The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1874, Page 3

THE COLLEGE REGATTA, te Preparations for the Great Race of the Universities Oarsmen. THE STUDENTS AT THEIR TRAINING, A Tour of the Lake and a Look at the Boys About the Boathouses. ‘ALL BUT ONE CREW AT WORK, The Crews that Will Row at Saratoga. Measurements, Figures and Facts that Will Prove Interesting and Valuable as a Record. Saratoga, July 5, 1874, ‘The morning of ‘the glorious Fourth’? was ush- ered in with sunshine in the still quiet streets of We village of Saratoga, As tue forenvon advanced @ good, strong breeze from the southeast was stir- ring, which gave every indication of increasing as | the day vrow older. The early ones, who were up | @ni doing and lounging round the Piazzas | of the diferent hdveis, or migrating {rom | one house to the other, threw anxious looks | toward the sky, as if mentally tnquiring what effect the blow would have on the practice of the crews at the lake. For the past few days it might be stated that the water bas been rough during the day, and unless in the early morning or late in the evening the men who in the after- noon of ‘Thursday week, wind and weather per- mitting, are to do battle in six-oared sheils for | the aquatic honors of their respective universi- | ties, have had very little chance to do tne practice #0 necessary jor success when the eventful day arrives, Friday evening the Trinity boys, wearing | der Which they have chosen to row, arrived in the | village with their six-oared sheil and a single. They number seven in all—six for the crew and a Bubstituts, should he be required, They are a fine Jooking lot of young fellows, big and hearty and reticent in speech. About nine o’clock groups of twos and threes and fours might be seen leaving the hotels and directing their course toward the lake to see “how the boys are getting along.” | You couid tell by the colors they wore in their but- | ton holes how their feelings run in the wishes tor | victory, which still rests with the uncertain future | to reveal, ‘THE DRIVE TO THE LAKE, along the dusty road which leads there, occupies about half an hour from Congress Hall, pro- vided you happen upon a good team and driver | ‘who prefers to drive rather than to talk, as a@ good | many of them insist upon doing. | On arriving at Moon’s it was plainly to be | geen that for good practice the breeze was | altogether too fresh, The usually smooth sur- | face of this beautifully situated sheet of water | was ruffled and agitated by the wind, which | ‘was blowing pretty strong from a point nearly due | south. Along under the lee of the eastern shore | there was apparently good water; but over the course which the crews are to row, and which is already marked out by buoys tipped with small American tags, the water looked too rough for shells, SCENES AT THE FLOAT. Notwithstauding the unfavorable look of the water there was something astir about the boat- house of the Saratoga Rowing Associattion. It | | There } arm: the littie white and green ribbons, the colors un- | a | University race of the | , the contes' B NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. belongings, ashore to take up their quarters under the shadow of their green and white, “All aboard,” and again the little launch was off—this time with prow pointing across the lake. The wind nad not gone down any, and the spray would occasionally dash over the weather side, compelling the ladies who were on board to exchange places with the gentlemen who sat to leeward. After steaming for about fifteen minutes the plain boards of a long, low house, surrounded with trees and situ- ated on a little blag, came in view. From the flag- stai’atone end the dark blue with the word “Columbia ” in white told the name of the crew | quartered here at Ingram’ The boat went right | up to the float, Corne!lfwho pulls port stroke, and the volatiie Timpson, who does duty in the bow, with three others, welcomed the visitors. They had just gotin froma pull. “We're doing thirty- four in our practice,” said Corne!l in answer to an inquiry. “Tell them on the Harlem we are all well,” were the parting words as we = steam down to where the Dartmouth boys show their emerald colors at Curtis’, A minute’s delay and we next stopped at Myers’ cedar bluff, where the Biglin crew were once quartered, but over the boathouse of which now fly the dark blue colors of the crew of old Yale. A coupie of Yale boys took the mails, Our next stay, and the final one, was at the house of the Saratoga Rowing Association, where the boys of Williams, showing their colors of purple royal, | are located, BACK AGAIN, On the float, as we disembarked, stood Yale’s Captain in the dark blue colors of his University. The weather, he complained, has been rough for the past few days, and it interiered considerably with the practice, Saying ‘good day,” and after | ascending the hill which led to the water's edge | Schuyler mansion, The Harvards were at dinner; but Goodwin, at the door, in his cheery way, ex- | plained, ‘Tne crew are all well, we break plenty of oars, and we have only lust one row since we’ve been here,” A shake of the hand and again we were on our way back to the village, alter the morning visit to the crews, with our talkative | driver, Who Was still more voluble trom having, | possibly, indulged in something swonger than Con- gress water. | THE ONLY ABSENTEE. The college crews, with the excepuion of Brown, have, it will now be seen, all arrived at their quur- ters'on Lake Saratoga, and are now working | zealously to fit themselves for the struggle on the | 16tu inst. That the reader may properly under- stand the changes of positions in the crews, de- manded by time and training, that have occurred, | and the differences in the weights of the men, all | are noted up to the date of this letter, 80 that the figures will become @ valuable record, will also be found in the tables herewith careiuily made measurements of each | oarsman’s chest, natural and inflated, and of their iniormation that cannot jail of pleasing the | quatic reader, as itis seidom to be ascertained, and then but once in a hundred times do such figures approach correctness, A