The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-05 00:00:00

7.1 E INTERNAITIO7AL RACES:

Mr. John Gordon Bennett, vice-commodore of
the New York Yacht Club, sailed from that port
last Saturday in the Dauntless far Havre. He has
challenged the Cambria to start from Cowes for
New Yo;-k against the Dauntless on the Ist Septem-
ber ; but if Mr. Ashbury declines, the invitation is
open to any yacht-owner of any Royal Club, with-
out restriction of tonnage. This is the first action
taken to bring together the men and boats about
to engage in the international contests, of which
perhaps the most interesting of all will be the
boat race between the Universities of Oxford and
Harvard. The Pall Mall Gazette thus cautions
the Americans against their style of training :
" The system of practice at Hu. fard seems to be to
row daily about 5 miles out without an easy,' then
they turn, and ro v home in similar style. This is
similer to the barbarous but long-exploded system
ErigFs'i amateur training in the dark ages. Ex-
cept %%lieu engaged in a formal trial over the full
course a t-aining crew should be stopped every five
minutes to enable the men to keep fresh and cor-
rect faults, which cannot be done when in distress."
Pouching the victory of the Canadian coxawainless
crew in 1867 at Paris, whica prompte 1 this chal-
lenge, the Pall Mall says :—" 1. The Americans
carried no dead weight. 2. They were inside of
ten boats, with the Ice station in a hurricane, the
Etonian Club the very outside of the ten with the
whole river to cross before they could gain shelter—
wind affecting the speed of a beat snore than any-
thing else. 3. The London four, beaten that year
by the Etonians before and after when meeting on
fair terms, finished that dmy before them from a
station more sheltered than their's (though more
exposed than that of the Canadi tns), thus proving,
in racing parlance, that the "running was false."
At Harvard University any undergraduate who
has a taste for boating can become a member of
the Boat Club on paying a small entrance fee to the
boat club of the class to which he belongs. The club
is officered by a President, Captain, Secretary, and
Treasurer. The President is not necessarily an
oarsman, but acts as presiding officer at meetings of
the Club, and his election is dependent on his
knowledge of the rules in practice, and his social
weight and influence. When the crew are afi oat
the captain has sole authority, takes charge of all
details, assigns each man his place, and is, in fact,
dictator. He selects, trains, and directs the crew;
and from his decision there is no appeal, he may
make the bow stroke and the stroke bow, or may
turn all out and replace the crew. At present
Grinnell Willis, of the class of '7O, is President of
the Harvard Club ; and Nathaniel Goodwin Read,
of the class of '7l, is Captain. The Captain of the
Harvard Club is always Captain also of the
" University Crew," which consists of six picked
men of the best muscle Harvard can show. Th e
class crews are six-oared, as well as the Uni-
versity crew, the present four-oared Interna-
tional crew being altogether an. innovation.
Each of the classes has generally a first and second
crew, ranking according to ability. The Sopho-
more first crew is at present much broken up by
the transfer of Read, Bass, and Rice to the Inter-
national and University crews ; second crews are
not allowed to compete in the annual June race for
the Beacon Cup ; the University six are also ex-
cluded, as the best six selected from the several
classes are supposed to be invincible against any
class six. Last year this prize was carried off by
the Freshmen crew, who this year, with one excep-
tion, hold positions either in the International four
or in the University six. In 1866 the Freshmen
crew were also victorious, when Mr. Loring was
stroke and Mr. Simmons third. The second crews
compete among themselves for a prize at the annual
June race. This year, on accouat of many changes,
the Freshmen first cre w will not excite the usual inte-
rest. There is also a Scientific crew at Harvard, com-
posed of the students in the scientific and law schools,
departments of the University, and who generally
contest with a crew similarly composed from Yale.
Tie cl iss crews of Harvard intend to make arrange-
ments whereby the Seientifies may contend for the
&Jean Cup, as they have a right to do by the rq,ru-
Litions. Red is the Harvard colour ; mottled by
the C'a't s into shades of' et,rry, scarlet, anti ma-
genta; the Seniors wearcherry, t me Jailors m.igeut
an I the Sophomores scarlet. Tile four who form
Vie International crew is tve already bees de ;cribed
i i these colzunns, and %Aid consist of Allen Porter
Loring of Boston, captain of the crew, and bow
oar ; Wmlliazn Ilanroatt Shinn lzis of Concord, Mas-
sachusetts, the stroke oar; Sylvester %Va.: ren lice
of Oregon is the second oar of the four, and Georg.
Bass of Chicago is third oar. Arthur Bureaus of
Chic Igo is the probable coxswain. Two spare men
ill accompany the crew, of whom Joseph Story
Fay, stroke oar of the Scientific crew, will be one.
Boston, Concord, Chicago, and Oregon will there-
fore contribute the crew in the approaching lute-
restingcontest, which has consequently been termed
a "national" crew. The International and the Uni-
versity crews are in daily practice on the Charles
River, and the former crew have lately received
their new practice boat from the establishment
of Elliott of Green Point, Long Island. Is was
thought probable that another boat would be built
for the English contest, carrying out such improve-
ments as practice might suggest. The Interna-
tional crew were to leave for England by the steamer
next Saturday, the 10th July, so as to admit of six
weeks' training before the great mein August.
The University six of the present year will pro •
baby be Nathaniel Goodwin Read, who is bow oar
and captain of the crew, and was bow oar of the
Freshmen and winning crew last June ; Francis
Ogden Lyman, of Hilo, in the Sandwich Islands, is
stroke oar, and held this position in the winning
boat last year ; Theophilus Parsons, of Brookline,
Massachusetts, is next on the list ; George Irving
Jones, of Templeton, Massachusetts (second oar of
the Freshmen first crew and winners of the Beacon
Cup last year), is nominated for fifth oar; Grinnell
Willis, of Cornwall Landing, New York, son of
the poet, the late N. P. Willis, is acting fourth oar,
with every prospect of being appointed. He was
bow oar of the Sophomores in June last, and bow
oar of the Freshmen crew in the June and July
regattas of 1867 ; Frederick Kidder, of Wilming-
ton, North Carolina, is another probable member,
and at present assigned as third oar ; all are under
22 years of age, and their average weight is 163
pounds. The regatta is fixed for July 23 on Lake
Quinsigamond, and it is likely that the boat of last
year will be used on the lake. Bass ball and cricket
receive also much attention at Harvard. Unusual
interest is at present felt at Yale on boating, and
the following description of the University crew is
given in an American paper :

