The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1869, Page 3

———————__ THE RAGE. The International Pull at the Oar. : The College Boys of Harvard (Ame- rican) and Oxford (English) in a Friendly Struggle. THE BRITISH STUDENTS VICTORIOUS, GALLANTRY OF THE AMERICANS. They Lose the Race by Six Seconds. THE COURSE. SCENES ON THE THAMES RIVER, Large Sums of Money Staked on the Event, THE ORIGIN OF THE CHALLENGE The Difficulties to be En- countered, G@ OF BOTH CREWS TRAL -How the News was Received in/ New York. Lonpon, August 27, 1869, ‘Tho great international boat race, which for the Jast few months has attracted so great a degree of attention, both here and in the United States, came of to-day on the Thames river amid the greatest enthusiasm, THE COURSE ‘was from Potney to Mortlake, a distance of four and ® quarter miles, and the race was won, after a close straggie, by the Oxford Crew, beating the Harvards by four lengths, and tn time by six seconds. The time occupied in rowing the distance was 22 minutes 0% seconds, THE STREETS presented the same lively and animated appearance son a Derby or Oxford and Cambridge boat race day. Vast numbers of people, wearing blue or magenta colors, thronged the thoroughtares, crowded the vehicles and conveyances, and filled ‘the steamboats going to the scene of action. ON THR RIVER, Many sporting boats on the river and whole fleets of small boats, rowing or with sails, went ewiftly up the stream, with the tiae, each carrying its full com- plement of passengers to theacene. The olty was almost deserted. THB ROADS LEADING TO THE COURSE ‘Were diocked with carriages, horsemen and people on foot, and the thoroughfares leading to and In the vicinity of Putney, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Barnes, Mortiake, &c., were thronged with pedestrians, THB CROWD. ‘There is no exaggeration to state that over a mil- Non of persons witnessed the race, The banks of ‘we river were lined with spectators at an early hour in the morning. The city was almost deserted and business quite neglected. The railway companies found themselves almost ‘nadie to provide cars sufficient to carry the vast Bumbers in waiting at the depots, AT PUTNEY the scene was extremely gay and animated, Every- where were to be seen the American and Englisn national fags entwined, with Jarge displays of the colors of both crews, the bright crimson of the Thames Conservancy fags mingling harmoniously ‘with the darker shades of other fags, Thousands of people, of all conditions, ages, and both sexes, crowded the towing paths on both sides of tho river, Thousands of smail boats were confined ‘Within their limits near the river's bank, A per- feotly clear course was kept. THE ECRNES over the whole four and a quarter miles rowed, on Doth sides of the river, and on the numerous bridges by which the stream was spanned, were of true Derby day type. AMUSEMENTS, At Barnes and other points along the road every sort of amusement was offered to the public for the small charge of one penny, All over the commons “knock me downs! and ‘Aunt Salllea’ invited sportamcn to try their luck, THR HARVARD COLORS ‘were liberally displayed from many of the windows of the houses along the banks of the Thames, and the plucky American four evidently found favor among the watersiae men and cadgers, at all events ‘until after the result of the race became known, ‘when those gentry are usually found on the winning aide, THR BETTING. Up to noon the betting was two to one on uxford, ‘then the Americans began to arrive and tho tide turned, Over £10,000 of American money was lost on the face besides what was bet outside of England. PROMINENT AMBRICANS VIRW THB RACE. ‘The best places to see the race were taken by Americans, The party from the American yacht Dauntiess had a whole house to themselves, Mark Smith anda party of American actors were prom nent at Hammersmith. Mrs, John Wood and party, all wearing the Harvard colors, were the guests of the Marquis of Landsdowne, Charles Dickens was on the towing path; Charles Reade and the Chevalier Wyckoff followed the contestants in the press steamer, All the regulations were atrictly observed, COMING TO THE SCRATOR. Both crews made their appearance in theif boats at five o'clock, and were loudly and enthusiastically cheered by the thousani@ who lined the shores of the river, Aftera few momcQts of intense anxiety a tons Was had for NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1869._TRIPLE SHEET, THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RAC Diagram of the River Thames, from Putnoy to Mortlake, the Course of the Great Race Between the Oxford and Harvard Crews ‘aa wore CHOICE OF POSITION, Tho Harvard