The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-15 00:00:00

nation of the Harvards essentially changed the character
of the contest. From being reduced to a mere struggle
between four picked men of either nationality, the race
has virtually decided the merits of the American and
English 'strokes,' and those of the boat-builders of the
two countries. For many reasons, we are glad that the
Americans decided to adhere to their nationality in those
respects. The American 'shell' is quite a different affair
from the boat in which the Oxonians rowed, and it was
interesting to witness the manner in which each stood the
test of so severe a trial. Again, the Harvards have for
many summers won tho prize from Yale on Lake Quinsi-
gamond, and their success has been attributed to the virtues
of their peculiar stroke. It would certainly have shown
a singular want of confidence in that stroke, which has so
often borne them on to victory, if they had ignored it on
setting foot on English soil. It thus seems but right that
the llarvards should have raced as a distinctively Ameri-
can crew, and the Oxonians as a distinctively English
crew, for only in this way could a satisfactory decision
regarding the merits of the two systems be reached."
The A'ew York herald of Saturday, August 28,
devotes nearly two pages to the Harvard-Oxford
Boat Race, the other dailies following in its wake,
only in a lesser degree. Most of them publish a
diagram of the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake,
showing the starting and the winning points, which
enables the readers fully to follow the description
of the race. Contrasting the New York papers of
the Saturday following the Friday on which the
contest came off with the London papers of that
day it is curious to observe the comparative fulness
of detail in the American dailies on an event which
took place within a few miles of the English metro-
polis. First the scene on the river is described ;
then the appearance at the starting post of tho
competitors; the start, the race, the winning post;
the crews and their relative weight. A full account
is then added of the course and the distance between
notable points accurately stated. A sketch of the
Oxford crew comes next, and the system of their
training, followed by another of the Harvard men-
Mr. Blaikie's letter of Thursday to the London
7inzes appears in full, showing that the Harvard
crew were to row in American style in an American
boat. Next are the origin of the match, and the
letters which passed between the University Bost
Clubs, which finally ended in the race of the 27th
August. Having got through everything connected
with the match in England, another set of reporters
come on the scene to show how .the news was re-
ceived in America, " the grins of the winners and
the grimaces of the losers," an " Ilenglish opinion
of the 'arvards," and so on. They begin at the he-
ginning with a thousand ragged and bare-footed,
urchins racing through the streets screaming "
de extree! Full account o' d' Oxferd boat race! while
like lightning, the news they carried spread, that
Harvard had been beaten, and "when it was known,
that all was fair the acquiescence was graceful On
quiet, tinged merely by the irrepressible and veil
natural regret that victory had not fallen to the
lot of the National oarsmen." In the settlement of
betting accounts "there was not a single murmur of
discontent, not a single allegation of foul play, 10t 3
single scream of the eagle in protest of the carry:
ing off of the prey by the lion." But there .seemed
to be a decided impression that the Oxfords ought
to be chivalric enough to try another race, with the
Harvards in American waters, and a belief that they
will. " Should they, they will afford the most in,"
tense gratification to avert' large portion of the OW
inunity, if not to the whole people." The sharper.e
were at their old tricks and fleeced the flats with
bogus telegrams. About half-past three an excited
individual in a white flannel suit, rushed into the
goldroona withwhatpurported to be a cable despatch
showing it to have been Harvard that won, tho
boats in the first despatch being mistaken ; news
eagerly grasped and acted on. A group of
in-
terested debaters near the battery were broken into
by an eager grey-headed old man with the e2tela:
mation, "Look you here ; those Harvard boll:
ar'nt no slouches ; they have won. Hooray !"
announcement which spread like wildfire, an
frantic youths, with greenbacks in hand, fled 0
all directions offering heavy odds on Harver'
Washington appears to have suffered from a siLl3i,
lar trick, and a clerk in the Wer Department g 4
,uo
into trouble for practising it. In the same issue Oh
Herald devotes more than half a page to theEngli,%
Priue:s, Arthur and Alfred. The reception of the
former at Halifax is given in full detail, and se 13
the arrival of the latter at Honolulu in the 66-
latea. The British residents of Honolulu are cry
angry with the Commissioner for keeping th'i
Royal Duke all to himself and his Majesty 1)f
Hawaii, and not giving them an opportunity
kowtowing to Royalty ; while the officers of t'of
Galatea are alao annoyed at not having a chance
a,
becoming acquainted with the citizens. On ,
day, the 21 inst., Prince Alfred departed for Jel'l3;
going off like a nosegay, for the native w°11!.(1,
approached him on the wharf as he was leairit'ao
and hung wreaths about his person till he 705
buried in flowers, to which his Royal Hislinu
submitted with the utmost composure. 11311
The same paper remarks on Tammany
‘,a6
and the proceedings of the Democratic party,o
Tammany, having the greenbacks, may rise to wtthe
control of the Democratic party in the Union, ferceo,
party is controlled by managers, and they by groint
backs. The election of Hoffman was a !of
gained ; the next is to obtain a devoted Tarelmotio
man as the head of the Executive De.m"ders
Convention, and Tweed is indicated. It cons'_aa
that Tammany " has every inducement to
_ol).Yivoo,
her broad mantle over the democracy of the I); the
and to take a new departure in the name °vete
Empire State fur the succession," and in 'oder
Bismarck Sweeny she has the man for the
taking, for, although now absent in Europe' he
and
return in time to look after the fall camPaign'ro-
to prepare the protocol of the Democratic r
gramme for 1872.

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