Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-27
WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL
All Poughkecpsie Is Out This Bcauti-
ful Day to Watch Inter- Collegiate
Regatta on the Hudson.

Poughkeepsie N. Y, June 27.--AlI
Poughkeepsie awoke with the sun TO
welcome a perfect day for the inter-
collegiate regatta on the Hudson, In
which the crews of five colleges, Col
ulnbia, Cornell. Wisconsin, Pennsyl-
vania and Syracuse were entered to
compete. The ideal weather served
only to whet the fine edge of enthusi-
asm over the big event of the three
race regattas--the varsity eight oar
ed race--and hundreds arrived here
during the morning keen and eager to
witness the contests.
Rarely in the long history OF these
intercollegiate reeattas has there been
one in which the rowing experts were
SO widely at variance Syracuse, Col
umbia and Pennsylvania were almost
equal favorites: but the other two,
Cornell and Wisconsin, were not with
out their ardent followers.
A summer sun beamed brightly but
none too hot upon the llmpid waters
of the broad Hudson, which lay like
shimmering golden band between the
steep. wooded bank of the west shore
and the clustered houses of the hlly
city streets on the east. fitful breeze
came lightly out of the northwest and
hardly ruffled the surface of the river
With every promise of weather and
water conditions holding Indications
point that Cornelrs record OF 1888 1-5,
made in 1901. may be approached.
All the crews We're up betlmes hut
there was little to do but await the
call for the starting. Shells We're care
fully inspected and the crew members
looked after by coaches ready to detect
the slightest sign of nervous tension
which indicate the over trained ath-
lete. The coaches declared themselves
content, though Coach Courtney frank
ly stated that Cornell's best time over
the course In practise was 1927 and
Indicated as he has done all along that
he did not believe this time was fast
enough to return Cornell a winner.
Pennsylvania and Syracuse are said
to have made better time than this in
their practise. The early trains today
brought houndreds of spectators from
all directions. A fleet of steam yachts
flying the colors of their ,favorite col
tleges and decorated from truck to
rail with the multi-colored information
al code, moved lazily up the river and
anchored near the finish line, Around
these big pleasure craft, with glitter
ing brass work and spotless sides
turned back the sun myriad of
launches darted about. The big white
revenue cutters which police the course,
moved slowly up and down as occasion
demanded.
Tho first race, scheduled for p. M.
is for the university four-oared shells
with coxswains, over two-mile
course for the Kennedy challenge tro-
ply, presented in 1899 by Davidson
Kennedy. Five crews are entered
Syracuse, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
Cornell and Columbia.
The university eight-oared shell, the
big event of the regatta, win start at
8 p.Y M. wind and water permitting.
Five crews, Wisconsin, Cornell, Penn
sylyania, Columbia and Syracuse. are
entered to compete for the varsity
challenge cup presented in 1898 by Dr.
Louis L.. Seaman of Cornell. This con-
test is over course of four miles. be-
ginning three miles above the great
steel bridge and ending a mile below 1t.