crew won the toss and chose the Middlesex side, the outside of the semi-circie. THR START. Both boate started at 6h. 14m. 64s8, The tide, at the start, was sluggish and alight southwest breeze prevailed, with emooth water, THE RACH. ‘The Harvards were first to catch the water aud took the iead, gaining rapidly upon their opponents and making forty-five strokes per minute against the Oxfords’ forty, At Bishop's Creek, three furlongs from the start, the Harvards led balf @ length. Gain- ing headway, they increased their lead as they passed the Willows. Thelr pace was subsequently slackened and the Oxfords pulled up; but the Har. vards were still thre’-quarters of @ length ahead at Craven Point—three-quartera of a mile from the start. Oxford now went on with a steady drag bu! the Americans rapidly increased their ead, and at Crab. tree (a mile and an eighth from the Aqueduct) wers ® couple of lengths abead. : Beyond thia point the Harvards were ‘‘taken wide,” and the Oxfords quickening their speed re- duced the gap at the Soap Works (a mile and a balf from the start) to B gid. The Harvards now pulled up with & magnificent burat to Hammerem/tb Bridge (a mile and three quarters), but in shooting the bridge lost the dis- tauce they had gained, Opposite the middle Mall the Oxfords spurted and come up gradually to the Harvards; but when oppo- aite “The Dovea” the boats were found to be too close together ana the Harvards gave way, and at “Chiswick Ait? (two and @ half miles) the boats were “level.” After proceeding fifty yards further the Oxfords began to gain, though temporarily, and the Har. vords again got even with them. Oxford gained rapidly at Chiswick, where {t became clear that the pace apparently told on the Harvards, who wore rather wild at this part of the race, From this point the Oxfords rapidly drew ahead, and in a few etrokes obtained a leaa of two lengths, The Harvards, rowing pluckily, held them there for half a mile, when they fell astern, and Oxford, at thirty-eight strokes per minute, shot Barnes Bridge (three and five-eightns miles) three lengths ahead, Along Barnes Reach the Harvards refreshed their stroke (Mr. Loring) with river water, thereby re- tarding their boat. The Amoricans then tried to spurt, but found the effort ineffectual, and Oxford, getting more of a jead, eventually won the race by four lengths, easing up in the last few strokes, and palling up fresh, THE WINNING POLNT. The Oxfords arrived at the Sbip at 6h. 36m. 478,, maktug the four and one-quarter miles in 22m, 4050, As soon as the result was known cheers rent the air from the vast crowd, which is said to be the greatest that ever assembied on the banka of the Thames, The race was epoken of by all as @ most noble and exciting one, and both crows recelyod the hearty cheers of the masses congregated to witness this great contest between the American and Engiish crews, and which, although lost by the Americans, Was only a defeat after a brave and manful struggiec, ‘The Americana Wero weil recetved at the finish, and returning landed at Barnes, ‘Thus by the insignificant space of time of five sec. onds piuck and enterprise were compelled to yield to tho euperior power of enormous odds, Four strangers, two of whom have had barely three weeks practice in England, undertook to row four English. men, the pick and flower of the land, who have for ye ever since they attained mannood, practised rowing over the very same course as that which was welectod for to-day’s race, The Americans rowed in a manner entirely new to them, with & coxewain In their boat, They rowed on the Thames river and there lay the great secret of their defeat, ‘That tortuous and deceptive river, with its treacher. ous currents, its gudden vends and its changes, coming with every shifting of the wind, was tothe coxswain of the Harvard crew comparatively un- known, while to the Oxford coxswoin it wae as familiar as his own home, Tens of thousands of pérsona agree in declaring their belief that on neutral water, where the chances of mia-eteering would be equal, the etruggle of to-day Would have bad a different termination, Thousands will admit that four or flve weeks prag tico on the river, which changes with the changing weather, is of no practical value even to an expe- rienced coxswain tn such a race as that of to-day. During the entire day the weather was bright, hot and calm, This was cheering to all parties, asin case of @ stormy day, 0 probable this time of the year, Oxford might have won a more inglorious iotory. THE CREWS The nates and weights of the crewe are as f0)- lowe: OxFORD. '. Willan, Exeter (bow). Q. Tinne Uni de bay! D. Darbisnire, Baitio! @etrok |. H. Bali, Corpus (coxswain).. BARYARD, George Bass, Chicago (bow). Sylvester Warren Rice, Rose! W. H. Simmons, Concord, Mi Alden Peter Loring, Boston. Arthur Burnham, Chicago (coxswain), On the arrival of the Harvard four in this coun- try @ month ago they brought with them two boats of American construction, which, although very smartly built, were the work Of a maker who had not been accustomed te manufacture boats to carry coxswains, and who had therefore erred by giving an excess of length and weight. Finding this to be the case when they came to compare tiem with racing craft of English build, the Harvard four, after some days’ practice, accepted the offer made by the London Rowing Club of a four-oared racing boat for their use until new ones could be built for them by Saiter, of Oxford, one of the most noted builders of the day, and Elliott, American build. er, who accompanied the Harvarda to England, The practice in the English-modelied boats necessi- tated a change in the position or the men, the Eng- lish boats being made for tne stroke to take the water on his right nand, the American the reverse. Jt was thought that when they frst appeared in the London boat tho Harvards made a better rate of speed than they had accomplished tn their own, During every day of thelr practice they were closely watched from the banks and numerous and varied were the criticisms passed upon their performances by the public as well as through the press, The Fimes, Daiy Telegraph and Daily News had each a special representative to re- port the doings of tha American four during the whole time of their training, and it was observed that these were less marked in their strictures on the Harvard style than were the members of the sporting press, The objections most strongly urged by Bel’s Lye and the Sporteman were tat the gentlemen from Harvard worked too much with their arms and did not throw the weight and strength of body into the pull #0 effectively as English crews, Besides this there was an infinite variety of criticism on minor points; but very little wae said as to grace, and, strange a8 {t may appear, nothing seemed to be known about the thue i took the Americans to travel any measured distance, But {} was asserted that ae compared with the highly trained ana long-experienced four representing Oxford, the Harvards jacked steadiness and unaninuty, The depreciating remarks of the London press—if in- teuced, as some supposed, to deprive the Americans of confidence, and 40 damage their rowing to a certain extent—falled entirely of its object, am the Harvards thyoughout went steadily to their work and Gispiayed throughout a quiet, unostentatious spirit Which could pot fall to win them admirers and friends even among the river side Eugiishinen, The unfriendly criticisms of the press were, however, only of a piece with the genera) unfairness exhibited towards the Americans by thelr opponents, who seem to nave been resolved, from the first to the last, to take every ungenerous advantage of the Har- varde and to have everyting their own way, Wile the Harvarde were dally training, unattended by any advisers, in the full blaze of pubile criticism, the iD Feb “ Oxford orew were practising Mret at Eton and then farther up the river at a so- cinded village cailed Pangbourne, “coached” at the first place by Bton masters aud at the jatter place by Mr. Morrison, one of the very best rowing trainers of the day, The Uxoniané were thus free from observation, comment or criticism, aud were, besides, comfortably located at the mansion of Mr, Willan, Sr., the father of bow oar, Notwitstanding the many drawbacks the Ameri- can four had to labor ander they were not discour- aged, They did not failto see from the first that they had too much to contend with—change of atylo, change of boat, change of men, @ change of river, a change of land and prestige, These were a few of the circumstances that at the outset started the adds dead against them, The match was, however, one Which must at some time or other have been made, Tho Harvard Collegians baving bravely come—some of them 6,000, one of theim 9,000 miles— The figures from 1 to 8, marked on the course from the starting point to the winning post, indicate tho distance by furlongs. to row, Were not the men to fail at heart because the odds were against them, Resolved to do their best, they concluded that if they could not win they would at least.do their best to deserve succe: Everybody agreed that physically the Harvard four Were a fine set of men, Simmons was not 60 tall ag Tinne, of the Oxford boat, nor so heavy, out he car- ried more muacie and was a more firmly built mad. ‘The other three were perhaps not so sturdily made or so full chested