New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-02

steamers OF liIc Thames 10 "IlHtoS p"O i"No'
I'VE should like to copy the minute descriptions
of the English papers, only the topography Is /
/ unknown here; but take the following specimen
I for the start:
.'Genilemcni are YOU ready, or cries Mr
hSearic. and ere the clnd ~ has left h.s ps theI
1OxioTG oars have bccup caily to move through inc
Wafer. For the first three strokes they snow Few
inches in trout aud then Lswes Cambridge slr"Ach
with q frantic 49, short and clipped, YET uniform
has pushed 90 nc front and rapidly increase Us .yau
Brown lOX;cId stroke has gone OF WIN lt'ic NOR
than Sc 10 the minute which he works up to 81 before
he has I0wod a dozen strokes. Each crew KNOWS IL
Town game. and confidently follows its stroke ~ W.
sweep ly the umpro's boat Cambridge aliead, hnii
length ahead The dnfkbiue supporters look g@"hy
hut an * Varsity stroke bends oyer tn, ran anu iU y
Drst win Whether the voice Is henrd or not through
The din Of battle, The principle IS hcedcd ana '4iou
settle down 10 their form and sweep, maintaoih-
that STROKE which they know VIII take them q'',hft
tory ~, schelc coarss while Cambridge still 0rdw more
and more to the 'front.'"
Cambridge keeps is lead; the race draws onl
for mile after miles all but a few believing
sOxford beaten. See now how the pluck and
sccol Judgment of men apparently losers, dis
jplay themselves:
and now, as they pass tie ruins Of Col. Si'Mrrdo'
lyilla, Brown for the first time slightly qulcAens ms
5struk ND 10 30, with all mis- cOuidcncc Le heES to
think thot CAMBRIDGE are getting little too fr ahead
And soon Cambridge has ceased to gam VINO La".s,
Siih hs lighting iecovelY, SIN A"ids on 'nr ~
which be started mot, for his sake assert ~ t1fy
from 20 10 80 y as q foolish. wOlldbe sporting 81 .f6n
scle oports. Then, as the boats cro.a 70 me Surrey
side. making for the center arch OF Ha4nnersm.tb
Bridge ana pass under the wall o he 0htSfcTOu Soap
sWorha OXfOd for the int time srlFt toto the wash Of
ECanb dee. Matters become triticni now, fever IS
the Iooc N danger aud as tue elopplng swell breaks
sIcaiui the boat the begin to row Wildly, ohd o
ris away frorn their h.!A4s," uass'e swing But
BrOWu has head upon his shoulders and nerves. mat
s9.uld have done credit 10 the Iron Dlko 10 an IN
iant 80 mipd IL made up be- siackens his su"ke ond
rows ei,rer than ever thus allowing his men IT, become
i tcndy ana long again behind hum. Inc crisis passes
and as they shoot tic bridge M Hammer mit' faiDci
more than tTo clear hrgt!a ia ne rear Of ean9FCSe
they ind Themselves again in smooth wafer.
4 man who could do that ia not easily beaten :!
sDo Won understand, DYE mmu-cuiar Christians,
sor begin slimmoriasIy TO perceive, something
.of the virtue that resides in This business OF
srowing raccs--of the manly qualities and of thc
4, intellectual gifts a. WEI that 90 to make mp %
irH-ratc oar.man Soc now. Cambridge with
Is a TO the minute and Is lightning
tecover" has about done itsbc-t, md the brains
IN tie skull OF thlt Oxford troke, and The stout
ihear, Of inc even mon behind his back begin
10 coup. IN thi, unItmilling struggle. Cam.
bridge gains 10 iongoy-doea not increase isl
gappa'lug icad-prc.ently, even, Oxford begin
to diminish II, to overhaul Cambridge, to range
lup alongside, so that the bow OF Oxford and the.
coy,wain of Cambridge cru exchange gloaces-,
and sDon il j. al over!
! "Twce they como OPP To them. twice Lowo STRUGGLES
tmcr.,r C,uhrdce n-e efsdunlly goin pieces ind
tirr form, but OAiur bow rowing more uniform
Us thar lcrn .-fe ILcy feel That they are Winning
and lrurrrnr npger vri tv ach ont FOR hr atrnkc
A Tics Pose hsHI. tlDrcl H.lrt Level WIZ
stlr uo, ni OAf.l Ia flif p~iron they row ihe ne1
lltO yaris. j. Brown iaiteri'r or has Iawcs silii
tUl,ier tigt In 3D. llmt The next 80 stroke
1 .. 'f'o't fit . cl,rl ' .'l.l .iL ,iI ~,
20 for .af dozen r,fohes, nud n iio ocst1ey ~ th"l
Br-ui ioo' onf ana 'rrs 70 cnroh inwos cvo Ihcy
" cd f.Ho antagonists and 90 l,t Henley and Rad
~ nr, .FllrDt. thou nuid cash Qi eheeu9f. thH
snU.t o. lcr even nf Richmond osord roto Pc fore
tnner hsyi.r IOa.. q stcll race JoT fDse nuo!'
1 After ilaf, there Was no race lclt. Cambridge
\ 'orgei- non. ol it- pluck, bu. excepting pluck
and the honor Of is magnificent effort for;
ivic,ory, b.. race is rowed. Oxford wins by four
ilenghs % ,h, end OF four miles and o. quartcrs
- race pulled az the emo Of the tide ard won
IN % DO. 80 So. stint which wc recommend TO,
our American friend. iu their nomenclature
trace
rcI ihe bcno6i Of those OF o,u o4rInen who'd
reAiy ,tl.,, 90 improve ,Lc standard OF Amer !
Jean rowing, We append the Instructive COM
,mcnts of III, Sptc~tcr--wriltcn, Of course. bys
Ia thoroughbred rowing man. and deserving
I be best consideration OF every one Of ON anna \
ielrs aud professionals.
I Jalp1s oa.l,gs have il.@ds .iyun 90 rc,e shcA
ful III, ~ q / N
tan series lritels from cOlccttd critic, O.
ready 10 strike mon wien down. c0ndrwuur Clu-i
Abfdgo iA g.ID. AID hgmlcrf in p.Iica.as. Andg
SCI tic ltrr n0 done more fnn III iuf p.torecsois
though siiitng eith Uinsied Itn'et am f'aiefsi
"a. iis succeeded iu bringing crew n tie post mat
aoaIc row 10 time a maze splendid Tacc--notc than
aims o snrir cabs hni have never cee"d u cuP Mt
their president nr.t rccoeci ii II tdhuf ier was
bad tIcy sc. sal worse ana ila 10 """ tAo lhu'lf
rni rWlu- rt tiru-,l}f ana .Hti4 -unfIblh't. lha
D threw many diihcuiics in hs way osio'ds
lad 20 n.,faets ID his fom viated s'Jlc before he
ld form them in Cd now mold Tie Do, done Rcll
aud ncca mo-. ~ ashamed o. luiscl; Cambridge las
asb a ultef h.mi0 efch t.c beginning, Irt i.-H
will know Low loo rOa. The tuWIE Ol both silOacsl
va. .uurii anil trl ramcs Ni lbo lr u'u." arr.l-
wiz f, lseo TO- 81 Zoe iiuess STANLEY and ne in.m
ebie Nrnles the clnrIas ol tLitty md Meade kiUr
Win Nray and Niaiis. with the stripping IdcL ii
fnrI garsl.tye o. everlasting Hal. tlc lHutrIialeS
isisley .iralinr I'chng.on, and in' im'ine hoaic
sbrdee individual hus at .ofu wcre ro snhc cntiyt
c,.'claG and Connected and Che 'lcgLn.nf was 4
Icaf'.ht o.. t.r cNpttc ol 'hIpn', o.. loNih" trH
rt and moe Int9 ilait Iat cob lNr b.'.f a. t'' o."
4 u,,cqF - 'hc t-e-r The forward reach also Wask
100 short, aIa ihn men W'.C trained TOO suddenly at
In, last t,ford .r.u's 90 have erred wheeler Oh
necc ,itv SO c4uuh sSt, 100 contding foo af.4 ~
t,r rni nf selecting The strongest men 90 III hazards
and trusting b. able to hammer III III mo shap" M
,tionc aa the ch - tio crow was ra.rd rth'sf
AZ me .stn.e 81 n,ts ldual style. Su thrr scucrdf