Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1895 — CORNELL THE WINNER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CORNELL THE WINNER.

Sensational Result of the Long-Ex-pected International Boat Race. All the flower of England’s nobility, society and college folk saw Cornell defeat the crack English eight, the Leanders, without rowing against them in the first day’s race for the Grand Challenge cup of the Henley regatta. The Leanders were not ready when the gun was fired and the Cornells started over Ihe course alone. The winners of the two other races for the Grand Challenge cup were

the Eton and Trinity eights. The Trinity crew beat the London crew by six lengths, while the Eton boys came across the finish lino with a quarter of a length of clear water showing between its siern and the prow of the Thames boat. Every good American expected that Cornell would win. Every good American is sorry that it has won in form and manner as related by cable dispatches. Not that Cornell is to blame for the outcome; the American crew was leady to start when the umpire, a Briton, gave the word “Go;” the British crew did not start, and the Americans won without opposition. It is a barren victory. Obviously, the Leander crew was in a state of poor discipline, for in answer to the umpire’s question, “Ready?” one of its members said “Yes!” and Cornell had got under way in obedience to the command “Go!” before Leander’s coxswain had countermanded his comrade's “Yes!” The grand challenge cup now is a trophy of Cornell, but it is a trophy won by misadventure of the Leander crew, rather than of conquest. The expectation was of victory for Cornell; its crew had made better time than that of the Leander in trial rowing trips over the course; its style of rowing was considered better by competent judges. The best thing that can be done is to row the race over a gain. The grand challenge cup is the .nost coveted of rowing prizes. It can be contested over only by amateurs who are members of a university, or of a public school affiliated to a university, nr are members of her Majesty's army or navy. The cup is held by the winning crew until it is defeated by another. It was believed in America that Cornell would capture the cup. It has captured it, but under existing circumstances it may be well that it shall capture it again.

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