as three of Oxontans, but they were more matured and at the same time more blithe. Still, when halt the training was got through with, it was deemed advisable to try the effects of a change, and just when (about the 7th of August) Saiter had completed thelr boat and Searle had placed another at their disposal, the Harvard four trted the services of two new men who had just come over to fill vacancies in case of sicknese or ac+ cident, These were Mr. Josepb Story Fay, son of the Judge of that name, from Boston, eleven stone, eight pounds, and Francis Ogden Lyman, eleven stone, six pounds. The boat sent them by Salter was forty-turee Jeet long, being six feet shorter than their own. The effects of their practice in ner and the arrangements made from the time of her arrival up to the day of the race have been suMiciently indi- cated by the HERALD’s cable telegrams and need not be repeated here, To enable the reader clearly to understand the re- port of the actual race we give a PBSCRIPTION OF THE COURSE. Putney 19 @ pleasant maternal suburb of London, about six and @ balf miles from the city, and is reached by the London and Southwestern Rail- way, by road or by the river steamboats, Half a century ago, when London was not what it is now, when Putuey was @ detached village, and when sea- side places were not #0 easy of access, it was the custom of the more wealthy noblemen and others to pase their summer holidays here, Now itis a part of the metropoiis itself, and is only visited specially by rowing men and members of boating clubs, who Make this the headquarters of their favorite exer- cise, The members of clubs are for the moat part well-to-do young men, connected with business. The Thames at Putney js between two and three hundred yards wide. The village stands on the south or Susrey bank, that part of it fronting the river con- fisting, first of a veuerable church, next a pleasant tavern called the Bells, formerly held by Kelley, the champion scuiler, then a sloping garden or two, backed up by houses and separated from the river by a public footway or towpath; next comes the Star and Garter Hotel, the Duke's Head, more houses and gardens, them the half dozen houses and sheds of Simmons, the boat- builder, and of the London rowing clubs, Beyond that are flelds, pleasure grounds, marshes, Ulled lands, trees all the way up to Barnes, which is two miles distant by road and three by river. From the church to the north or Middiesex side the river ia spanned by two bridges, the lower one a wretched wooden structure, supported by piers of piles, scarcely far enough apart to let a steamer pasa, and go low that the passenger boats have been some- times jammed against the top at high water, and have had to wait for the turn of the tide before they could get through. A few yards higher up is a splendid iron aqueduct, @ tubular bridge or monster pipe, used for carrying” water from the Lambeth Water Works Company. ‘The north bank je clothed with treca, margined with fresh and well kept lawns or overhung with drooping willows, Behind those trees, and unseen from the river, is Fulham Palace, one of the rest. dencee of the Bishop of London, and at an easy dis- tance from It are some very pretty villas, Fields lie between that and Hammersmith, which is @ mile and a half up, and ts part of London itself—an extension from the west ena, The river Thames at high water has a noble appearance, A few barges de note the commercial tramc; & pier stretching ont tn the river in front of the Star and Garter indicated the passenger or pleasure trafic, the long outrigged racing boats and pretty gigs, the ample, full- bowomed cobles the rowing tendencies of the place, On any summer night you may see the club eights, fours, pairs or sculls afloat, manned by the London youth in costume, with here and there a gig or coble containing @ single rower and a single Jady, the latter on @ cushioned seas facing him and guiding the boat by the rudder strings; or you may see small sailing boats tacking from side to side; miniature screw steamers, an occasional canoe, @ water velocipede or some other aquatic curiosity. Further up the river it ia nos unusual to see ladies rowing pairs, sculls or fours, Wearing blue boating costumes and coquettish straw hats, On great race days the tow path, the houges, the banks, the gar- dens aud the river #warm with epectators, Huge passenger steamers laden to the water's edge stand in powerful array and stretch right in line across the river in front of the aqueduct, Two or three privileged steamers containing the umpire, the preas and the rivor conservators stand & little farther up. The whole surface of water 18 alive with shoals of small