Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-23

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/ Al this point the real race began.
/ for il was here that California began
the long fight that finally gained il
second honors The Navy. now with
out dangerous rival. was in com
plete command Of the race and could
lose only through a miracle. IL had
two lengths lead on Cornell. and the
Red and White was beginning TO find
its hands full lighting of the trouble
some visitors from California.
Had it not been fer this desperate
/ struggle Tor second place. the Navy
would have wen ~ more than il did.
The miGshipmen were never threaten
ed by the California squirt, for they
we're going as fas. IS the golden hears
and steadily strengthening their al
ready formidable lead-frst from two
lengths 10 three, then to four and
finally to i've.
The sometimes stormy and fractiOus
Hudson was on its good behavior and
old salts agreed that they could not
recall better water conditions for the
regatta. was the kind Of water that
every coach prays for smooth and
Iuiet, with only fitful breezes blowing
across The broad streala. The Navy.
i is understood. would have preferred
rougher conditions, resembling those
on their Young ocean, called the Sew
ern River. But how the midshipmen
could have done any better, unless
they had had launch towing them
is a nice question,
But most OF the crowd (and local
statistcians say there were about lG0.
300 persons present. pinned wistfully
sor raging breeze that wouli bring
refreshing eoolness for thousands OF
parhoiled humans
The dealers in small fans and cool
ing liquids did land Office business
They were everywhere on both banks.
selling fans to sun-baked maidens in
slowly willing gay attire. ana tickling
parched palates with the only kind
of drinks that are in the Volstead area
In other. and some say better. days,
bottles Of now forbidden beverages
would have been opened gratefully Or
The observation train and decks of
steamers tut the popping of corks
was one Of the noises that did not
greet the victorious midshipmen as
hey eros ed the finish line.
AS it was. there was a great din for
he yictore. who heard the greatest
symphony of all. the tumultuous roar
If scores OF whistles, as they reached
he final mark. All sorts of craft, from
he small and coughing motorhoat to
he many-decked excursion steamers
Joined N the demonstration that is as
typical OF the Foughkeepsie regatta as
he snake dance is Of a football game.
q is an OLD story for Cornell, which
las won this varsity race thirteen
ines but it was refreshing novelty
Tor the navy which has competed only
once before at Poughkeepsie and fin
shed a modest third on that ocoes-
ion
After he had leyeled the waters OF
ne HUDSON INTO the calmneSS OIL
mountain lake, the weather man re-
fused 10 waste any more bounty on
The regatta crowd. The result was
hat the assembled thousands swelt-
cred in insufferahie heat and looked
longingly at the cool waters near by
Several hours before the regatta began
a brief shower did its best to cool the
burning atmosphere, and during the
regatta The sun disappeared without
helping matters to any extent. As
inc climax to natures display, flashes
Of lightning tore jagged holes in the
| eastern sky just before the varsity
race and drove many of the appre-
hensive fans" on the shore to covered
quarters.