The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-27

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INTERESTING YACTs IN TIE HISTORY OF C0LLxas
REG atlas.
Before proceeding 70 detailed account OF the presen
race will doubt prove interesting 10 record few
Me prominent facts In the history OF college regssas and
Of tho particular clubs coutendng this oooasion. The
palm for excellence 70 be generally accorded 10
Harvard University, Of Cambridge Mass boats from
that institution having taken prizes in contests with Yale
and Dartmouth and With Boston clubs Yale stands nex
In point Of proficiency In this manly SPORT and after her
como Dartmouth, Brown University, Trinity College,
Columbia College, New York; and the University Of Penn
sylvania. hoped that Of the colleges than
represented would have joined the Uaon Association
but the expense Of transporting boats and the time
sary consumed 10 Of course great drawback, peehaps
especially when the veteran prize takers arc
hand Al have already stated however, the success
Of the present undertaking has been marked that
cannot fail to induce In future spirited
test the mind cannot be ado qaasey cultivated without
the necessary physical organization 70 contain
developed and there probably 20 enscvs
and at he time pleasant a. that of rowing in an
exciting boat race
TIE HARVARD COLLEGE NAVY.
The institution Of boating In Harvard College dates ~
late as the fall Of 1874 number Of boat regattas had
been held year two previous NJ Chelsea and doubt
less acua&ed by these thirteen members Of the class OF
'46 formed boat club, and purchased boat called the
Ottes which had been built for the Chelsea She
WAS thirty six feet long, and pulled eight Her
was changed to the Oneida, ami she remained in the
class until three since, when she sold 70 Bton
boatbuider Soon after the Oneida Club formed the
senior class Of 4b organized club, and bought the Red
Michael, thirty eight feet long pulling eight oars, and
changed her name TO the Iris The class Of s next pur-
chased the Undne, OF the size ~ the Oaeda, In
1885, and In the fall Of the year bought the huron
forty foot eight cared boat In 40 the O,eida Club sold
their boat 10 the class Of 49, and built the ATLANTA 10
that in little over year Eve boats had been owned in
the College In September, 1s4s, the Huron and
Atalanta had been soId but the HAoqon, eigh. oars
and the Ariel, six, had been purchased by tho
class Of I'll. The Undine and Ariel Clubs were dig
banded In the middle Of $780, and the Halcyon In 1851
80 that until 1854, but one boat and that the nrst ons
was owned by the students. The Irs new thirty six
feet, eight cared boat built in 1884, and her name
changed first 70 the Hurry and next TO the ARIEL shs
class Of '66 bought new forty feet eight cared boat
adopting the old Of ARIEL which shortly aterw
at Springfield. The class OF 56 in the year 1856
bought the Y " which, with the "rhets no sever soon
disappeared In THE year the members Of the cSsses $50
and SO, built the four cared boat Undme, which
owned by the latter class. In June, 1885, fifty
egh. cared boat, the Harvard built for the College,
and won the prize at the Boston regatta the following
July She wan, however sold to Columbia College, and
the present "Hsrvard light cared forty boat
replaced her, She the Beacon cup Of June 49, 1863
The folio wing is gs Of the boats at present Owned tho