GLANCE AT COLLEGR BOAT RACING. It will be borne in mind that the history of boat | racing by the undergraduates of American co! leges up to the year 1571, is mainly comprised in a | narrative of the contests between the rival vars- men of Harvard and Yale, since, in the few occa- sions where crews from other universities con- | tended at the annual regattas, they Were until | that year so far benind the representatives of the | crimson and blue both in skill and training “as to | have excited In the pubiic an luierest subordinate | to, and oiten quite eclipsed by that taken in their | we looked in on Harvard’s Captain at the old | | attention of the boating world. inches ; stern, 43¢ inches; welght, about 140 pounds ; weight of oars (English), 42 pounds. Total displacement, 1,191 pound Racing dress, blue handkerchiefs, white sbirts and drawers. THE FRESHMAN OREW. At the same time and in the same manner a8 the University crew was selected, Yale's Fresiman six was picked out for this year’s ardnous tusk. Since the first selection there have been severat important changes, bus the racin< crew 18 a8 an- nexed. The average age 6! the Six is 20 years and 6 months, which 15 considerably more than the members of last year's Freshmrin shell, as their average age was but 18 years and 8 months. The weight o! this year's crew ts 1,005 pounds, | against 581 pounds, last year’s aggregate, an ex- | cess Of 124 pounds of beef that will tel! in @ pitiless: pull of three miles. =e B. Rockwood, S. 8., of Indianapolis, Port Bow—L. D. Bradley, Ac., of Chicago, Ill. Starboard Waist—Wiliam W. Collin, Ac, Penn Yan, N.Y. | | a Watst—Charles 8, Mervine, Ac., of Milton, | of | Starboard Stroke—Miles G. Nixon, S. &, of Chicago, Il. Stroke—Elpridge U. Cooke, Ac., of Worcester, Mass. } Z/ ELF | | gle] 2]3 - Fy | 3 i} 5 ne I aya ?la| Rockwood... 155 Bradley 172 Collin 180 Mervine. 168 Nixon, 170 | Cooke... {170 Average age of crew, months. Weight of crew, 1,005 pounds, Racing shell by Charles B. Eliott, of Greenpoint, | Lo 1.3 material, Pigteny cedar; length, 49 ieet 6 | inehes; width, 21 incnes; depin, amidships, 8% inches; bow, 6 inches; stern, inches; wernt, 150 pounds: weight of vars, 42 pouuds. ‘Total displacement, 1,197 poands, | Racing dress, blue handkerchiefs, white shirts | and drawers, twenty years and six Wesleyan. The sturdy ‘Farmer Boys” of Wesleyan, though | they were not the winners of last year’s struggle, achieved such a victory by crossing the “finisn’? only ten seconds behind the magnificent Yaleites, its rowing students have ever since attracted the With this physi- cal culture but twelve months old at their college, they were buta hair’s breadth from clutching the | laurel, but leaving the scene of the contest, Mr, | Eustis, stroke oar, instead o! fecling disheartened, | laid to his sou! the flattering hope that this year’s struggle would tella more satisfactory story for Wesleyan. In other words, Eustis started in early, meaning to win the race of '74, and a like ambition and determination has been iniused into his com- | | panions. Winners are made of such men as this | Wesleyan student, The organization of the year’s crew was attended with many dilliculties. Stowe, the bow of '73, left college, Lyon, Dorchester and Nash resigned for various reasons, and Neale, | having graduated, there was vut Eustis leit. Finally, from the number desiring to become members of the six these were selected— Downs, Whitney, Warren, Waldo, Heermans and | Marsh, who, with Eustis, have since been in train- | ing for the event, The first favorable opportunity | in April the men got into their old sheli and com- associates.’’? Krom 1862 to 1871 the victors were, | Harvard nine times and Yale twice, untilitseemed | men that the crimson was invinerble. The result of the latter year, however, | it was rowed at Ingleside, on | the Connecticut River, six miles above Springteld, | nts being the orews of Harvard, | rown and the Amberst Agricultural Col- | lege. The latler was victorious, making the | three miles, as first reportec, in 17m. 465_8.; but | alterwards corrected to 16m. 4648, The defeat of Harvard by @ new and comparatively unknown | rival did much to encourage rowing as a physical | exercise at the several seats of learning in tne country, and gave a paditional tnpuise to the | public interest in the art. This year, April 15, 1 also witpessed the organization a. the “Kowing | Assoctation of American Colleges,” under tne | auspices of which the annual University struggies have since been held. It also ushered in tue | plan aetheb | contest--the fairest method of as- certuining the relative merits of rival crews—thus | inaugurating that character of college racing in | the United States which at once led to a great in- crease in the bumber of candidates lor aqnauc | changed all this, | honors at succeeding regattas, even as it was the cut out jor an atulete and is a dangerous oars- sed by all his companions, c. means of a great change in public opinion on the | subject of athletic exercises and their relation to | physical education; and the good work has been | moving on With a steady progress, until now the | development of a student’s muscle is nos thought Ripa ADS with the culture of his mental powers, mn THE REUNION OF 1872 AT SPRINGFIELD ced the all-important work of practising for positions. Every day, weather permitting, they were on the Connecticut, and would take a short | or a long spin, as Captain Eustis directed, until at last they were seated in this wise:—Bow, Downs; port bow, Whitney; starboard waist, Warren; port waist Waldo; starboard stroke, Marsh; stroke, Eustis, wish Heermans ass ubsti- | ture, A few weeks of diligent work proved the wisdom of this disposition, s0 | Jar as four of the oars were concerned, but left undecided the seats in the waist. In good time these were satisiactorily arranged, Waldo going forward one seat, and the rasping Heermans sitting at the port waist spruce. Warren has also ulled the starboard waist oar, and if Waldo ts not in the shell the day of the race Warren will ably fill the seat. This is the composition o1 the Uni- versity crew; aud men with more persistency and courage will not be found at Saratoga. Eustis is been ee) po: : 2 though notsn such @ dears ese Men do not thevialy Wowie daiieett to. Deak tas pe | three-miie tug. In comparison with Wesiéy: 3 "3 crew the present seems un improvement in the tter of age and weight, as the average of last ear’s men was twenty-three years and six months, while '7#s six 1s but twenty-tnree years. At | Work to build up | ber on vue walls of Harvard Starboard Stroke—Hen: Griggstown, N. J. Stroke—Henry 0. DuBois, 76, of Fairbault, Minn, Mee To ae : - Name, Fy 2 DuBow, G. M......