New-York tribune., 1867-04-30

welrounded end snswy form, the perfect and defiant
athlete, selfeonscous Of power and strength. tail,
mellmade STRIPPING With sunny face and true Grecian
profile steps forward. This is Coffin, from Irving
ton, New-York, who comes Of a rowing family,
for his brother, Edmund Coffin no later than
last year pulled Of tho best strokes in five Yale
Young Coffin Will this year pull stroke for old Yale and
though not as yet very old 0arsman, yet his
broad shoulders and erect form give promise Of gal
liant adversary to IoT1ng the coming Harvard stroke
Coffin 10 years Of age, feet in hight and lt6 pounds
weight. WI Lee will pull No. in the Yale crew Lee
is strong daring athlete from Chicago with that shade
Ira G. Han Of the junior class viii pull No T. ana W G.
McClintock, freshman Of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Samuel Parry OF Clinton. Ne1Jersey, belonging to the
Junior class will pun No. O. or second to the stroke: Tax
the April drizzle with their flannel erseys, the arms
being cut off to allow full play for the muscles, they are
and education co. and win no doubt one day, when
they hys S % the and 81 collie oa asa
hayo no sTseRcS q eHseRng as misty &
the busy lie Of the great world Tie boat Is ready and
the men place themselves n position with fhelr oa5s
gives q silent signal, few drops Of spray drop
from the blades glisten in the rising sunshine, ana
the Connectcat The cbedieut crew bend like Indarab
Der gnrcs, and, with few short rapid strokes, the
chest after the approved Yale fashion, and the whole
weight resting on the legs and in few minutes tho boat
face OF the Connecticut like dim shadows wilber Bacon
gives it as his opinion that Tie /" ersw v "a =
4 they do not win, Birdseli Of New.HSven the Commo
GSe @ Of the Yale fin fine sSw
with Bacon and after they have so declared would lie
well for tyro 10 differ from them.
Under the shade Of the old trees which beautifully
embellish the lawn o Harvard University at Cambridge
the alengrossng theme is the coming University race
In July. William Blaikle, tall handsome fellow with
figure Of the group This young fellow with the figure OF
Achilles and the manner Of webTed gentleman s well
from tho fact that he saved Harvard from losing the race
last year by the magnificent training which he gave his
the of the celebrated writer stands by hrs side with
number Of other Harvard lads whose names famous
eiated. Longworth sallow-faced. darkeyed lad with
deep black eyes aud picturesque pair OF shoes on his
feet with handsome silk bows, 10 the celebrated Mich
oas Ioneworth, who made the Ohio another khne with
smiling vineyards, and died worth incacuable millions
Charles River and Mystic River famous
stand listening to Blake as he discusses s nsggF
ful manner which denotes the reverence which they
ing code. Here you may fine day scons Of the
Motley who wrote the history OF the Dutch ReIn6hc,
dom sawin, and many young lads who inherit the
proudest literary names of NewEneland. Young Haw-
ihorne around the ehestl7 inches, which is
iuch more in measurement than IIeenab, the great
gladiator, can boast Of. Alden y. Loring, a
ile'iHH""s in his sstocsngS. Is TO be the stroke
for Harvard this year. Loring is dark eyed siEewy
not look more than iSo and belongs to the celebrated
LoriHg family Boston George Hodridge, the bow
hight. and il fellow townsman Of Coffin, the bow oar Of
Yale, from IryingoD NewSOrk, who has come TO study
the bumanities at Harvard Blake is dong the
coaching" business for the Harvard crew,
and naturally feels proud Of the fine fellows whom he
has in bis charge lie claims that the Harvard crew will
win, they the right principle, differing from
Yale in their stroke The Harvard men claim that they
pull with their legs well their arms and that when
pulling they throw the shoulders back and get respra
lion pulling vigorously and With power instead Of vast
ing time IN fancy strokes The training OF the Harvard
men Is for an American crew. quite severe. AT 81 O. N.
the men leave their beds, aud, after attending prayers
OF oatmeal guel and beef not stng Themselves as
10 quantity At 72O they bqye recitations. and at II
pun op the PLACID Charles RvG Returning AT u o'clock
they then parako Of dinner which eonslsts OF done
beef or mutton and vegetables 10 pounds CT meat being
the allowance for the crew of six men After dinner they
return TO study until o'clock, and recatIOns until
o'clock. At O'Clock there Is another hours rowing
i'm the Charles River In their sxoarcd she'll and again
bread and milk rare roast beef aud mutton seass ana
chops alternate at breakfast on different days and the
tuous or vinoas drinks are allowed, and smoking is
strictly prohibited t9 the oaTsmen New bread
Sssr aoTfS To sfanrRe sq es bs ya Y ss
is strictly cpoincd as being necessary 10
healthy condition foG the men. Bathing is not
shoes Jersey flannel shirts without sleeves and silk
bandkcrchiels. Elliott of Greonpont is building the
rowing she'll to used by the Harvard crow cost Of
sfo te boat to be delivered IN Boston Mckay OF Har-
lem is also building the she'll for Yale. The cost O the
Yale boat win be about the same as that OF
place at Quinsigamond, as Yale Is disposed to yield
The point, beng the challenging party and Harvard
mond Is smooth sheet of water wen adapted Tor rowing
purposes while they state that there is chop III the
Connecticut waters which would be unavorabe TO per-
feet Both crews Will train for the next A weeks
before the race takes place 10 decide the superiority VI
either Of tie Universities.