The Cornell navy : a review . been taken, their boat, the Striped Pig, began topush her nose under water at each stroke, and soon after to fill, leaving her bold and muscularcrew to flounder in the water. The Tom Hughes Club rowed the mile and back in eighteenminutes and ten seconds and won the race, although in view^ of all the circumstances they de-cided to forego their claim on the prize. This race w^as follow^ed by a race between a Freshman crewr made up of Schuyler (stroke),2 Montague, 3 Millspaugh, 4 Walters, 5 Ostrom, 6 Gardner, 7 Nichols, 8 Knight, with Kiersted as coxswain, and a pick
The Cornell navy : a review . been taken, their boat, the Striped Pig, began topush her nose under water at each stroke, and soon after to fill, leaving her bold and muscularcrew to flounder in the water. The Tom Hughes Club rowed the mile and back in eighteenminutes and ten seconds and won the race, although in view^ of all the circumstances they de-cided to forego their claim on the prize. This race w^as follow^ed by a race between a Freshman crewr made up of Schuyler (stroke),2 Montague, 3 Millspaugh, 4 Walters, 5 Ostrom, 6 Gardner, 7 Nichols, 8 Knight, with Kiersted as coxswain, and a picked crew selectedon the spot from the crowd on shore. Itwas won by the Freshmen. On the second day of the regatta theprincipal race was between a Universitycrew stroked by Dole, the trainer who hadbeen secured to prepare a crew for theIntercollegiate Regatta, with Dutton, Gold-smith and Bean, the other members, and aUnion Springs crew of which the twoCourtney brothers were members. Therace was won handily by the The Old Boathouse as it was in 1895 ^Th, ese crews were made up as folio Ithaca Rowing Association—Doyle (stroke), 2 Treman, E. M.(a man of song and muscle); 3 Halsey, 4 Brown. Tom Hughes—Anderson (stroke), 2 Weeks, 3 Devin,4 Chadwick, 5 Copeland, 6 Southard. Navy—Stoddard (stroke), 2 Dutton, 3 French, 4 Moses, 5 Ferriss, 6 Jayne. 12 Shortly before the holding of this regatta, the boating interest of Cornell had been har-monized and strengthened by the union of the Tom Hughes Club and the Navy, under thename of the latter. Through the efforts of James B. Edgerly, the secretary, admission wasgained to the Rowing Association of American Colleges. A second-hand six-oared cedarshell was purchased from the Yale Navy, and a number of men were placed under the chargeof Bill Dole, a professional coach and trainer, in preparation for the Springfield races. Not-withstanding the interest manifested in rowing, however, and the vigorous steps taken to raisethe ne
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