- Title: UK: CORNELL BEAT HARVARD AT HENLEY REGATTA
- Date: 11th July 1968
- Summary: 1. GV RIVER 0.04 2. SV PAN..DUKE OF EDINBURGH ALONG 0.12 3. MV LADIES AND ESCORTS 0.14 4. MV ANOTHER DITTO 0.17 5. SLV HARVARD TAKE BOAT TO WATER 0.20 6. SV BOAT IN WATER 0.27 7. MV HARVARD MAN WALKS TO BOAT 0.32 8. SLV COLONEL MEN PLACE BOAT IN WATER 0.40 9. SLV PAN..CORNELL BOAT MOVES OFF 0.48 10. CU WOMEN SPECTATORS 0.52 11. GV PAN...CORNELL WIN 1.15 12. GV PAN..HARVARD FOLLOW 1.26 13. SV PAN...DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN FOLLOWING LAUNCH 1.34 14. GV RIVER 1.40 Initials GHB/V/JF/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 26th July 1968 13:00
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- Location: HENLEY, U.K.
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA5LBOUX3HY7P61765UJHGW9MKD
- Story Text: THE CORNELL EIGHT RESOLUTELY THEIR WAY TO VICTORY OVER HARVARD IN THE ALL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SECOND ROUND CLASH FOR THE THAMES CUP AT HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
CORNELL, CURRENT HOLDERS OF THE THAMES CUP, WON BY TWO AND ONE THIRD LENGTHS, OVER THE TRADITIONAL COURSE OF JUST OVER ONE MILE (1.6 KILOMETRES).
THE RACE WAS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TWO ROWING GIANTS IN TOP CLASS REGATTA. CORNELL LOST TO HARVARD IN THE EASTERN AMERICAN SPRINTS, BUT LEVELLED WITH THEIR ONE LENGTH WIN IN THE HENLEY (UNITED STATES) REGATTA LAST MONTH.
HARVARD WENT INTO AN EARLY HALF A LENGTH LEAD, BUT WERE UNABLE TO HOLD OFF A CREW FIVE POUNDS A MAN HEAVIER AND BETTER SUITED TO THE ROUGH GOING. CORNELL RACED LEVEL AND THEN DREW AWAY WITH A TREMENDOUS FINISHING BURST.
THE RACE ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WAS AMONG THOSE FOLLOWING THE CREWS IN AN OFFICIAL LAUNCH.
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