The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-24

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the coach ~ the cornell ornwa seeing tho
intercollegiate regatta FOR tho nrsl time
in her hfe Sh" was eagerly Interested,
and her hotra rpsa With the easy triumph
Of the four, foil with tho defeat ~ the fresh.
men, and came tack to the normal pitch
when tho Cornell varsity eight crossed tho
line In the lead. They sRy that Charles y
Courtney Ia q nervous man when his crews
10 out to race and that hc cannot always
muster up courage TO watch them, He
had a double cause for an Xiety this time
Tho proud and happy looking face that
the wife OF the coach had when the regatta
was over and the way In which she turned
to him and said, We'll, Charlie, TT least
you won two and | did not bring you bad
luck was worth the work that Courtney
has put on his crews,
Poughkeepsie was pretty we'll crowded
In the early morning and the crowds were
pushing all through the streets. The ron.
slant din Of predictions, coniectures and
guesses about the outcome Of the races at
length became exasperating and tempers
began TO give way Il little in the nervous
strain Of expectation.
: The weather was far from hopeful. The
river WAS rough and full Of whitecaps in
the morning, and at that the tide was with
the breeze from the south. OF course. II
the wind oane still fresher later in the after
noon, when the tide turned and was against
IL, the races would have to be postponed.
That is the way the parties that went down
to the river to loo matters over figured IL
out. Then they trotted back and worried
over IL. Even up to within a few hours
before the four cared race was due to begin
wind was still coming fresh,
The crowd started to come over In the
f%erryboats, which careened dangerously as
the passenger loads shifted from one side
to the other. The river was full of small
private ferries with parties bound over to
the observation cars too. Up at the Nelson
, House in the morning the SPECTATORS we're
a - - l,tAo t;aly,t, Tho n44l aonto Of
the middle OF the train were away up
In the early morning, bringing. $40 or 40
apiece. Others were quoted all the way
down to ~. The threats Of rain that began
drop in prices, out the gods were, with the
spectators and sent a clear spell that made
It look as If all would be well after all.
OBSERVATION CARS CROWDED.
The last speculator sold ont his last
ticket and then the rain began to loom up.
The observation train was damned to the
guard rails with the undergraduates and
graduates. non-collegian and feminine
equivalents. The girl all decked out in
blue and,white for Columbia got cheers from
the Columbia section and the Cornell girl,
who went up the line carrying a bouquet
Of red roses and wearing a long floating
veil Of white, was extremely popular with
the delegation from Ithaca. The Syracuse
crowd was largely in the ascendant in point
Of numbers. Almost everywhere there
WfR Il lllIle hlOI u ytllON via 'CSloho
the presence of the Salt City followers.
Always and everywhere were girls decked
out in white for the most part, and slippered
in canvas of white or the daintieSt OF patent
leather pumps. The matter OF costume
is worthy Of note, for the unhappy condition
Of some 1000 bedraggled women. who sat
through the storms immured in these cars,
can be imagined. but no masculine pen can
approximate within miles the true feelings
< Of the women folk.
RAIN ACCOMPANIMENT FOR FOUR OARS.
There was rain as an accompaniment for
the four cared race. This was the first on
the card and was due at 4 o'clock. 1t was
pulled of promptly on time. Pennsylvania
had a badly crippled four. Hercules b.
Atldn UP to yesterday had been stroke OF
the combination. The death of his father
last night made it impossible for the lad to
row, although he himself was eager to take
part in the race, as part Of his duty to his
college. This he was not permitted to do.
This made a change necessary at the very
last moment. Shoemaker, who had been
rowing at No. 2 in the crew, was placed at
stroke, and u. A. Lavery, who had rowed
In the substitutes race the day before,
was put in at the seat left vacant by Shoe
maker Lavery never before rowed in
that side of the boat. 1t was small wonder
that the Quakers were not in the hunt.
With the accompaniment of waving OF
hands, handkerchief and flags the OBJ
eervation train rumbled through Highland
Station and olanked it's way north to the
two mile mark, where the race was due to
begin. There were four rowboats out in
the stream, the one nearest shore, deco
rated with the colors Of Cornell, Columbia
next and then Syracuse and Pennsylvania.
Just as the train got into place the first OF a
series Of lightning flashes twisted across a
eky to the northeast that was black and
fun OF rain. Somebody's getting it up
the road, said a man to his n%eighbor. yes,
and we're next" was the reply.
Il think it will swing of to the other
side said a knowing little Cornell dame,
as she looked the sky. over with an air Of
complete and thorough acquaintance with
the weather and its habits.
Just about that time the rain, driven
before a wind that suddenly veered from
north to south, came tearing down on the
river. A corner of the storm hooked over
the train and shed a bit Of its strength to
douse the occupants. There was just
about enough Of it to make the whole crowd
wet and snappy. The storm did not last
above ten minutes and then tool a long
switch over to the Poughkee psie side and
apparently was of for the seaooast for
good and all.
The Cornell four looked mighty trim and
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