The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-26
.G0hELL WANTS
HG boat RACES
Gauge Lake Offers Facili-
ties all Good as the Hud-
son River.

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UNAUTHORIZED 26.-Although the
stexafds oft the intercollegiate Row
ihe a~saoctation have not as yet de-
ctdeds upon either the Poughkeepsie
or ithaca course for the 1916 regatta.
eornsH Authorities have outlined the
possibilities o. cayuga Lake as the
Observation-Disclosures crew races.
From the spectators standpoint OBJ.
.sersaaons car facilities a be proyid-
Cd for al many persons at Ithaca as
Oh tie HudsonSriver stretch.
N Poughkeepsie a train Of tl%rty.
nine SondoIaS cars has baen ptoSluea
III past neutrality-suspicious. were
MISUNDERSTANDING Ine
4Raneref public RIumnt and undergrad
SafesfofSthe colleges interested Ia the
Taaatta! EachSca: viii seat pou 4VV
nefgohs. In recent seasons the Qua!
6nd3fdangu1arEracesra Ithaca IN WHICH
CsoFaafl eightsl have roweu aGalnsl
Yale.1 Princeton and Harvard crews
h6aVe MISREPRESENTATION trains OF u
nize. ~
Observation-Disclosures parallel the lake
Observation-Disclosures OF the rowing races
fa1exceIient. EtheEc+ew nearest the BANK
hefnK& less thanEaahundred teet way
INSTRUMENTATION train. No build.
GnRaVorGwoodland obstruct the view at
nv 1ointBalong the proposed three
aud!bsdunrter mile course there
Ere7 yantaReE points along the nlgn
banks f0rSsthousands who prefer tnem
~ fhes foiingSgrandstand.
maximum gathering at Pougnkeepsle
aa8esttmatedsbyemany close followers
of fnkercollegiate rowing and 1t IS
ShouRht that the regatta on Cayusa
I3ake would draw this many II MOI
q with Syracuse, Rochester, But
2aio. Cleveland, Pittsburgh anu other
Isfga cftfesGtofdraW from any railing
ofS IN tie attendance from New YORK,
phffadelphia, and Hudson river towns
VIM be fully met. a. majority OF this.
throng would arrive by specia! e&i
c1irsion trains during the day OF the
face but Ithaca can accommodate n
nsnaI mght:befores arrivals.
Traaning Facilities for the competing
colleges EwhichSwould probably lAcluoe
Columbia, Pennsylvania, syracuse,
Ts6ruelf. Iceland Stanford and possibly
one9otherSPaciac coast crew, are fuliy
adual to those offered by the Pough'
keansfefcou:se. There is a torty.mile
stretch &c water; Tor workouts, some
miles which are p=otected by q nlgh
short lihetaffording smooth water even
III a8SfiffEblow In calm weather n
enfiraSlaksfis available for. practice.
s6ail5uuarterss could be provided by
fha boafhousesSof the Cornell Navy,
fhe intercollegiate Rowing club and
Observation-Disclosures shore hotel and
ptiSata cottages; scattered along the
MD. could@b be- hired for the oarsnen
willie #inStraining, affording accommo-
daffofa for&shells. and the necessary
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AS a result OF
AHA stockstakilgS Cornell authorities
afe Observation-Disclosures regatta can be
sfa9ad satisfactorily in Cayuga Lake.
fFheSmatterAi Is, showever, entirely in
Northumberland Boards Of Stewards
o68 theSIsSR II. AS, and the ithaca Univers-
IN rowingsofdcials will not make any
edort tossecuFe,thetregatta leaving the
fnai dacfsionSto the association. II
Sid fourmile Poughkeepsie course Is.
reiecfedTC Cornell will be!thoroughly sat
ieffed: IL the three.and-a-quarter mile
acknowledgements named Ithaca town
IA EoWnS will iendeavor to make the
efforced absence from the Hudson
merit observation-disclosures in the
fistory$ ofstheg famous college regatta.
English turf followers are Of the
opinion that the coming season will
see affincreaseIin the racing schedule
foF While thaSJockey clubs request
for fuFthersfacillties for the 1915 sea-
d. hasfnot yet5been acted on, but the
feeiinE isgstEo1gsth the government
viii nntS put any obstacles in the way
III onesbrtEhtSturf sport. II Austria
could have a8season during the past
year. aFsne the sporting men, then
shteay England; ought to- keep up its
traditional sport. They further ad.
yanee the argument, Of the service Of
the track In breeding thoroughbreds,
Witch play IAN important part in the
pfnducftonaoffthe best class of cavalry
ana Efttllefy remlounts.
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