boate, Flags fly, bands piay, the people cheer, and when the race 18 ox- citing they roar; the steamers forge after the racing each steamer trying to get before its fellows, a)i beating the water into foam and sending i tn waves right over the banks to the no small confa- sion of the feminine portion of the crowd there assembled, Away in front, as when one emali fox 1s pursued by a pack of large eager and barking hounds, fly the two wager voats, every man of the two crews straining every nerve for victory, each Striving to get the best of currents and each careful to steer clear of any craft which may by accident be verging on the direct line of the course. Bridges which cross the Thames are choked with the mass of spectators; the banks all the way up are thronged, even trees and housetops are not without sigiit- seers, Such ie a great race over the course from Putney to Mortlake. Returuing to our men in their calmer moods and the description of the course:—The racing boats start a hundred yards in front of the aque- duct, not in mid-river, but more to the north side, where there 1s the beat tide, They generally start one hour before high water, to rowup with the tude, for the boat which by the chance of tossing gets the northermost station ia deemed to have gained some advantage. For half a mile or more upa bend ofiand inwards on the north side, called Craven Point, the course i# nearly straight, From that the boats taking the best of the tidai current atm up and across the river, iu a0 oblique direction to @ point bending Inwards on the south side, shortly beyond which stands @ soap manufactory, salubrious enough in the ultimate end of its work, but giving of a most deucedly offensive smell in its operations, Past this, and keeping to the south shore, there 1s alwaya @greatetruggle over the next straight quarter of 3 mule to galn the nonor and advantage of firat pas- sage under Hammersmith suspension bridge, which there stretches from two buttresses rigut across the river, This point very frequently determines the issue of ¢ race, for whichever leads by any consider- able distance Onder this bridge is most hkely to win, Having left the bridge they aim tolerably straights to Chiswick Eyot or islet, @ small island standing in the river in front of the village of Chiswick, The channel of the river tn the long reach, a3 the course of the Thames on the norto side here is called, is straigut, bat the water is apt to be rough and broken. From that they havea Jong, fair and open course, just striking a single bend and aiming obliquely again for the north side to Barnes’ bridge, which spans the river just below the village of thatname, Taking the northermost arch they pull as hard as they can (which by this time i# not very hard) for another half mile up to Mortiake, a very pretty village, backed by the sylvan scenery for which tne Thames about Richmond ts famous. Here a boat is moored off the Snip Inn, and whichever of the two boats passes that boat first wius. The measured distances of the course, ag given in the Rowing Almanac, are:— Putney to Hammersmith. Putney to Chiswic Puiney to Mortiak The time in the Oxford and Cambridge eigit oared race has varied from twenty-one minutes twenty-three secomis to twenty-five minutes, SKETCHES OF THE MEN, In order that our readers may form a correct esti- mate of the gallant young oarsmen who have so gal- lantly struggled for the great prize of supremacy in rowing we give the following sketches of both crews:— HOW THE OXONIANS PREPARED THEMSELVES. There are great masters at Oxford. It is a great seat of learning. Old, grand, haughty, proud, ex- clusive, the very air of its ancient colleges is sup- posed to give erudition to those privileged to pass the portals. If it does, the collegians ought to be very loarned, for everybody knows they get plenty of that, Riding, driving, hunting, Gshing, cricket. ing, rowing form, If not essential parts of curri- culum, invariable rules of practice. The man who takes a double first may become a great man; be may cut @ figure at the bar, in the Senate or in the Church, The man who rows stroke tu the Oxford eight {8 a great man. His fatye ts achieved, and from the day of the great race on the Thames to the last day of his life that man ts sure to command respect, from the fact that he was atroke in that pa ticular year, All that @ good river, frst rate boats and splendid training can do to make good rowers ig done at Oxford, Selection and reselection, trial and retrial are made to bring together an eight which, to use an expression that would find no favor there, shall “lick creation.” Cambridge, they know, ona bad river {s doing her best, and well they know that half