"The stroke, Drow, is as powerful and solid a man as
a Yale boat has held for many a year. Ho is straight, has
a long back and large arms. Moreover, he is of consider-
able age, an advantage is respect to endurance and
capacity. Copp and Lee are two powerful men. The
former is an old salt, in his way, having been brought up
on the sea shore, and always accustomed to pulling an oar.
Ile pulled stroke last year, yet he has fallen into Drew's
stroke so gracefully this year that the others who sit be-
hind have only to watch the rising and falling of those
two backs to make the whole crew a machine. Lee is a
strong fellow, something of a hoosier ; he is also a member
of last year's crow. Terry, who pulled bow last year,
occupies the same place still. Ho is, perhaps, the most
promising man of muscle in the boat, for, though the
youngest, his solid arms and thick chest show that he will
be a giant when as old as Drew. He has, too, one of the
best qualifications for coxswasn in a powerful pair of lungs.
The two others of the six have not yet been tried in a
race. The crew has made good time in practice, and the
Yale students feel pretty sure of winning at Worcester.
The great object of thrir ambition is to go a little beyond
mere victory, and make better time than the 17.48 of last
year, which Harvard men claim was the best on record."

Lord Stamford announces fourteen yearlings for sale by
private contract, and they can b 3 viewed at Park Pad-
dock; New-market, during the ensuing July Meeting. The
chestnut filly by Cambuscan cut of Lady A ugutta, the colt,
by Cambuscan out of Emily (Normanby's dam), and the
colt by King Tom out of Cot-lathe, are repoi tod to be
splended youngsters. It is the opinion of Admiral- Eons,
we hear, that the King Tout colt is the finest yearling he

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