|215.00 |ieo -—s ++ {2016.00 [158 87 139 1/8.02 78 {aos reed 180 40 fal ty 14 8g [3049 [14 67 " t Dubols, H. 0. 4.00 Average age of crew, 2 years ana 2 montis. Weignt of crew, 1,003 pounds, L. I. Material, Spanish ¢ inches; width, 19% ILehe: bout 140 pounds; webrht of oars, 42 pounds. Total displa ement, 1,185 pounds. Racing dress, alternate green and white nand- kerchiefs, white shirts and pants. Harvard. In the fourteen college coutests, from 1852 to the present time, Harvard has been foremost in nine, but her last victory dates back to 1870, on Quin- since which time new comers and Yale, haye defeated her, was in the gymnasium th of March, when the men went on the Charles River and began regu'ar practice in a new Blakey forming this year’s six was materially reduced by the fortunate circum- stance of having four of the 1873 crew to begin | Bigamond, her old-time rival, the crew of commenced last autumn and continued 1874 uninterruptedly untii ths barge. The troavle of With—Morse, Bacon, Daua and Goodwin, vacant seais were filed im the Ous, starboard stroke man and port bow seats, fhese made up to add vhe trophy to the already Hiall, and tear of a nip and tuck three mile contest, glance at tne figures below great staying powers, and as travel taster than ordinary amateur speed, this particular one year and two months, tion Which is begotten by sympathy. THE UNIVERSITY CREW. Bow—Walter J. Ous, L, 5.5. of Chicago, Ill, Port Bow—Willam R. Taylor, ‘77, Ac., of Jeffer- 8 Boston, Mass, Port Waist and Captain—Wendell Goodwin, ‘74, Ac., of Jamaica Plain, Mass. Starboard Stroke—Daniel C. Bacon, 176, of Ja- maica Plain, Mass, Stroke—Kichard H. Dana, Mass. persons i Harvard's last Fresh- crew, aud @ureon haad, Witten K. Taylor. ‘The old oats were jetained in the alter places, willie the new men Were piaced in the bow the University crew, the only one that Harvard will send to the racing ground this year, as she means large num- fhe men in the shell are above the average height, of fue physique and of that character to stand the wear ry M. Hooper, 75, ot | 16 “ [is [38% [3044 | 1346 [14 Racing shell by Charles B, Elliott, of Greenpoint, ar; length, 49 feet 6 depth, amidships, 8 incbes; bow, 6 inches; stern, 6 inches; weight, to maintain the aquatic honor of their alma mater. | These men are considered far better than the crew o1 ‘73, and, while they are muct younger and lighter, Sertatniy Rpseaes the requisi’e qualities of long arms, goo acks, full shoulders and strong legs, necessary to obtain a place in a long aud terrible struggle. No one can look upon Captain Gunster that knows anything of the philosoph: of rowing without saying (that he is a superb representative of the art, and under any clime might feel proud of his magnificent physique. in age the crew this year averave twenty-one years — without Norton and Keyes, who have daily prac- sed in the barge and shell, but may not pull un- | less some of the others are taken sick—Which is two years and =1X months less chan the average of the men of '73, while the weight of this year’s six, without the men named above, 13 90534 lbs. a trifle of 124% Ibs, short of last year’s aggregate. Wiliams will not be beaten so badly at Saratoga | as sbe has been at Springtield, THE UNIVERSITY CREW, Bow—Harry A. Barker, '76, of Burlington, Vt. Port Bow—Marshall P, Washburn, ‘77, of East Boston, Mass. ‘Also Port Bow—Benjamin Norton, 6, of Platts- burg, N. Y. y Starboard Watst—Charles B. Hubbell, '74, of Troy, N. Y. Port Waist—Charies Gilbert, '76, of Wilton, Conn, 4lso Port Wa.st—Andrew S. Keyes, 77, of ben- nington, Vt. Starboard Stroke- Jonn H. Haynes, Mass. Also Starboard Stroke—Keyes, a3 above. Stroke and Captain—John Gunster, ’74, of Scran- ton, Pa. * 176, of Rowe, Fame. Barker.. 11 [143g | Washburn. 10%; }1236 Tne Hubbeli LL Ss 14g | Ginster : 113g] 14's | Nor Tlig!5.09 [ist [38/37 /108%]12. 2]19/5.0836 11543939 ]42 [1086/1236 ives assurance of arvard bas added a uew wrinkle to her stroke, there are good reasons Jor believing that the crew that leads chem to the finish must do more work aud make thetr shell The average age of this year’s six being twenty-one years and two wonths, they exceed '73’s men in ‘The welgilt o1 the present racing crew 1s 1,00644 pounds, | | which is 764¢ pounds mure than the avoirdupots of 73's SIX, a8 they Weigued but 930 pounds. Compar- | ing vue Yale crew with the Harvard men, it is | found that the average age of the iormer is two | months more, and their aggregate weight two and | | a half pouuds greater than the latter, larity between the crews will increase the loterest in their performance, and stimulate that specuia- ‘This sini. on, N. Y. Starboard Waist—Henry L. Morse, ‘74, Ac, of 14, Ac., of Boston, a wituout Norton and Keyes, 21 years; wita Keyes and without Wash- burn and Giibert, vars and 10 months; with | Keys and wituout Hayes and Washburn, 19 years and 10 months, Weight of crew, witnout Norton and Keyes, 9054, Ibs.; wiih Norton and Keyes and without Washburn and Gilb-r., 895 Ibs.; with Keyes and without Haynes aud Wasupurn, 907 Los. Racing shel vy Jonn Blakey, of Cambridge, Mass; material, Spanish cedar; length, 49 feet 6 inche width, 21 imches; depth amidships, 8i¢ inches; including cockpit, 12%, inches; bow, 5 inches; stern, 45; inches; weight, avout 140 Io: oars (English), 12 feet 3 inches long; weight, 42 A 1,087% pounds; witn Norton and Keyes and with- out Washvaru aud Gilbert, 1,080 pounds; with Keyes and without Haynes and Washburn, 1,089 | ponnds. Racing dreas, purple handkerchiefs, stripped to the waist (probably) and white drawers. Cornell. A handful of students in the 7 1871 went man- filly to work an} founded the Cornell navy. enthusiasm created among the associates of the organizers, and there was at once a general desire to become proficient in the use of the oar, Since that time tne boating interests of the college have steadily progressed and are now ona firm footing. Last year they sent their first University crew to Naine sss | sores sss sub 1{8.02 [179 9/5. 