New-York tribune., 1905-06-29
TRIUMPH FOR CORNELL.


the 1oU, -, contests To-day, both OF
corueH's efghts were the Fic'oi''
cuse's quartet scored
CONDITIONS NEARLY IDEAL
o-. ,erfect weather could possibly ha"e
so,-,ce5 for the regatta The sun !" %
,,u,,,+ and warm, without peiie
- A breeze blew directly down t'i7
+r.. sent all the myriads OF banners 80 ter
-. .<o-a tt sent the shells dancing away -,
go 1,ta and touched the broad oosoin "a -
- into scintillating beauty AL Sii'.' -
q, .be 5av the breeze threatened 10 ue'
something that would give the i',9-N ttora
.r,ae too rough for their pest WI r. ...tis
t.v croakers who predicted that .lilS
"eie -, .,ra ,-oul6 he whitecaps on the river
- 4 o'clock and no racing until tI1e he''
day. -...s,o.+a5 and by
~. time the freshman race was over
.snearlr ideal IS one can expect on q 'ei
river presented themselves.
CROWDS SEE THE RACE
...,a. .,,,ned out TO see the regatta
e~,sh line and for half a mile up
-. ero,, that point was gathered 'he
- 90 e.e+ that racegoers have become az,
.. look for on such a day 1'S 90
,,s,,al. was formed by group Vi
te.utif11l steam yachts, all OF 'iieiA -,
-.~,or fashion. with all the brililaN' 80,
g, ,bicb saiIorrnen love to Keep
a er,5 between the big feIo"S
-,,-,ted and puffed and footed iIliitii 80
-.u crast launches and tugs ana teilue.'
-. few small sailing craft which 'iao 80
,,sr,np their way Up or down 'iie
carly morning. -os,.n+ with
1,b. west bark of the river was taui"llt
,b. eaylv bedscked multitude "nicn .s.,,
sernentine and sinuous length ol
- ovarv one OF the thirty-sA Gals
AM a,-,5 70 the rails with parttsans OF oile
'0i'-e -. ~ .he contestants All the y
- --here was the inseE4ue' "H
-, or esnoe or cousin, was one Vi '--
As-..,. there TOO, was the "old srdu' ""O'
,,oss,bIv wears before, had swung hiS
=, nor over those heart preahlls I0" -
end had returned to see no" = 81
somebody else at the same "ol b. I'M ,r,oos
.,,,, +be while all the pains OF MN "i1000
.so-v body was doing its utmost ana "io-o
satisfied spirft was crying out - ~ ~ -,
1-bere foo. was the father or ule hio'"e- -
q, one Of those lean shells; ano' oi
course there was the unoersrSuue oo,e-
- Itch enthusiasm and vocal WIN 80
q. tts representatives. generous WIN ms
80 80 IN fact with everything not III
- necuniary expression OF MS oeiiet
-. ~. crew could not possibly lose,
sIo,r The river bank were thousaIus nv
- ,cc,,nied no seats the hTtiilah1 opseiF
.,on cars. who had relatives OF
=, snv Of the boats who. inoeeo' hau no -:
E,.ras. in snv Of the contests 1hese
&C. from Poughkeepsie, or some otiet " -
e.. near by who had come OUT Io1 'iiet4 ca
80, reeatta holiday, and who olo fiolol - -
occasion with their best attire ahN 'iieN ~,
,-o,ab;e behavior Many hunoreos OIL 'i1eiii ~
=. 90, GROSS the river. but occupied vanlase
A0. ~. eastern shore, whence they coulo
- s.od ,e+ much idea of how the races were
'sz r,,+ from, which they could see ana ap-
S,ts the regatta of 1905 purely as spec
tAcle. . -.
with the freshmen and the fours well out OF
.hs 1vav soon after o'clock, the multtuoe'
.Aoa. and ashore, settled itself down for the
main business OF the day. With a ie" as0iiiLeo
shrieks of its engine whistles the ooseFFa'ioi'
trains trundlsd into motion and crept PACK up
the river, back past the dizzy heights OF the
bridge beneath which many weary and
heaten crews so many triumphant ard thrilled
yictors. had pulled their divers ways. detected
snd magnificent according TO circumstances;
mast the old icehouse. that marked another vital
stage of the long journey TO the finish; past
many a landmark of previous hard fought days
of dead but still remembered Junes, 10 the head
ef the varsity course just below the bend II
Che stately river that marks the beginning of
che famour four-mile straightaway
Here there was a long, long wait, for which
Che willy Courtney must undoubtedly be blamed
Re car put up with the blame, for the races
are over. and his men have won, and he's not
likely to be punished for it, anyhow.
GATHERING AT THE START.
When the train rolled up opposite the start
ing point and with rattle and crash came
20 reluctant halt. four OF the six crews were
IN plain sight and within a half minutes pull
OF the starting boats These four we're SYRIA
cuse. Georgetown, Columbia and Wisconsin.
Only Pennsylvania and Cornell were absent
From the six starting boats futtered the six
coors of the six universities which had their
myriad duplicates ashore. Next 10 the shore on
the inside course waved the hue and white
banner Of Columbia. Just beyond streamed the
yellow OF Syracuse, hanked on the outside by
wisconsin's coors. Wisconsins neighbor on
the far side was Georgetown, the red and blue
of Pennsylvania coming next with Cornell's
brilliant ensign on the extreme outside
Though the varsity was scheduled to
start at o'clock. Syracuse's coach had his men
boated and at the mark at 4:25 o'clock, and
there seemed no good reason for delaying the
start longer. The wind had fallen away to a
three mile zephyr, just strong enough TO nutter
lazily the banners that marked the starting
boats. The tide just about at the turn and
the water of the river hung still and motionless.
as If conscious that six frail- shells were about
70 be driven through it at top speed
After Syracuse mad swung lazy Up past the
referees boat, Columbia, Wisconsin and George
town followed her, and by i - ali eyes were
strained down the river lookl.E 1or the two alb
sentees. Pennsylvania was next TO appear. fol-
-aG ar
dilatoTy Cornell
Slowly the Nal.inus cnxsyrains .so,.....