Year: 1876

idly away from Moons 10 the grand stand. and then
directly up one OF the lanes TO the boats moorcd on the
starting line, three miles up the lake, on Snake Hill





fired Oh 46m to order the University crews to
launch and the second nine minutes later TO get them
into line minute and fifty seconds later Cornell with
her bow in thin white jersey the other bare TO tho
waist and all wearing thirty five cent straw hats and
looking uncommonly bucoc, shot around the corner
under the HILL and coming up aiongs side was the first
to report Halt minute later Union got ahoat at
weseyans raft and came padding over TO her station
the nude, brawny backs between setting her
of to great advantage. Then the alternate
over from their boathouse mile away to the east
ward and when they arrived here Captain Goodwin
sad-,Our rudder wire is broken and we must TX
H." All captains had been cautioned al the MONDAY
meeting TO overhaul their gear and test every part OF IL
thoroughly on the night before The race.


How long will IL takes'


'Five or SIX mlnutes,' he replied


81 had put in new ones this morning and looked
them over carefully


effort futile they were given twenty minutes to return
TO quarters, and the other crews, including
all reported meanwhile were sent TO cover,
the hot sun making 1t almost necessary. Meanwhile
the last ripple had gone from the water Except one or
two small ones far away over the Green Mountains to
the northeast there was hardly cloud in the sky.
and every one was commenting the superb day and
track Francis the scuer OF Cornell wus on board the
launch, and Mr. Evarts, looking at his arm, agreed
that H. too, what he had promo another
ing man s a day or Two ago.





Both Columbia and Cornell had agreed TO notify the
operator at the Snake Hill station to word OF this
unforeseen DELAY and its cause the people at the
grand stand. and aliay their fears that something
might be wrong In reply tho question several OF
the captains as to whether their men were all right
Wesleyans replied that his bow oarsman had been
noycd In the night with darrhpa and still erng
from gripes.


first Cornell with her straw hats and hen Princeton
and the others, and finally Columbia


THE RACE.


"Are you all rght?n


n Captain Goodwin-.'aIl right" When 1.-THE aboats
were all backed promptly up TO the line the bows
cautioned get their headed Just in exactly the
right direction and to do their utmost avoid foulng
and at about thirtyhvc minutes after ten O'Clock
replying TO the question 'Are you ready ~ came
the word Co" Quickest to get the water she had
been first TO be out and ready for the race, Cor
nell To the surprise OF all the straw hats had not
come OF. but these they swinging away forward
and alt and Tying up sharp at the finish and getting
more and more ahead Of all rivals Every stroke they
took In hafa minute Sho had put her neighbor behind
her all of eight feet but contrary all expectations
Columbia not even second, but over 10 the LETT
in the extreme western lane. bobbing away smoothly
and regularly were the FIVE white handkerchicfs
and ono red one OF the six OF Harvard. Third fourth
and nth were the places assigned her in tho
ing, with Columbia certain FIRST second. The
guess about Union right, for here she
good fourth SO well up on Columbia that 1t was hard
to say which led. The first to show tho rear was
Wesleyan, while Princeton was well on to Union. At
tho


EIGHTH FLAGS
Cornell never slnckening the burst OF thirty six with
which, Yale fashion, she had wisely for strong crew
ike hers secured the START was still leaving ali her r.
walls at every stroke, and bad already in this shor.
eighth OF mile actually drawn her stern clear ahead
of Harvard's bo~, and SO OF everything else on tho
water Al every stroke she seemed to pick her boat
up bodily and sling 1t viciously forward
Princeton told the other day that her crew lacked
what no crew yet lacked that over was fast-"Dev."
No man could to- day lay that charge at Cornels door,
She Just had it till 1t stood out TO all eyes, and the
reason she won to-day and year ago because
sho rowed as skiuly not moro SO, as any rival and