The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
CREWS MAY.QUIT POKEEpSIE
DRESDEN ANGERED AT TREAT.
WENT THEY ARE RECEIVING.
idea OF Changing to Milton for Annual
Regatta Because OF Action by Real
Estate Dealers Uncertain Whether
Move Is TO he Made This Year.

Regatta Because OF Action by Real
Estate Dealers -Uncertain whether
Move Is TO He Made This Year.
There il considerable talk right now among
,iosr who are interested In the rowing races
At Pou 7hkcepsie as 20 the possibility of leav-
ing the Hudson River tow In the future.
The oarsmen are angered over the action of
the real estate dealers in Poughkeepsie In
irving to force them to pay eXorbltant prices
for their training quarters. especially when
II Is now understood by the collegians that
the poughkeepsie Board Of Trade Is mixed
No in the affair. The oarsmen are seriously
discussing taking the races away from Pough-
keepsie and moving down below TO Milton.
This Is only a few miles below Poughkeepsie
and the water there affords as Good a straight
AWAY course as at the bigge" town. Milton
is npNhere near so large as Poughkeepsie,
hut for the oarsmen the accommodations are
all right.
Il, is not yet certain whether the rowing
managers have In mind moving away from
pougnkeepsie this year. They are deter
mined to do something that will bring the
pouchKeepsie people to their senses and
let them realize that they are destroying
their chances of any profit by practically
forcing the oarsmen away from the town.
The condition in which affairs now are is that
carsmen will not pay the high prices demanded
for their crew quarters and they are ready
To shift from poughkeepsie. II they do
leave there it is certain that Hewburgh, which
is twenty miles down the Hudson, will make
every effort to induce the oarsmen to come
there The Newburghers have not recov-
cred from their chaRrin at seeing Poughkeep-
ale Tn lsOj walk away with the Intercollegiate
event solely because the Newburgh residents
did not try hard enough to get the regatta.
nup at tho mon infnrnstnd In the OWING
races and who is in a position to know a great
deal about the case said yesterday: 1t
is more than a mere rumor that the college
owing people are considering the likelihood
Of going somewhere else than Poughkeepsie.
They have not been well treated by the resi-
dents ny there and this year in especial there
is an organized attempt to boost prices Of
training quarters up 10 the point where the
college men viii not stand it. Cornell tried
to rercnt its house but the woman who owns
il refused to lease it again. She wanted to
sell or nothing. Then the place was offered
10 Cnlu mbia but the New Workers wanted
to lease it and their offer was not even
answered. Columbia s rent at Red Top was
boosted too. and the New Workers tried to get
another house.
This. of course. is not all new, but the
sequence Of events after that made the true
significance apparent. The Syracuse people
INNf ~ 'NlFt 'ioN l''E ~ eiF Wv N''
they are liz ey TO be in difficulties. 1t looks as
II Wisconsin would not be here. so that there
will be no difficulty as far as they are con-
cerned. Georgetown rooms at the Morgan
House and they pay regular rates at the
hotel. But the action appears to be taken
on the basis that as the oarsmen. are coming.
here every year they ought to buy houses.
# is a certainty that no athletic at
any college would consent to that unless the
pri,aa AyaA Urara ynndpFnta Under nTaEnDf
conditions it is easy to see that they are not.
The Board OF Trade up there has the same
viewpoint "a the real estate dealers. Al
the Poughkeepsie people seem to think that
because the oarsmen have been coming up
there year after year there Is no chance
Of making a change. But they will find out
differently in a very short time II they do
not change their tune, The attitude toward
the oarsmen at Poughkeensie has neen lar
from cordial in the last few years and they
do not like the spirit. 1t was all right with
Poughkeepsie when the races first came
M there. Then they lasted two days and
the crowds came up early and STAYED for
several days before the races ana maze the
proft fat for the toTnsmen. !
Since the races hsve, been pnt all on one
day there is no crowd that comes up several
rays noi 40 oet Tned pic'k anr 70 FOR d the natiyes' The
real estate dealers seem to think that 1t is up
70 them to make good for the rest OF the town
" 2PltIlR tNtIN " tilts a. o'us AINii /
the. collie gians. 1t looks TO nue. as il they
Ind gone too far this time. judging from
what have been able to learn from persons
Interested in rowing.
1T will be easy enough to; go down to
Milton, where The towhspeople have not
is worth. Milton is smaller thqn Pough-
keepsie and is a quieter town. 1t is better
for the oarsmen to train in for that reason.
Then again there is not a ferryboat there
TO make trouble for the oarsmen during
their trials. as has been a constant source
Of complaint at Poughkeepsie year after
wear. The fruit boats land at Miltonf az
they do at Poughkeepsie, but they always
are later coming down to the dock, For
that reason it will probably be possible TO
have the race run and out OF the way each
year before the boats come along. 1t will
be a relief in that way. 1t is Just as easy
10 buy provisions in Milton, and If not the
launches cah take trips up to Poughkeepsie.
If the tradesInen up there won't. sell
what is wanted, why, il is easy to get down
30 NewburGh, which is as big as Pough-
keep,ie. 1t will be possible to. row four
miles from Blue Point, which is;a short dis.
lance ,aboye the, Milton ,statlon,sto a point
Jrst above Marlboro. The river, is straight
ard a little better than at Highland. There
are no houses TO run behind. as there are just
above the bridge at. Highland-one of the
most exciting parts 'of a race. Blue Point
sNeepe out 10 protect the crews from the
sAsAAaAszfA AStAk
men. Milton landing IL four miles beIOW.
the Highland station, on the same side OF
the river"
The races have been held at Poughkehps