| Show I I C 5 1 j d i i t 1 i X 1 J X FIEST FIST COLLEGE EIGHT OARED SHELL RACE BOWED ROWED IN ANER AME CA OA The first college right oared shell he race roce to lo lie be lii n this country countr woo waa that between Yale Yle ale and und Harvard uni universities vcr jle pulled over nver B a 1 four mile mika mie course p on the Connecticut rivet river rel toni nom the Ih 0 II Una d Springfield to I ju JUst t 1 below b law station ton on the tho N V Y V N H It t r H n Juno June SO 30 time tm 23 22 m rn 2 PI PI C th conr p down dowl stream The Tho taco inco Inco was wo won 01 oh by b the Ito the Yaki craw I explained stroked by IW Robert Bobert j I 1 Cook 76 The event eite Wit of o 0 special to toni 01 nib ni the American world became of Itt Its 11 being the th firM rr Im In Lri eight oared shell h 1 racing tilde side or of orthe ortho the tho water I so 80 that while Immense crowds of spectators were 1 present PI nut any anyway way WAr from rote all al II oer over the thC tb east COOt ea t every ery per peron 11 met on nn d In lit II this thia class clA of or sports both lu In the ibm 11 United t Plate tOlef And nun In Great Britain woi watching ma cIting the th outcome Copt Capt Cook lied had spent part of or the pro pre previous winter at al Oxford Eng Ener En Where hern he lp was accorded acc 11 opportunity by b the tho 1111 university uller J authorities and the I noted boat builder hulde Casper oper to 0 master the th mysteries of at the long lone lon established Oxford stroke Capt Cook returned to Vew ew Haven HUen with his 11 ton well wen ac tic accomplished aloiR with wih nn mi In eight oared oret shell ouch Of ot Caspers make The ht shell hell was put pUI Into the water witter from Crom the th thYR Yale YR bout bOll house late IntI In tl the winter or of a aud d found to 10 rid ride like lk n a lurk Ick Some few were welt nees necessary tory sary SUr In tile the interior rigging rl of the tho shell elicit to 10 accommodate the men who were weI to toFit Fit It In iii 11 II It I hut but that thaL WIS nil all hud hl her hel boat by br the well neil known Muss builder Cambridge lj bout boat bOl hut but lul though used In the Ihl It II wan IB rotted found worthy BH IH a at nt every VI token the hoer bon bol dipped Into 1110 the Ihl prettily SI lt retarding the Ihl speed or ut orthe the boat bent The Ti Yule 11 crew wee was Wil composed of John JohnV V BOW levi law school 7 Vt 6 i Frederick Wood 00 Short Rhet 76 C CCook 7 Cook 01 77 ji David H Kellogg iG 76 Wil William Wi ll liam TV W ll n 77 Oliver D Ii Thomp Thompson son eon j lulien Kennedy Sher She 75 Roberts Robert J 1 Cook Conk lok stroke 16 76 F K Aldrich Coxswain 19 9 It i was ras wal Yaks alps race Ilce from rr rote l the start alaI BO to o thai Ihal there theme wa wano no doubt OH as to In a who ItO should win end and nl the tho fons of or old 01 Ull won with wih handi doMi the IS JS lengths lenth ahead of if C the Sons oC or John Johl harvard 1 In the picture Is II I a 1 titan nt tho the rear the substitute who did not nol row mow Wil William WI liam K I Jones Jono S Bowee h lie he was nl In Inthe inthe the th 10 of or the lIl following year I t which rowed nt at New Nw london Lordon Iop 01 The personnel of or the Cl ns 18 gIven Klen In the picture waft saH a tip oh Ul Beginning til ut the tho loft left let pitting sIttIng down ore Cook ook R Kennedy und AlI Aid Aidrich rich fIch rJ h Wood Wod standing from left ler ThIP th Coln I 1 P Cooke Copke contest once n for tor all 11 any doubt as to the feasibility nf lr clasi of mid nd eight racing became 1 nt at n t once i feature IB I Ii American cole The entire credit for rol Introducing and It I in lit this country Is ha given clen n Capt Copt n fl J Cooke He lie nO remained fur fter graduation for to or n a number of ot ea eaIr hr he he tie Ir 1 trainer In of It her crews crew boating matters maiers aim on |