England has its eyes upon them and its hearts with them. Incentives such as these are sure to produce a good crew, Ont of an eight so crucially formed @ four has been selected to do battle against four men from the Harvard University of New Eng- land, One of the drawbacks attendant upon this, aa on all kinds of fame, is that men of much note are sure to be watched, In their rowing at Oxford they were watched, In their rowing on the Thames for ten days before the great race they could not Avoid observation, England 19 4 small country; its rivers are few, narrow and tortuous; its railways travel every vailey and glen; @ quiet retreat is diMoult to find, Such a retreat, however, the Oxonians only, impressed with the ne- cessity for being kept quite secluded in their preparation for the great race, found, On the right bank of the Thames, below Eton and Windsor, there stands a pretty little summer villa or lodge Known as tlack Pot, belonging to the head master at Eton. Trees, willows and tall plants, thick and‘ Tank as jungle, shut out the cottage from sight of the few passengers who ever go near it on the land side, A small island and a profusion of aquatic vegetation prevent people in boats from getting more than a glimpse of the quiet and pretty little retreat. In itself it is @ miniature mansion, not Tough, damp and cold as @ shooting cot, but trim, well kept, elegantly furnished, and surrounded by a brignt garden and fresh lawn. Here the half dozert young gentlemen in training for the match enjoyed a3 much seclusion a8 photographers and reporter allowed them. A quiet game of croquet, unaccompa- nied by any one to flirt with, is not over exciting for mev who wish to keep their minds quiet and nerves strong. Well, here are the Oxonians, and this le what they are :— THE OXFORD CREW. They are all Etonians, and all, when taking the usual initiatory training at the great college which Sourishes under the shades of Windsor, took thel® Piaces in the Eton eight—all except Mr. Darbishire, who takes rank as having rowed twice against Cam- bridge, All have rowed in their college matches af Oxford; ali have rowed in the winning boat at the great amateur regatta for gentlemen and scholars at Henley; all have been in the winning boat against Cambridge in the great race on the Thames. Chief among them in rowing, name, fame and rank, though not im nominal positioa in the boat, stands F. WILLAN, OF EXETER COLLEGE, He has rowed four times in the winning boat at the great race_and has contributed in no small degree to its success, Mr. Willan is @ sturdy and well knit man of not more than middle height, about twenty-five years of age. Asoutnern complexion and well rounded face are set off and deepened by black hair kept short and eat, and small mustache; deep-set eyes and beet- ling eyebrows give to Mr. Willan an aspect of hai teur which is not in keeping with his genial natare, for he is a frank, hearty and manly English gentieman, With great breadth of chest, sound !ungs and splen- did physique be combines massive shoulders and powerful arms, He has somewhat the style of @ man who bas served at eca, And shows a degree of courage, power, determination and endurance not often found inone man. He welghs eieven stoue nine pounds. J.C. TINNE, OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, the President of Oxford University Boat Club, is @ younger and heavier man. He weighs thirteen stone seven pounds, Mr. Tiune is tall, youthful looking and shy. His power is Jatent rather than apparent, but with that robust and as yet not fully developed form it is not diMicult to associate long reach, flex- ibie motion and vast strength. Mr. Tinne is of light complexion, has not yet cultivated a beard nor taken occasion to be particular as to whatturn hie mus- tache may be required to take, but he has a pleasant Jook and ap Oxford manner. He is not the maa whom a stranger would guess to be the captain of a club like that of whicn he is the head. Yet ne iw weil able to govern, though more likely to provoke than to conciliate. Mr. Tmue has rowed three Unes in the winning boat. A. ©, YARBOROUGH, OF LINCOLN COLLMGE, has rowed twice in the same boat. He seems to va about twenty years of age and weighs over eleven stone seven pounds, being six pounds lighter thaw when he rowed in the great’ race in the spring. Promptivude, activity and cetermmation are effg- gested by bis sharp face, quick eye and firm balla, Less strong apparently than elther I have just de- scribed, Mr. Yarborough {s probably not less effective a3 A rowing Man, and would certainly seem to have more staying power than either, because he Is more. compactly formed, and is likely on that account ta do hie