11 bq }170 25 ]5.105¢)160 18, jae 176 jd 165 |40 Average age of crew, twenty-one years and two months. Racing weight of crew, 1,00634 pounds. Racing shell, by Joun Blakey, o: Cambridge, I Mass. menes pound weight, 42 pounds, ‘otal displacement, 1,1883¢ pounds. stern, 4% inches; weight, Racing dress, iour crimson hanakerchiefs, worn by Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5; stripped to the Waist (prob: ply) white drawers, (ecarcaies Dartmouth. Until the spring of 1873 boating was but little 43, Jald2 da 42 Material, Spanish cedar; length, 49 tect 6 inches; width, 21 inches; depth aminships, 8% incoes; including cockpit, 124 inches; bow, 5 avout liv oars (English), 12 ieet 3 incnes long; “"489u) pamyul | gymnasium work that is so needful in properly fitting men for sucha task as was before them. ‘They were beaten but not dishonored, as their shell was only headed by Yale, Wesleyan | and Harvard, so say the college boys, although the ofMcial summary of the con- test does not so place them. In the latter part ot February the candidates for admission to the crew of 1874 commencd work in the gyni- nasium, then just completed, and continued thus to reduce their superfuous avoirdupois and a So 1o who should occupy seats in the racing shell. was soon ascertained that King (stroke), Os- trom (port bow) and Southard, Wio sat ac star- board waist in the 1873 crait, should be retained, Five others—Corwin, Garver, Clark, Henderson and Myers—were also seiected, making eight who have been in practice for this year’s event. These men under Captain Ostrom mage rapid improvement, and are now in condition to go into the strugg! ‘They are fine specimens of physical manhood an seem blocked out jor for hard work, aud, in the opinion of their frends, will creditably acquit themselves on the momentous day. THE UNIVERSITY CREW. —Jobn N, Ostrom, 76, 8., of East Randolph, ‘Port Bow—Richard W. Cerwin, '75, Opt., of Nar- rowsburg, Starboard ’14, Opt., of Toledo, ot Determined— Waist (propabiy)—James H, Southard, Lid. ————————$—$?_ $$ Total displacement, withont Norton and Keyes, | The | by the movement spread | Springfield. having undergone all the preliminary | build up muscie, until @ decision was rendered as | It | 3 | Y.; material, Spanish cedar; length, 49 feet; width, 20 ineh depth amidships, 5 inches; bow, 6% inches; stern, 4% ipcnes; weight about 148 pounds; weight of oars, 42 pounds, |“ Totai displacement, 1,102 pounds, {Racing dress, white shirts and knee breechet an orange P, shaded with black and embroidered in silk on the breast, Same colors aiound knees and shoulders, THE PRESHMAN CREW. Princeton will aiso send a Freshman crew, have pursued the same course of training the “Universities,” and are now quite proficient in the nse ofthe oar. They are younger than the Fresu- man six of Yale and Brown and weigh less, bow—Caivin G, Greene, of Cedar Rapids, Jowa Port Low—Cnarles Halstead, of Newark, N. J. : gay oa Waist—Jonn A. Campbell, of Washing- on, D. C. Port Waist—Jona F. Williamson, of Osborn, Ohio, ; Starboard Stroke—Jonn 3. Ely, of Cedar Rapids, | Iowa. = Stroke and Captain—Benjamin Nicol, of New ork. Substitute—James D, O'Neil, of Elizabeth, Pa. who ree m Halsted | _ Average age of crew, without O'Neill, nioeteem | years and tour months, |” Weight of crew, without O'Neil, 800 pounds. | _ Racing shell by Thomas Fearon, of Youkers, N. Y. ; materiai, Spanish cedar; length, 49 leet; width, 20 inches; bow, 6% inches; depth amidsnips, $ inches; bow, 6% inches: stern, 4% loches; weigut, about 138 pounds; weight o! oars, 42 pounds, Total displacement, 1,070 lbs, Racing dress, white shirts and knee breechess an orange P, shaded with black and emproiderea in silk on the breast; same colors around knees and snoulders, Columbi The boating record of Columbia is but two years old. It commenced with a small number of students in the School of Mines, who formed a club with the view of encouraging the cultivation of | the art of rowing among them, irom which small | beginning the Colnmbia navy bad developed, The movement met with cordial support from the faculty and trustees, the latter thinking so well of the enterprise they presented the oMicers with sufficient junds to erect their boathouse, on the Harlem. Selecting the requisite number of men, in the winter of 1872, it was decided that they should train for the following university struggle. | Upon their arrival at Springfield, in charge*or Hank Ward, they were in fine condition and | Jelt that, though their maiden effort, they would | not be last at the finish, An accident on the river | ten days belore the contest, which smashed their | shell and seriously injurea Rapailo, pulling port | waist, changed ail this, and, going into the pattie thorougnly crippled, were badiy defeated. Upon | resumption of studies last autumn this year's work was “cut out,” and the men prepared them- selves lor positions m the racing shell. Rees, Rapailo and Cornell, of 73's six, were retained, while Timpson, Goodwin and Weils were selected | to fill the vacant seats. From the organization of | the crew diligent work has been gone and Jair | progress made. All but one of the original six | aspirants for aquatic honors stood the regimen of traiming, the exception being Mr. Wells, at star- board waist. He was taken sick a week Or So be- lore the crew leit for Saratoga, when his place was snpphed by Mr, Griswold. They are a8 good | looking @ body of men as ever sat 'n a shell, and if | their muscular powers, their piuck, ther endur- ance and their ambition does not send tiem spin- | ning along Lake Saratoga from the start to the | finish of the three miles, and give them a good | piace among the nine contestants, then—Wwell, ap- pearances are deceitin!. Columoia will not send & | breshman six, | THE UNIVERSITY CREW. Borw—Philip Timpson