The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-18 00:00:00

considerable power in him when he was pulling in
that scratch eight a year or two back. Then the
Dark Blues have the very best of coxswains in
George Glyn. He is a London lad, and knows
every bank in the Thames as well as every turn on
the Isis. If he loses an inch of ground, or makes a
mistake, we shall be surprised. He is such a
hearty fellow, too, that the crew attend to him,
and, as we all know, that goes a great way. The
Dark Blues enjoy an enormous advantage over
the Light in the water they have for practice.
It is so wide, and so free from mud banks, that
they fall early into
.a free, liberal stroke, at which
it is a real pleasure to look. Finally, while
talking of the Dark Blues, we must not omit to
mention the man who coaches them—Granville,
politest of the lot. The famous boatswain Chucks,
in the early stages of his conversation, was an
ancient person compared with Granville. Under
the strongest excitement, nobody ever heard a coarse
word from his lips.
And now for the Light Blues : the odds are
heavily against them, poor fellows! but what
pluck can do, in the face of every disadvantage,
they will accomplish. For Stroke they have that
well-nown oarsman, Ben Disraeli ; a great
favourite on the water-side with friend or rival,
but surely the slye-t fellow who ever took oar in
hand. Why, he thinks nothing of taking his op-
ponent's water ; he would foul the other boat, or
cross its bows, or run it into a lighter, as soon
as look it. He is an old hand now, and a
dangerous ; but we remember very well when
he came to the top. It was that time he matched
himself with skulls against Peel, who had won
more cups than any oarsman of his day ; but Peel
bad uncommonly hard work in the match. Ben is
a real good oar now, there's no denying that; but
he is better at training than rowing. It was simply
on account of his "coaching" that the Light Blues
won their last victory. He "educated his party"
—that is the fact. lie taught them their oppo-
nent's stroke, and a good deal more ; but even then
it is doubtful if they would have won but for Lowe's
crab. However, they did win, thanks to the skill of
their Stroke ; and if they had had the heart to keep
in the same form, they might have been at the head
of the river still. But it wouldn't do. Big Hard)",
who is to pull Two to-night, declared on his con-
science that he thought the style wrong, and be
would not have anything more to do with it.
" Why, it isn't conscience I want, it's pace," said Dis-
raeli; but, we repeat, it wouldn't do. Hardy
would have his own way ; and he got it—so well
was he backed by old Derby, and Chelmsford, and
Cairns, and that lot. Besides, all the Dons and
Heads of Houses took the matter up, and said the!
would bring it before the Senate if Disraeli per"
severed—just as if the Senate had anything to do
with the rowing matches. However, there they
are, back in the old form, with Disraeli for Stroke,
and Hardy as eager and vigorous as ever. Then
there is Corry, a heavy man, but quite up to the
mark if he had been well taught—which he has not
been. And Stanley is Four. He is a very odd
fellow, Stanley; we scarcely know what to make
of him among the Light Blues ; do what he will,
he is always breaking into the " Dark" stroke, and
putting out the rest of the crew, all save Die-
raeli, who gives him a wink over his shoulder,
just as if he wished him to do it again. The
common belief is that, if young Stanley's " gover-
nor" had not been captain of the Light Blues 00
long, the young one would have been pulling 1°
the other boat. Next we have Nortlicote
he always pulls what we should call a gentle-
man's stroke—but, bless you
_when Jack Brigh:
and Bob Lowe are in the other boat, what
the use of it ? Then there is Pakington---u°
was originally in the other University, at
cast Jab'W°::
tester College, but be came across and has
lot with the Light Blues; he has not much catch}
and if the water is at all lumpy it is doubtful it
he will help the boat on. Manners has pullet'
a fairish oar in his day, but he has been at work 0°,.,
long as an oarsman that he can't unlearn the 01'
style, which might have done well enough before
outriggers came in, but will scarcely do now.
we have young Ward Hunt for bow; he is a capital
hand at figures, and used to keep the accounts for
the club, just as Lowe does for the Dark Blues,
but we fear that lie has hardly spring enough /n
him for his present place. Little Noel is the COl:
swain ; smart enough he is, and will do his best;
but he does not know the water so well as O
for
t'
The Light Blues did well to change big Taylor ,
little Noel, at any rate ; for how was a boat to. get
on with such a weight in her stern? They 13:ifio
been coached by Cairns, an undeniably seientbst
man ; but his science is of another day, and
day is past. • ht
What a stir we shall see near the river to-lug
All the Dons and big wigs will be there, more e:_g,e's
than the roughs from Shoreditch. Strong langrebth
enough we heard clergymen use on the banks, °_t.
at Isis and Cam ; but this evening it will be 70"1.0
done. We have seen a Doctor of Divinity, be •
now, spin his shovel hat up in the air in his
ielo frausa°
excitement, and we loved the reverend geotidiog
for doing a thing so natural. As the impute, he
event, however, has somehow or other got
considered a clergyman's race, the " cloth"Nino
doubt be well represented on the towing-path' r
is to
sibly the idea has arisen from the cup whicha,, the
be the prize of the conquerors. It looks for
.Lia lot
world like an old cathedral in miniature, but
of shamrocks growing about it—a funny fan
Gladstone has set his heart upon the cup, "st roe
be denied. They say it is to be the gre3ted, new
that has been seen for many a long year ; an _atter,
the parsons have interested themselves in tile Ili it
h about'
you may be sure there will be fuss enoug e got it
The odd thing is that the outsiders, too, bav_,edup
into their heads that the English clergy are I..u..Tessia
with the business; so there will be plenty 01._n_a the
—and cursing, also, for the matter of that ' the
waterside to-night. It is not for us to
events of the race in detail, though we can 1;130c
The ~.,
well foresee them in our mind's eye-
the! IA
Blues have been so well taught—just stir
prat h
so well together—they have had such goodddi ditch
ing ground when compared with the their
callA the Cain that the chances are all
water rsea
favour. The only wonder is that on each W:iady
anticipate_retti
is
ever learnt to pull at all. A gig with fiellege.
when the lime-trees are out in blossom, 13
_Apt
it, and a pair of sculls, at the backs of the
11
vo_ri
ipnleasthaentseinnseitsinwa
be_7 otos
this occasion. The fact is, that if the 1-,7,t Lirelf
whichb urtoNtvhiantg iNsv
mean winning they will have to practise 1
ie'sburp
new water. We have done with mud, and the
turns, and narrow streamlets ; we mast
_z.:o tato
not
•
ap the ge,l7.ir ;
stroke of the period, or give rovvianngted
en_
gether. That, however, is their 0w1:1..:44h the
can see the boats to-night slipping tn:rantic
water—the Dark Blue far ahead—the rdear
and iersh e
citement of the spectators—the theological aBright
of the clergy—Gladstone, Lowe, .
swinging at their task like clock p
od_
watching for the chance which won't uu but Ow
more
then the last rush. Disraeli does his bes_'a!
it, oxfor
Light Blues are spent. Goll. °he --
Cambridge! Pull all—pull with awl a pull alto
:
effort—a long pull, a strong pull, and the ca
• Glyn, --,
gether —and the Dark Blue is ln•
nooescel'•
eat
swain, will cheerily shout for 'h the a
~..tbudo.
Litee
his men'
to his crew. Gladstone will
Cup ; and Disraeli will say to
men, this stroke won't do."
take the t-i„" , tle
son'

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