The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-28 00:00:00

The Harvard crew, boat, and all, arrived at
Liverpool on Tuesday, and put up at the Washing-
ton Hotel. Besides Messrs. Loring, captain, of the
Harvard four, Simmons,stroke,Bass, Rice, and Burn-
ham, coxswain. Mr. W. lilaikie has come to superin-
tenu arrangements ; Mr. Lyman is a
Mr. Elliott sees to the boats; and there are also
three servants. Mr. II ty, the other substitute, will
follow immediately after the race on Lake Quinsiga-
mund. The party arrived on Wednesday at the
" Star and Garter," whence they have moved to a
private house adjoining Symond's boat-house. The
boat has just been varnished ; it is described as long
for a four-oar, resembling in shape a Jewitt mould,
displacing the water about mid-chips, made of
lighter wood than English boats, and a fine speci-
men of workmanship. On weighing the men they
are found to be all over twelve stone; one nearly
thirteen ; the average being twelve-and-a-half ; the
discrepancy in the might sent over from America
may be attributed to the sea voyage and change of
climate and diet. There was no demonstration, and,
as yet, they have not been intruded on, as they cer-
tainly will be when the Cockney is aroused, and for
this they must prepare themselves. The match
has been arranged, it is said, to be rowed over the
Oxford and Cambridge Course between the 15th and
31st August. On the morning of the 9th inst.
the Harvard crew tried the boat built for them by
Alderman Elliott, sitting in the order in which they
are to row against Oxford. At the start there is said
to have been a little awkwardness, but after 200
yards the men got fairly into play, and drove their
boat along at a rate which astonished the specta-
tors, and the trial satisfied many of the amateur
boatmen present that Harvard would win. They had
another boat which they had brought with them
from Boston, built by Blackie, of Charleston, and
it was not -certain whether they would take both
boats with them to England. So far the Harvard
crew have done well, winning the four-oared race
in the rowing regatta at Boston on the sth inst.,
three miles in 22 minutes 27f seconds, the George
Rhoars coming in in 23.17 k, and the other compe-
titors dropping into the rear. We hope that the
Harvard men will not permit themselves to indulge
in excellent collations and enjoyable evenings as
they did at the Nassau Club before leaving New
York. No doubt people desire to be civil, and
dinners and balls are the usual means of showing
civility ; but the crew must abstain till after tl e
race, taking care what they eat and drink, and that
their hours are severely regular. They will not row
the race except on a calm day, therein we consider
them to be right, for wind or any disturbing cause
tells harder against them than the Oxonians, who
know the course well. Of the latter we learn that—
" After a week's preliminary trials, five and a coxswain
from whom the competitors against the Americans will
be finally chosen, have got into regular training. The Rev.
Dr. Hornby, Head Master of Eton, has placed his fishing-
villa—well known to old Etonians as Black Pots—at their
disposal. The villa is situated on the Bucks shore of the
Thames, and contiguous to the training course, which is
in that part of the river that runs through the private por-
tion of the Windsor Homo Park, between the Victoria-
bridge at Datchet and the Albert-bridge at Old Windsor.
The gentlemen in training are tho following :—Mr. F.
Willem, 1; Mr. A. C. Yarborough, 2 ; Mr. J. C. Tinny
(President of the Oxford University Boat Club), 3 ; Mr. S.
D. Darbishire, 4 ; Mr. W. S. Woodhouse, 5 ; Mr. J. 11.
Hall, coxswain. Most of the crew are old Etonians, and
the four finally selected, judging from their admirable style
of rowing at the present time, will doubless prove them-
selves creditable representatives of the Oxford University
and worthy competitors of the Americans who have ha-
zarded the challenge in the forthcoming contest." The
Oxonians continue at Black Pots, which is a mile below
Windsor, but the water is getting weedy in this boiling
weather, which brings out long trailing sedges, and this
may necessitate a move. The course and its keeping is in
the hands of the Thames Conservancy, and it is proposed
to buoy the river, keeping row boats outside, and , alto-
;ether prohibiting stmaners.

Mr. Geo. W. Child; of the Philadelphia Ledger,
took 1,500 men, women, and children to AtlaLtic City,
July 5; where they spent the day at the new Excur-
sion House in festivities and bathing. The party in-
cluded the employ4s and their famili s, all the ag.'nts
of the Ledger in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey,
and 80 men connected with the paper mill at Elkton. Md.
The cost of the whole affair, which is borne by Mr. Childs,
is estimated at 810,000. The Ledger was stopped for that
day, which in itself must have been no small loss to Mr.

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