The Cornell navy : a review . On Decoration Day in 1899 a race was held on Cayuga Lakebetween the Junior Varsities of Pennsylvania and Cornell, thelatter winning by three-quarters of a length. Yale and Harvardthis year resumed their dual contests at New London, whileCornell continued her races on the Hudson in the Poughkeep-sie Regatta. Three events were held—Varsity, Freshman, andFour-oared. The first was largely between Pennsylvania andWisconsin, the splendid rowing of the latter being sacrificed bythe bad steering of her coxswain. Cornell was third and Colum-bia fourth. Pennsylvania also wo
The Cornell navy : a review . On Decoration Day in 1899 a race was held on Cayuga Lakebetween the Junior Varsities of Pennsylvania and Cornell, thelatter winning by three-quarters of a length. Yale and Harvardthis year resumed their dual contests at New London, whileCornell continued her races on the Hudson in the Poughkeep-sie Regatta. Three events were held—Varsity, Freshman, andFour-oared. The first was largely between Pennsylvania andWisconsin, the splendid rowing of the latter being sacrificed bythe bad steering of her coxswain. Cornell was third and Colum-bia fourth. Pennsylvania also won the Four-oared race but lostthe Freshman to Cornell. Freddie Briggs at New London 1898(After the Race) 42. VARSITY 1899 Smallwood Hartley Beardslee Lyon Gould (com.) Courtney Vanderhoef Dalzdl Sweetland KingFisher (capt.) Robbins Wa Iceman It was felt throughout the season of 99 that the Varsity crew was not up to the standard, andits defeat at the hands of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was not so much of a surprise. Suchwas not the case the year following, however, when Cornell failed to win a race. At theDecoration Day Regatta in Philadelphia she was represented by her Freshman crew, and camein second, w^ith Pennsylvania first and Columbia third. The Varsity race at Poughkeepsiewas again w^on by Pennsylvania, with Wisconsin second, Cornell third, Columbia fourth,and Georgetow^n fifth. The Freshman race was w^on by Wisconsin, w^hile the four-oared wentto Pennsylvania in the record time of 1 0 minutes 31 1/5 seconds. The years of 1900 and 1901 witnessed a revival of interest in college aquatics. Not sincethe Saratoga days of 75 and 86 had so many Varsity crews been training for the Poughkeeps
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