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

7 :IE INTERNATIONAL RACES.

Mr. John Gordon Bennett, vice-commodore of
the New 'York Yacht Club, sailed from that port
last Saturday in the Dauntless fn. Havre. He has
challenged the C'ambria to start from Cowes for
New York against the Ilaurit!,23s on the let Septem-
ber ; but if Mr. Ashbury deeltne, the invitation is
.•open to any yacht-owner of auy loyal 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 Gaz.elle thus cautions
the Americans against their style of training :
" The system of practice at Harvard seems to be to
row daily about i miles out without `an easy,' then
they turn, and row home in similar style. This is
similar to the barbarous but long-exploded system
of English amateur training in the dark ages. Ex-
cept when engaged in a formal trial over the full
course a training 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."
Touching the victory of the Canadian coxswainless
crew in 1867 at Paris, which prompted this chal-
lenge, the Pall Mall says :—" 1. The Americans
carried no dead weight. 2. They were inside of
ten boats, with the lee 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 boat more than any-
thing else. 3. The London four, beaten that year
by the Etonians before and after when meeting on
fair terms, finished that day before them from a
station more sheltered than their's (though more
exposed than that of the Canadians), 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 afloat
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
llarvard Club is always Captain also of the

" University Crew," which consists of six picked
men of the best muscle Harvard can show. Ti e
class crews are six-oared, as well as the Uni-
versity crew, the present four-oared Interna-
tion 11 crew being altogether an innovation.
Each of the classes has generally a first and second
crew, ranking according to ability. The Slpho-
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 s.:!lected 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 i❑ 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 account of many changes,
the Freshmen first crew will not excite the usual inte-
rest. There is also a Scientific crew at llarvard, 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.
The class crews of Harvard intend to make arrange-
ments whereby the Scientia3s may contend for the
Beacon Cup, as they have a right to do by the regu-
lations. Red is the Harvard colour ; modified by
the classes into shades of cherry, scarlet, and ma-
genta; the Seniors wear cherry, the Juniors magenta,
and the Sophomores scarlet. The four who form
the International crew have already been described
is these columns, and will consist of Alden Porter
Loring of Boston, captain of the crew, and bow
oar ; IVilliam Hamtnatt Simmons of Concord, Mas-
sachusetts, the stroke oar ; Sylvester Warren Rice
of Oregon is the second oar of the four, and George
Bass of Chicago is third oar. Arthur Burnam of
Chic.►go is the probable coxswain. Two spare men
will accompany the crew, of whom Joseph Story
Fay, stroke oar of the Scientific crew, will be one.
I.l.)ston, Concord, Chicago, and Oregon will there-
fore contribute the crew in the approaching inte-
resting contest, 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. It 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 race in August.
The University six of the present year will pro •
bably be Nathaniel Goodwin Read, who is how oar
and captain of the crew, and was bow oar of the
Freshmen and winning crew last June ; Francis
Ogden Lyman, of Hilo, i❑ 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. Ile 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, Drew, is as powerful and solid a man as
a Yale boat has held for many a year. He is straight, has
a long back and largo arms. Moreover, he is of consider-
able age, an advantage in 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

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on the sea shore, and always accustomed to pulling an oar.
He 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 hoosior ; he is also a member
of last year's crew. Terry, who pulled bow last year,
occupies the same place still. He 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, ono of the
best qualifications for coxswain in a powerful pair of lungs.
The two others of the six have not yet been tried in a
race. The crow has made good time in practice, and the
Yale students feel pretty sure of winning at Worcester.
The great object of their ambition is to go a little beyond
more victory, and make bettor time than the 17.48 of last
year, which Harvard men claim was the best on record."

Lotd Stamford announces fourteen yearlings for sale by
private contract, and they can be viewed at Park Pad-
docks, Newmarket, during the ensuing July Meeting. The
chestnut filly by Cambuscan out of Lady A ugusta, the colt
by Cambuscan out of Emily (Nurmauby's dam), and the
colt by King Tom out of Cerintha, aro reported to be
spleuded youngsters. It is the opinion of Admiral nous,
we hear, that the King Tom colt is the finest yearling he
over saw.

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