The Cornell navy : a review . VARSITY 1891 Allen Wilherbee Marston Kelley Wagner Hill Wolfe (capt.) Benedict Young Both races were held on Cayuga Lake the next year. The Columbia Freshmen were de-feated by 7 1/2 lengths and the Pennsylvania Varsity by 5 lengths. The New York AthleticClub was also defeated by the Varsity on the Passaic River, in w^hich race the record for thecourse w^as lowered by twelve seconds. Through a misunderstanding of the signal, Cornellwas two lengths behind at the start, but the distance w^as made up in the first half VARSITY 1892Kelley Barr Wagner Dole Marston


The Cornell navy : a review . VARSITY 1891 Allen Wilherbee Marston Kelley Wagner Hill Wolfe (capt.) Benedict Young Both races were held on Cayuga Lake the next year. The Columbia Freshmen were de-feated by 7 1/2 lengths and the Pennsylvania Varsity by 5 lengths. The New York AthleticClub was also defeated by the Varsity on the Passaic River, in w^hich race the record for thecourse w^as lowered by twelve seconds. Through a misunderstanding of the signal, Cornellwas two lengths behind at the start, but the distance w^as made up in the first half VARSITY 1892Kelley Barr Wagner Dole Marston (capt.) Witherbee Gilson Hall Allen In 93 the Columbia Freshmen were defeated at New^ London by 1 1 lengths, and thePennsylvania Varsity, coached by Mr. Woodruff, Yales famous oarsman, was defeated at LakeMinnetonka, in Minnesota, by 2 1/2 lengths in the first four-mile contest. The Cornell crewrowed in an aluminum boat by way of experiment, the metal being manufactured by Cowlesof the 81 Henley crew, but the change did not commend itself as being advantageous. 33


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