M., of Port Bow—dJasper | York. Stardoard Waist—Gaspar Griswold, 77, Ac. of New York. eB | — port Waist—Edward S. Rapailo, '74, Ac., of New York. Starboard Stroke—Kobert C. Cornell, '74, Ac., of | New York. Stroke and Captain—B. Frank Rees, S. of M., of New York. Sudstuute—Isaac N, Seligman, 76, Ac., of New ew York. 76, Ac., of New | Lele Sis Name. sisiz|’ | wimpaon.s...cc--0 eae down the lake,” directed the attention of the lookers on up the course, Down they came, over the course, coveted prize. Yale, after seven years of de- feat and despondency, had at Jjast suc. N.Y. ‘Starboard Stroke—Cyrus P. Marsh, %7, of West | Newton, Pa. | tice and their training had been greatly ne; lected. Defeat stimulated them to greater activity, and since then boaung has prospered in the insit- | | ‘Total displacement, 1,169 } | blue on starboard and white on port; blue shirts and white pants. was now about ten o’clock in the forenoon, es ry known at Dartmouth, way up in the villi 1¢ "76, "i a ¢ he Amuerst six-cared sbell carried away | springfield Wesleyan’s regate weight was 883 y iy age ol! Madison M. Garver, ’76, Opt., o1 | 4h & haps @ little after, and Qook, of Yale, an ant the honors, peat Harvard, Amherst Agri- | sounds, which ayelrdapes Tiey will Say over by | Hanover, N. H.,aud in the shadows of the Ver- Pecatonica, lil. F apd | Griswoid. ade oie wl so alts 4 ‘Trew, were getting out thelt shell to “do some emsate Pied el Ceo ae See patel | 88 pounds Jn the coming ace; as they will tip the | mont bills, on the bank of the Connecticut. Then Fret ev orgs Clark, ‘77, Lit., of Be- | 8.026! 164)30%6 41418 3s Work anyhow,’ if only to Keep their hands in, A | Ode, tamed in the | lastest, thine, Om Tors | Reale tO erirom this coleses DAF OMe | a ew members of the class of 75 started the ball, | ot Determined—Louis F. Henderson, 74, Lits, jarevosse errata a, hs few minutes more and the ship was in the water, | ¢63. Thus again & new comer was “victorious, THE UNIVERSITY CREW, called meetings, organized a club, raised money, | of Ithaca, N. Y. | Seligman, -{19}5.09 | 188 [3 36 |18 the men seated, and the boat shoved of, The | and the event was not jess Noted for the maldee wo—Walter H, Downs, 75, of South Berwick, | purchased boats and commenced tn earnest boat- | _ Not Determined—ira H. Myers, '77% Opt, of | “Average age of crew, without Seligman, twenty ia! rid ‘a th | essays of the stalfart men of Bowdoin dnd thé ! ye, ing in the. coll 50 th i Nunda Station, N | years and teu months. crew paddled down to the ge, and then, hug- | Smuitious gentiemen of Willams, Once more the | ~Sigrt pow—John W. Whitney, '76, of Sprague's | ‘2% |” college. So great was the enthusiasm | “ s¢roke—Charies C. King, '%5, arch., of Belmont, | "Weight of crew, without Seligman, 982 pounds. ging the eastern shore, settled down into a steady | season rolled around, and the crooked Connecticut | Gorner, N.Y. consequent upon this movement that it was re- | N. Y. ing shell by Thomas Fearon, ot Yonkers, N. pull to their quarters at Myers’, near Cedar Blut. | Bae ieee taeie cethe bine the | “starboard Waist—Clarence . A. Waldo, '75, of | solved to send a crew to Springflela, and they | as Le Material, Spanish cecar: lent 4 Jr pin ohes v ‘3 N.Y. “ BY width, ches. ; q 5 3 While waiting for the Yale Freshmen, who were | §urse and the arrangements were allkedencient, | SONS eM and watst—George M. Warren, '76, of | {ud the “Dartmouth Clan On tnt eee ene cle | widt aa! inches, stern, 6 inches.; welgnt, about about to follow the example of their seniors, to get | and instead of meng unt me eres ice Deer Island, Me. bes Sher A co ie ee cp eetice:| PE 145 ponds. : weight of oars, 42 pounds. k, Here’ | Skillund power something like a failure was the rasst—! . 75, * 0 it ounds. into their boat, the remark, ‘‘Here’s a crew coming result: yet the victorious crew was awarded the | Port Wawst—Harry C. Heermans, 75, of Corning, | seen a racing shell prior to their prac- Name. elt Racing uress, blue and Lahr handkerchiets— unhecding frowned up about them, pulling their thirty-three | by the watch, and pulling it well and in good form. Closer observation fevealed their colors, and the blue and white bespoke them ‘‘Columbia.”” the angry little white caps which | ceeded in repeating for their Alma Mater | what Wilbur Bacon and his famous com | panions did in '64 and ‘65, That victory gave the manly and healtny exercise of boating at | Yale a pew and quickening impulse, the results OL | which will be observed in the coming struggle on Lake Saratoga. The new aspirants for honor in the They kept right on until they reached a point opposite the float where we were standing, when they eased up and pulledinshore. They were bare to the walst, Jooked in magnificent condition, Alter taking a Uttle rest the Columbias started out again, and With their boat pointing towards Snake Hill they wook it leisurely home. A VISIT TO THE CREWS. A whistle from the handsome little steam _ launch which had now come up to the float sum- moned the favored few who had been invited to take their places on board and without delay. Through the courtesy of Mr. Charles Southgate, who commanded the little craft, the HERaLD cor- respondent was enabled to make the tour of the lake, have a look at crews on their floats or bout their boathouses, and take a glance at things generally. The Trinity crew, which, as already stated, arrived the night before, were also on board with the six in whieh they rowed last year, and a single, oars and outriggers, on the covering overhead which sheltered passengers from the rays of the sun. The first stoppage made ‘was at the quarters of the Wesleyans, at Abbel’s. ‘This is the first boathouse on the western shore from Moon’s, Not many of the boys who sport the delicate lavender were seen about, They ould not have been far distant, however, for the announcement that the mails had arrived brought many a stray one to the water’s edge for the ex- pected letter from home or dear ones, or the wel- come newspaper from the great city. A brie! adieu ‘to the boys and the little propeller was stretching on towards the boathouse at the foot of the slopey upon the brow of which stood the old Schuyler