Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-18
Poughkeepsie Race
Was Greatest R0Wed
In Collegiate History
COLUMBIA AND CORNELL ALMOST TIED


Cornell won the university eight-oar.
ed race of the Intercollegiate regatta
for the eighth time, late this even
irg, in the most. exciting contest ever
rowed over the four mile Poughkeep-
sic course. Cornells time over the
course was 20:02 2-5 seconds. CO.
lumbia was second, United States
Naval Academy third, Pennsylvania
fourth, Wisconsin fifth, Georgetown
sixth and Syracuse did not finish,
her shell being swamped a half mile
from the finish line. The Ithacans
won by the narrowest margin from
Columbia and until the finish line
was crossed and the judges announc-
ed that Cornell had won, ten thou
sand spectators were in doubt as to
which crew won the victory.
Constant Struggle
Cornell and Columbia fought for
the honors of the race over the whole
four miles of the course and at no
time during the entire distance were
the two shells more than 25 feet
apart. Columbia led for over three
miles, and then Cornell took the
lead, only to lose it to Columbia
again. In the last hundred feet of
the race Cornell by a tremendous
squirt, shot the nose of her shell into
the lead and swept over the finish
line under the glare of big search
light on board the United States
monitor Arkansas, five feet ahead of
Columbia The Annapolis crew
rowed magnificent race and finish
ed two lengths behind Columbia.
Syracuse captured the honors of
the university fOur-oared shell from
Cornell, Pennsylvania and Columbia,
which finished in the order named.
Syracuse finished two lengths ahead
Of Cornell and her time over the two
mile course was 10 minutes and
27 Is. Wisconsin won the fresh
men eight-oared she'll over the
course of two miles, leading Syracuse
across the finish line by one length
and covering the distance in min
utes and Sc seconds. PENNSYLVANIA
was third; Columbia fourth, and
Cornell fifth.
Columbia rowed the last quarter
of a mile with an almost waterlogged
she'll which filled near the stern
when three feet of planking was
ripped out by striking submerged
log.
Started Late
The varsity race was postponed
until O'Clock on account of rough
water. Twenty thousand people saw
the races. Secretary of the Navy
Metcaf viewed the contest from the
Sunboat Yankton, while nearly four
hundred midshipmen cheered Annap-
ellis.
When the time approached for the
big race, about o'clock tonight, a
southerly breeze was blowing up the
river and the water was quite
rough, causing a postponement until
after Z o'clock. Darkness was fall
ing and the midshipmen crew could
scarcely be seen as they took their
position the farthest off of any crew
from the shore. Syracuse further
delayed the start by slowly getting
into position. Columbia had the
shore position, Cornell second, SYRIA
use third, Pennsylvania fourth,
georgetown fifth, Wisconsin sixth,
and the Naval Academy seventh.
There was a long pause as the crews
hung at the line.
Are you all ready?" sang out Ref
zee John b. Eustis.
Not a coXswain made a move and
within a few seconds the gun on the
'tewarts boat flashed and with the
oars of hundreds of voices on the
observation train the race was on.
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