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pleasant fer che 10000 Spectators.
PoUoHKEEPsIR, June 2S.-There was no
triple triumph for Cornell in tho intsF.
collegiate boat races on the Hudson here
to-day, but Courtney's men twice were
victorious in the regatta. The four Dared
and eight cared varsity races went to the
Ithacans, the freshman race TO Syracuse,
The freshman race was the finest etruS.
gle the Hudson has seen In years. Tbs
varsity failed only by a little Of being the
same. In the four cared raos the quartst
OF Comedians romped home first.
There was a little more than q length
between Cornell and Pennsylvania In the
varsity eights, with Syracuse Tapped with
the Quakers and beaten at the very last
by their own false standards OF rowing.
Wisconsin was the leader Of the seoond
division, eight lengths behind and moro
than FIVE lengths before Georgetown.
The freshman raoe showed Syracuse q foot
or 80 Of open water to the fore Of Cornell,
which college was only ten feet better than
Wisconsin. 1t was only miserable policing
Of the course which forced Wisconsin TO
row the last few hundred yards in the swell
Of tow which was almost ON the very
course.
tons being unfavorable.
The varsity race for the eights was rowed
after terrible storm Of rain had poured
down for an hour on river and observation
train alike. The water was calm as a result.
but the crowds in the train were soaked
through and through. The foundation Of
manyNa cold was laid then and there.
The times for the three races with ths
order Of finishes are as follows:
Varsity Eight Dared Raoe-Cornell, 1888
As; Pennsylvania, lsAs as; Syracuse.
le45 is; Wisconsin; 2oIS As; Columbia,
2Ols s-5; Georgetown, 2o:Se.
Varsity Four Dared Raoe-Cornell, 1854:
Syracuse, 1O:4s As; Columbia, 10:5s %:
Pennsylvania, 11:06 As.
Freshman Eight Dared Race-Syracuse;
e:51 SIS; Cornell, e55; Wisconsin. s:5S SIS;
Columbia, 1907 1-5; Pennsylvania, io:is Is.
1t was Pennsylvania alone that suooeeded
In breaking into the customary dual aquatic
meet between Cornell and Syracuse thst
so many persons have come to regard the
Poughkeepse regatta to be-. The Quaksrs,
with a crippled four and poor freshman
eight, were last in both races, but the var.
sty crew did enough to make up for thees
short comings, even il 1t did not win, 40
Ellis Ward had 80 confidently expected that
it would.
From the start the Quakers, struggling
with slight disadvan &c in the tides,
were always in the hunt and rowing a style
that carried them through the four miles
evenly. They we're rowing when syracuss
was exhausted beyond hope by the jerly
high pressure stroke that Ten Eyok ex-
ploits The red and blue was In front whom
the line was reached and that was good
enough 1t gladdened Courtney's heart to
see the Syracuse men defeated by TIVE
crews rather than by one.
At the conclusion Of the freshman raos,
in which inefficient worklon the part Of tbs
police boat Mohawk killed the Wisconsin
chances Of getting second place. 1t was
announced that Columbia had finished
third and Wisconsin was placed fourth.
Tl;o hh,plar tN h.
and the flags on the bridge were hoisted %
really finished nearly four lengths ahead
OF Columbia. II then was announced that
there was q dispute going on aboard the
judges boat and at length the crews wore
allowed to stand as they actually finished
WISCONSIN FRRsHMRN GET WASH.
It was during the freshman race that the
Wisconsin crew had to negotiate the huge
swells from high power sidewheeler just
as O'Dea's men were squirting at the finish.
The steamer Norwich, dragging q tremen-
dous procession Of barges, was discovered
half way down the river when the creve
went back from the end OF the four -oared
race to start the freshman contest. What
ever instructions were given to the captain
Of the Norwich, he did just as he pleased.
He kept on down and was at the bridge when
the crews started In the freshman race.
At a mile and half the shells caught UP and
Wisconsin, on the outside was the sufferer.
Further than that. launch was permitted
to run down near the west shore throughout
each race and far in front OF the crews,
a gross violation Of the rules II was q small
private boat and did not belong to any ons
connected with the crews.
These things added to the discsmfort from
intermittent rains made life Thoroughly
Objectionable to the crowds on the observa-
ton cars, most Of whom had been practi.
oally held up by speculators, who had about
all the choice seats which had bean an.