mansion, from the flagstaf’ of which waved proudly in the breeze the magenta of Harvard. Dick-Dana, dressed in a natty suit of blue fannel, stood on the float, and four or five others of the good and trne men who are to work behind him for victory were by his side. Running sufficiently near to hand the mats to expectant hands and we were off again to where tue cornelian of the Cor- nell Uviversity imdicated the loca! habitation aml name of the crew which bore that color, It was herd that old Josh Ward and his three brothers put up when they beat the best professional crews Engiand ever sent abroad. Similar to the other stoppages this was also a brief one. The Cornell boys were on hand, deploring the condition of the water and hoping that the wind would go down and give them a chance to do their preparatory work on the water. The letters and papers they received, however, brought glad smiles to their faces and, for the time being at least, they forgot that the water of the lake was roughened by the oreoze which was still treshiy blowing. The orange of Princeton proclaimed fue quarters of the Princeton crew at John Riley's. Nice quar- ters, too, for the boys. Here some of the crew, among them Addicks, who made a fair showing as am oarsman on fhe Schuylkill jast year, crowded nto the little steam launch and took a seat along | side of Mat, Riley,.a good fellow, »y the way, and | ome who has many friends among the oarsmen | How at Saratoga and others who expect to visit it. At James Riley's, the furthest ap of the boat- nouses on the west shore of the ‘ake, the ‘Trinity crew «disembarked, and took thelr six, and alngi¢y and rowing | and every man in the boat | | University contest of 1873 were the crews ol Co- | jumbia, Wesleyan, Trinity and Corneil, and though | aefeaved, each and ail exmbited so much pluck | and so much nerve that they received the plaudits of their coliege companions for the stubborn fight | they made, and when the time was again at hand | to prepare for another strugyle eager and enthu- | slastic candidates were in readiness to commence | the work necessary lor the race of 1874. As with the junior members of the Coliege Association so with the seniors—greater tnterest, Increased de- termination, getter men, and strength applied in the rigut dire€tion, mark ail of this year’s crews, which will have their resuitin one o1 the clogest | and hottest races the undergraduates of Ameritan | colleges ever rowed. The résuiné of the several crews given herewith sentative visitea them and as his letters suvse- quently appeared. Yale. responsible position of Captain as well as sitting in the after seat of the Yale boat, took seven men from the gymnasium, where they had been at work hardening their muscles throughout the entire winter, and placed them, as he saw fit, ina new Blatkie barge, that they might practice for po- sitions in the racing shell and become familiar with the stroke that carried the college to victory in 18, Alter extended trials tt was decided that the crew with whom the business of retaining the trophy could be intrusted were two of Yale's victorious 73 fresh- man erew—Frederick Wood and George L. Brownell, two green saplings—Miles G. Nixon and Charies N. Fowler, and two of 173 Unt- versity six, Jullan Kenuedy and Captain Cook. The seventi man and substitute was David H. Kellogg. fhe six worked together for a while, taking hold with an beg pthue that was particu- | larly satisfactory, and at one time it seemed that | the crew as originally selected would not be sub- jected to change. This anticipation was realized, ‘save in one instance—tne retirement of Nixon to take @ position in the Freshman shell and tne sub- sutution of Keilogg at starboard waist. Such, then, is the University crew, whose average age is 21 years and 4 months, against 23 years and 6 mobths, the average of '73's six, while their aggre- | gate weight this year {s 1,009 pounds, against 927 pounds, last year, avoirdupois, dilferences which | are heartily approved of by those most interested :— THE UNIVERSITY CREW: Bow—George L. Brownell, '75, 8. S., of East Hadden, Conn Port Bow—Krederick Wood, ‘75, S. S., of Norwalk, Conn, Starboard Watst—David H. Kellogg, '76, Ac., of Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y. i rai Waist—Charles N, Fowler, '76, Ac., of Lena, i. Starboard Stroke—Julian Kennedy, '75, 8. Struthers, Ohio, Stroke bed Captain—Robert J. Cook, 76, At 7, Pi » Of Lafayette Pa Bysletsis eigielels Name, >telals H ; lal: — | ce en es Brownell. lools.08 | 496|40 (4ays{2 Wood... 6.11 | 17089 J42 12 |isag Kellogi 00341 165138 6140361114114 6.10%| 17440 4 9Q)12 (dd 100] 17741 JAB, |1254 114 5.08341 168/40 J42 f11 Ig ]Lasy “Average age of crew, 21 years and 4 months, isin the same order in which the HERALD repre- | On the 1st of April Mr. Cook, who occupies the | Stroke and Captain—Jonn E. Eustis, 74, of Ham- ; mond, N. Y. “way woddQ | Whitne, | Waldo...... 37 54140 | Heermans,... . 37 |40 3 Marsh....... 36% |39 34 12 Eustis..... 162 18) rt 4 | 27)5.11 734, | Warren, loa[s.o0%|1513¢h67 [38 [13 [13% | ‘Average age of crew with Waldo and without | Warren, 23 years; with Warren and without Waldo, 23 years and 4 months. Weight ‘of crew’witn Waldo and without War- ren, 936 pounds; with Warren and without Waldo, 922 ', pounds. Kacing shell, by Charles B. Eliott, of Greenpolnt, material, Spanish cedar; bart 49 feet 6 ; Width, 193, inches; depth, amidships, 64 3. bor 6 Inches; stern, 5 inches; weight, | about 140 pounds; weight. ol oars, 42 pounds, Total displacement with Waldo and withont Warren, 1,118 pounds; with Warren and without Waldo, 1,104 pounds. Racing dress, lavender throughout. | inehi | inches Trinity. ‘Trinity's six in their maiden University effort of 1873 came in tenth at the finish, which was not | surprising to those who knew the crew. The men | | were big and strong enough; but thelr aquatic ardor, with the exception of Captaim MeKennan, did not amount to much, and they neglected their training so palpably it would have been a miracie if they had been anywhere else but among the last im the contest. ‘This year the college has done better, Captain McKennan found earnest co- laborers early in the