work with less wear and tear of material than either of them, As asculler, he carried of the Oxford sculls, over one mile and a quarter, on the University course. A. DARBISHIRE, OF BALLIOL, eleven stone three, has rowed for two years agains§ Cambridge. He was stroke on the race this epring at eleven atone eight. Af, Darbishire may be twenty-two years of age, but, being smooth faced of clean shaven, may be more than that. In stature he i less than either I have named, and in figure smaller, but more ‘firmly butt than any. Once in his day Mr. Darbisnire must have been a good coxswain. Now he 1s a smart, sharp and vigorous stroke, 8 man who will keep ‘a pretty sharp eye on @ boat creeping up, and who will not spare himself or his men when there is need for am extra cali upon their powera, Judgment of pace and time and estimate of skill and endurance are qualities that abundantly fit thie gentleman for hig position, 8. WOODHOUSE, an cleven stone Cuiversity mao, is the spare oa Kept in reserve to supply any vacant place that may by accident or sickness occur, He rowed four at eleven stone twelve pounds in the University boat. For a man of his weight Mr. Woodhouse ig short of stature, but from the responsible position assigned to nim in the annual contest there can be no doult that he is @ thoroughly eMcientoarsman, J. He HALL, the coxswain, at seven stone three pounds, is a Cor- pus map, who has not yet steered the boas im the annual contest, and has thus a grand opportue nity of winning golden spurs and becoming ‘alle marked"! THR HARVARD CREW. Annexed is a description of the American Univers sity carsmen:— ALDEN PORTER LORING, OF BOSTON, Nearly twenty-five years old, but naif an inch under six feet in height, tolerably straight, with black hair, mustache and goatee, you could tell by the keenness and power of his eye alone that he wae @ man of wire and endurance. And he is singuiarly so. Weighing, except in the very hottest weather, about 160 pounds, trained, he has the long, cleam build of Josh Ward, rather than the short, stubbed make-ap of Hamiil, No Harvard oarsman ever had a more varied and thorough experience at his favorite exercise, he having been a very lively hand with the sculls in a twelve-inch shell for some time before he came to college at all, nearly four years ago. His reach, too—a matter of importance, as each inch on the arc described by the handle of the oar is nearly a8 good as three outboard—is very great; the distance from tip to tip of bis longer dn- gers when his arms are extended at right angies from hts aide being nearly five laches greater than his height, But his forte is elegant rowing. Like veteran gymnast on the trapeze, Lis work seems tha easiest in the world until it js tried, I fancy that be would prefer to row a dozen miles on any pleasant day ravver than to walk them, There is a snap and a kick about his rowing that never come till afer years of sovere training. Look at the eye and the action of the famous horse Dexter, in the ordinary photographs or prints, and you wul get come Idea of the spirit that governs every such perfect piece of machinery, But you will find nothing sensual tm the man’s face, strong iutellect and determined will both standing out prominently, Four such men, without a coxawain, might safely be matched agains® any four professionals in Kurope, To carry bis quarter of the coxswain’a weight he {3 hardly #@ well fitted ag the stroke oar of the crew, WILLIAM HAMMATT 6iMMON3, OF CONCORD, SASS. While Loring pulled number flve in the Harvard crew of 1866 and stroke in those of 1867 and 1968-- the latter the fastest amateur crew yet turned out im this country—Simmons was in the walat during the two latter years and of late bas shown himeelf the strongest man at an oar ever known in Cambridge. Of exactly Loring’s height and almost of his reach, he looks @ couple sizes larger and 18 manifestly locked out for hard work, Free from dissipation of any sort, he has an exceedingly well shaped face, while physically @ correspondent of one of our lead- ing dailies described him last year as by far the hand- somest man he ever saw. Hels but twenty years of age, hae chestnut hair ond @ beardiess chin, Hie rowing is almost @ sao simile of Loriug's, having pulled together #0 long, while his great strength renders it dimcult to procure for him an oar which he does not soon {ind a weak spot in, having smashed six in 1867 before he was suited, and then the bow Oarsman was heard requesting bim to ‘pull easy’® while rounding the stake at Worcester—a favor nels dom asked, by the way. If the two men betweem him and Loring had had tne experlence of the twe CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE