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

We remember no year in which the intrcs;
huwn in thc English Unworthy race was so
keen and general as this year. II j. NOT cou-
fined to the daily and the sporting papers but
invade the literaryend political wccs.ies, and
we find elaborate articles on il in The Saturday
Rric,r, The London Herinc, The Spectator, aud
one or two other. And Oh thi, sdo the waite.
,bc affair viii have corr ponliug attention. for
the contest between Cambridge and Oy'ord in
England closely concerns the contest bc.weer
Harvard ard Yale III America All the lead
ing rowing men in our two great college watch
he English struggles, and the rowing men out
side of the college, are beginning to understand
how much influence the superior science
Of England has upon the cultivation Of the art
in America. And this year if we mistake not,
there is a note Of preparation that iorciokcn, an
active aud exciting Summer on The rye-s and
horbors whore the American racc-couscs lie.
There have been twenty-five races between
Oxlotd and Cambridge, Of which Oxford has
now Won twelve, Cambrdg. ten. il 1861 The
two colleges stood cqual--each had Ton tcu
race. Yet although the contest of that ycr
was TO decide for . while that LONG ,trugele for
superiority. the acnal race bad LITTLE interest,
for the defeat Of Cambridge had become GER
ainty before an car WAS dipped in The waiting
waters Of thc Thames. The Cam mat
year sent one Of her worst crews 20 london,
and the result was race without style end
without one element Of success beyond mere
mi-aupi.cd brute force. This gear 10 was vastly
different. Cambridge had creg worthy Of Us
best Lavs.--so good that The Oxford troht pro-
nouuecd ne was sarc he could VIA with tc
Cambridge nlcn--albcit b. expected TO with biz
own. III weight, Oxford had IN advantage Of
ninc pounds IN all; quite enough to tell IL the
end Of 70 long race, if only The weight be ia the
right plnce. The style OF nnither crew was good
in the beginning, but what j. remarkable is thst
tho two finally settled into two perfectly distinct
methods, and the race was rowed OF tw0 diverse
theories, each OF which has had Oh th, side Of
The water enthusiastic aivoeatcr. We mean,
of course, the fast and the slow stroke respect
inc the merits and possibllilie ol which American
rorgers arc still divided in opinion. when Ward
won and held The single-,eull champiou.hipNith
a. stroke g. ~, The slow party seemed to have car
ried the Gav Daring that period the Harvard siy
won some Of it, most famous triumphs, pulling
n stroke that varied between 81 and 10. Then
came Hammill, Al 10 the minute, victor IN two
races out of three over Ward, and PIE ntcham-
pion. Yale, also, which has always pulled It
quicker stroke than Harvard, beat Harvard last
year: 50 that here opinion was leaning strongly
to the "high-preSSure" stroke--prorided you
|could put crew in boat TO stand it.. But the
present victory Of Oxford, pulling 80 over Cam
bridge pulling a., will do much with Us to
throw matters back where they stood two years
ago.
American readers in general still need to be
told something Of the tremendous interest
England manifests in the rowing rivalres be-
Tween hex two Universities, aud may be IN