winter, and going into the gymnasium threw aside comfort and ease that they might put themselves in proper physical 1x to stand the practical tests required before ad- mittance could be obtained to the racing shell. In the beginning of Aprti the final selection was | made, and at once the men went into their prac- | ticing barge, and every evening thereafter puiled - | over @ measured course on the Connecticut, The | crew thus at first made up is the same as now, | | with the exception of Mr. Grenville Kane, of Flusp- ing, N. Y., who was in the '73 boat, and sat tn the bow of this year’s practice barge lor a time; but ti | was ascertamed that Mr. Kidue atdn’t ike the | training blue, when the position was offered and | accepted by Mr. George M. Dubois, of the graduat- ing Class, brother to the stroke, Mr. Henry U. Du- bois, both of whom are from Fairbault, Minn, These men are stalwart specimens, and scem to have | muscle and‘veef enough about them to do terribie | | work in @ pullo! three mes. Hvery member of | the crew 15 a giant, four of them being six tect in height, the fifth six feet one inc and the other six feet two indjies, “rousers’ in every sense. They have aris like steam pipes and chest capacity that gives them plenty of boiler | power, ee should carry them far to the front In the race. lere are six men, so compact and mus- vle-knotted that if you would meet them any. where together, even in crowded New York, their size and appearance would arrest your attention. This year’s crew 1s older than that of 1873, she present six averaging twenty-two years and two, months, against that of twenty years and two months for the laas that journeyed to Springfield. The weight of the 3 crew was 885 pounds, witle thia year's oarsmen will tip the scale at 1,001 pounds—proof that the én pave not been trained to living skeleton: THE UNIVERSITY CREW. Bow—George M. DuBois, 74, of Fairbauit, Minn. Port Bow—sidney VD. Hooker, "77, of Wavertown, | Weignt on crew, 1,009 pounds, N.Y. } Racing stil by John Bhikey, of Cambridge, Starboard vue and Captain—Joha De ¥. Mc- | ; material, Spanish cedar; lenyth, 49 tcet 6 | Kennan, '76, of Washington, Pa, inches; width, 21 inches; deptn, amidships, 84 | | Port Wats iam J. Roberts, 75, of Detroit, inches: tvluding cockpit. 12% imehes: bow, 6 | Allch. | tution, After a long winter vacation Albert Eaton, the men went diligenvly to work, and have con- tnued training without interruption, at first on | the Connecticut and then on Lake Mascoma, mak- ing daily improvement until they now preseut While the neglect of winter preparation may, and undoubt- edly will, teil on them beiore the race is over, they feel sure that their shell will not be last at the finish, Hvery member of the crew Is well tormed, wito square shoulders, finely developed chests and joins, besides bringing to the work pluck and an Dartmouth wilt As compared with the | six of '75 the present crew average one year and ten months less in age and are only one pound less aggregate Weight, the latter fact being a good form and are tough as pine knots, intense desire to be the winners, not send a Freshman crew. in the little remarkable, THE UNIVERSITY CREW. Bow—Wiills G, Eaton, Jr, '15, Ac., of Lowell, Mass. Port Bow—Wm. F, Westgate, '75, C. 8. D., of Havernili, N. H. Starboard Waist—Benj. F. Robinson, '77, Ac., of | H has. W. Eager, a ea Port Waisi chester, N. H. Starbot AG, ard Stroke—Frank W. Mitchell, C. 8. D., of Manchester, N. H. Stroke and Somersville, Conn. “ISAUD TRANTON | * ube | ~aseuo parovuy | | = «| 160|37 aa i 163 |36 35 |3 Teelso 37 10 165/38 {40 | 170}; Fr 1s et a uty verage age of crew, 21 years. Weigat of ciew, 984 pound: Racing sheil by Charles B. 1 3 mate M4 bd atput 145 pounds; wel ‘ht of oars, 42 pounds, total displacement, 175 pounds. if Racing dress, green handkerchiefs and pants, white shirts, trimmed with green. ‘Wwilllams. In the face of many obstacies, without a stream | of water, worthy of being called more than a ditch, and compelled to encounter home opposttion, the student oarsmen of Williams founded a boating | system in their midst, whose supporters have ever aspired to deeds of aquatic prowess. In the year | 1868 the pastime received its frst impetus, but met | | an untimely end, or rather was allowed to drag! weary length along, ant the class of '71 ‘ook | Name, ile dita he hold of it. By downright hard labor they | H 4 H | | useitated the neglected physical exer | res Hi ise, aud now the entire list of students ES ks : are enthusiastic members of the Williams navy. ‘Mat year they determined the college should ve Tepresented in the University soruggie of 1872. The crew was sent, but beaten, and again tn 1873 they made anotuer wttempt, were equally an- fortunate, though these defeats never deterred them from the grand object in view—edacating ear Mr. tiliams contests, and ts Captain of the crew, commenced the preliminary out vitai business of preparation He was the only member of 78 8x left to bulid Upon, and so the dificulties encountered were numerous Seven otuer men, however, Were fually seiected and went to work | themseivea tn the use of the oar, This John Giuster, who has rowed in al! the on @ sound busts. | of Man- | Captain—Charies 0. Gates, ‘74, Ac., of 18 | ‘:utott, of Greenpoint, |, Spanish cedar; length, 49 feet’s inches; width, 20 inches; depth, amidships, §% tches; bow, 6 inches; stern, S-inches; weight, i a who pulled bow oar in '73 and Was captain of that 5.10 crew, returned to the college in the early spring, | Corwin . 5.11 and 48 soon as Gates and Archibald (also members | Soutnard. 5,09! | Of last year’s six) put in an appearance—they, too, | Henderson,. 21)5.11, having been away ‘on leave’’—organization Was | Myers. 21o.11 attempted; but this was difficult. katon was King 4) 5.10) re-elected captain, but was compelled, bya fre- | Garve: }25/6.02) 193 quent recurrence of the chills, to Keep out of tne | Clark . 