen and varsity eights she was
so closely pressed that she had to win
them in the last half mile by a display
of reserve force which none of the 9TH
er crews could bring to bear.
Cornell this afternoon won the great
est triumph of her history in boating.
The Ithacans literally swept the Hud-
son, winning all three events in the in
ter-collegiate regatta, the varsity, the
freshman and the four-oard races. In
each race the crews. coached by Chas
Courtney, had to fight all the way from
start to finish for victory. In only one
Of the three races did the Ithacans dare
at any time to let down on their speed.
The Wisconsin boys won the second
honors of the day, and to them belongs
great credit for the splendid fights
which they made in the varsity and
freshman races, in both of which events
cans. In all three races Columbia fin
ished third. In none of the races were
the records touched. but in all three
events the times were not far above the
fastest that have been made on this
course.
Despite the clouds and rain a big
crowd came to see the races. All
ha
though postponement would be neces-
sary but as the hour for the first race
Of the aay came the wind died away and
gradually the sun fought it's way
through a nasty gray sky.
The races were all rowed under splen-
did conditions> the crews had a fair
wind with them. Courtney says that
hM varsity eight had power enough to
| have lowered the record of 1858 1-5
| seconds, made by Cornell last year, if
| his crew had only been harder pressed.
| The Ithacans now make public the
| fact that a week ago, they came with
| in four seconds of the record and that
| they are sure they would have done bet
| ter this afternoon if they had had 10
fight a little more on the last mile.
The story of the big varsity race is
the record of a hard struggle for all
six crews for four long miles. For al
most mile the long graceful shells
were Tapped in the struggle. Over the
second mile Cornell began to gather her
lead, but Columbia hung to Wisconsin
for second place with deadly grip
| while GeorpetoUp was almost poSa and
nose with the New Workers and with
Pennsylvania and Syracuse only a few
feet behind. This was the order of the
boats right up to the last half mile
where Pennsylvania spurted and final.
ly Syracuse jumped ahead of George
town only few yards from the finish
Over the last two miles of the racs
Cornell widened the gap between hel
and Wisconsin little by little. but twice
the boys from Wisconsin spurted ant
pulled the Ithacans back. Columbis
hung to Wisconsin up to the three mile
flag and even at the beginning of the
last half mile Wisconsin was leading
the New York boat by only length
and a half Georgetown held fourth
place in the race up to the last ha
mile when Pennsylvania pulled away
The Washington boys struggled hard
but finally fell back to sixth and las
place in the struggle.
All six crews in the varsity race go
away in good style but the Cornell boa
soon began to get ahead. At the en'
: of the quarter mile the Ithacans hat
their shells a good quarter Of boa
length ahead of the badgers. 1t was
! race to warm up the most cold blooded
From the long observation train cheer
broke the stiffness of the Hudson Cor
uell and Wisconsin were wild with ex
Eitement while Columbia was delighte'
with the way in which her crew wa
/ fighting for the lead.
At the end of the first mile Wisconsi
had cut down Cornells lead by hal
length and the Ithacans were abou
a quarter of a length in the lead Co
? lumbia had fallen back a half lengt
: more behind Wisconsin, Georgetow
was not a quarter Of a length benin
? Columbia with Pennsylvania ten fee
behind and Syracuse a half length bach
The Ithacans had plainly settled int
/ their pace and were rowing at thirty
! two.
7 Over the next half mile, Cornell bega
, to make up what she had lost Littl
. by little the champions pulled ava
from Wisconsin until they were leadin