21] 9.01] 179 boat. Gates, the only remaining member of last | —— PTY T year’s crew, as Arciibald refused to row, then ‘Average age of crew, without Garver and Clark, took charge. Five others were selected and | 22 years and 4 months. Weight of crew, without Garver and Clark, pounds. Kacing shell by John Blakey, of Cambridge, Mass.; material, Spanish cedar; length, 49 lect 6 inches; width, 21 inches | 8% Inches, Including cockpit, 6 inches; stern, 454 Incnes pounds; oars (English), 13 te weight, 42 pounds. Total displacement, 1,154 pounds. Racing dress, bow oar with cap of white and and red; all stripped te the waist (probably), with blue pants, depth amidships, 1234 inches; bow, weight about 140 et 3 imches long; Princeton. One year after the Rowing Association of American Colleges was organizea boating was | established at this college. For two seasons the students continued to improve their pliysica, standara and advance In the art of rowing, when some of the leaders in the pastime went into training for a four-oared shell race on the Schuyl- | kill, open to all amateurs. The boys did so weil and came so near winning the race, many old oarsmen were astonished at their profcieucy and mselves and jenn to the nish. This was Princeton’s first public contest, bub not her last. In inte autumn of 1873 the stout hearts and unwavering nerve of the joremost aquatic men vade them ft enter for this year’ University struggle, and: they iummediately com- menced the earnest work of preparation. Twe: men were selected and directed to enter the gyh- nesiom, and through the autumn and winter the: worked with the oars, pulleys, clad and dumb they presented the bells, that the: moighe be found tn iair physioal con- is dition when the final selection for tne six seats 12% | was made. in good time eiguteen of these men 13 were placed tn the practice barge and taught the fiasy | stroke, while they were severely tested in the Sg | matter of endurance. From these eighteen, eight , were picked, and again from the eight the six re- quired oars were chosen, Who have been and are steadily at work to ft themselves for the race. Though young, they are muscular and have an en- dururg look about them. The ayerage age of the crew 1s nineteen years, and their aggregate weight 922 pounds, | THE UNIVERSITY CREW, Bow and Captain—Wuham M. Smith, " erson, N. Port,Bo' a wo—Oraig B. Cross, %5, of Baitimore, Md. (3 ‘port waist—John M. Taylor, '%6, of Philadelphia, Pa. Starboard Stroke—W. H. Addicks, 4, of Phila- dejphia, Pa, ‘Stroke—Frederick A. Marquand, '76, of New York. Subdstitutes—Frank Biddle, '75, of Phijadeiphia, pa.; Franci§ H, Markoe, '16. of New York —— 3 % s & aE i Racing shell by Thomas Fearon. of Yonkers, N. praised them without stint for the form in which | 4, of Pat: | Starboard Warst—Richard J. Hall, '75, of New | | 147/38. 41 2 (13K | 150/3524137 4/12 |13 wolgasl4o [ia ll2y WOOITR 41 112 [sy } 153}09 - doachiang ha 1 152)56%/40 [12 |13% 16SHiasy 4H |13 |. , Markoe. 160,339.42 13 jf: b) | “Average age of crew, without Biddle amd Mar { koe, 19 years. | Weight of crew, without Biddle and Markoe, 922 | | Poon | Brown. | ‘The Freshman crew of Brown University was | organized last December and worked in the gym- | nasiam during the winter. In the latter part of | April Mr. Frederick A. Gower, who will be remem- bered by college oarsmen as the stroke of the victorious Brown Freshman six at Worcester in | iso, took charge of the present crew, aud de- | voted nis spare time to direct their training, a8 & | means of recreation, and on account of bis ine terestin the University. The crew entered upop | active practice about the 1st of May last, and have ' Deen in training stuce that time. They have adopted the “slow recover” system, as being best | calculated to save wind and muscle, and their or- | dinary stroke ts 34 to the minute. | Ie is sald that an attempt will be made to | frighten the crew away trom Saratoga on the | ground that Brown, not having been represented ' tn the last regatta oor in the Convention follow. ing, cannot row. Brown, in response to the ob- | Jection, says, “No reasonabie man supposes that | Decause one member of the association chances to \gend ng crew to a single regatta she 1s to be | dropped from the list and there.ore debaryed from | Towing. im regatd tothe Convention, Brown tn- tended tO send a delegare, but, not receiving otice of time or piace of meeting, she ver-, thtnly did not care to send her répresentative |} on a roving commission to hunt up that body, Those who make the objection refer to amend- mentl to the constitution, which says that ‘any college not represented tn any annual regatta of this ‘association shall not be considered a thembet of the association, or have any vote tn its conven- (*tion,’ Ibis entirely familiar to those who remem. | ber the ‘attendant circumsvances that the object of this amendment was simply to provid at a college failing to be represented in any year should ot have the right to vote on the location of the arte for the Beit contest. Certainly the Con- veh {oh never cOhtemplated so suicidal & policy ax to atdetapt to establish the principle that a college happening to be leit out of the regatta should not be allowed to row the next season.” Notwithstanding the objection made {t is certain that Brown wilt seud a Freshman crew to Sara- toga, and that from present appearances it will not fal! bepind any Which has ever leit the college boathouse. ‘The six average twengy years and four months, which is four months ofver than Yale's Freshmaw shell and a year and a half more than Princeton's crew. Brown Weighs 938 pounds, and ts second to | Yale in this respect, while she exceeds Princeton by 48 pounds. THE PRESHMAN CREW, Pow—Samuel J. Bradbury, of Providence, R. ft. Port Bow—Artuur G, Grill, of Litchdeid, N. H. Starboard Waist—George W. Dew, ot Lawrence, Mass. waist—Waiter X. Stiness, of Providence, R. tarboard stroke—Christopher W. Lee, of New- ort, Re L. iA Suroke—Walter A. Peck, of | Barrington, R. 1 Name. Average of crew, 20 years and 10 months. Weight of crew, 983 pounds, Raciug shell by John Blakey, of Cambria Mass, ; luaterial, Spanish cedar, ‘len width, 21 inches, IMmecluding cockpit, 12\% snohes bow, inches! stern, 44 inches; Weight, about 14 pounites | stat bane seats; beng a) Poo Eng!sh,42 por Total displacement, 1,120 pounds, Racing dress, vrown ‘head handkerchief, strip- ped (0 the Waist (probably). and white drawers. mches; depth, am!