New-York tribune., 1867-04-30
ROWING.
or HARVARD AND YALE FOR The JuIY

made by the OF the Universities Of oxford and
Cambridge, for the boat which took place on the
famous sheet OF water between Putney and Mortlake
few weeks since and resulted in hard victory for
the Oxford crew. has had corresponding effect ON this
side Of the ocean, and an equally interesting squirt OF
generous rivalry now exists at the two great American
Universities, Yale and Harvard in regard to the coming
which to take place at Lake Qunsigamond on the
10th Of July TWAS proposed by both colleges to pick
crew OF their best men, who had won renown In former
races for the purpose Of sending them representative
American oars to the Paris Exhibition races but several
very weighty reasons prevented the desired result IL
found impossible to pick crew from both colegesto
compete with the crews which Cambridge and
oxford would be certain send to the Seine 10
against the French The English boats without
exception carry eoxwains, and the Harvard and Yale
crews steer by apparatus termed technically tray
eer The steering Is done by the feet OF the bow oars
who has continually 10 look ahead over his shoulder
to that all is clear and consequently the motion Of
the boat s often made unsteady by the nadverent twist
ing Of the coxwaine body. The traveller Is double
wire running both sides OF the boat like O bell
pun, connecting between the rudder and short
piece of fiat wood which winds on pivot
10 front OF the bow oar, and by which the bow steers
The eoxswan Of the English boats Is lad chosen for his
light weight ranging from rs to 100 pounds and his sk
may be made available by the stroke-oar OF the crew.
Then again, the English crews with eight mem
in addition TO the eoxswain and the Yale and Harvard
crews have been hitherto accustomed to with com
plment Of SIX without coxswan. In England II is
customary 70 choose the lighes man in the crew. with
the exception Of the coxswan, for the honorable but
onerous position of stroke oar, while In America, and
particularly with Yale and Harvard the prediec
on has been for the heaviest in the crews, 10 fill the
position Of stroke The English oarsmen claim that
the bow oar, acting as coxswain, loses his general
usefulness in pulling from the fact that when he looks
his shoulder he has TO neglect his duty one OF the
pulling crew proper, and may perchance, should he
escape foulng his boat, which would almost TO GER
anty lose the for his crew. loe time in his stroke
and throw the remainder Of the also out Of time,
Bowman who pulled the stroke for the Oxford in the
late race weighed ISL pounds after training which is
very light weight for English oarsman while Ander
son. who acted stroke for Cambridge, weighed but 54
pounds. At the University race at Quinsigamond
Lake which occurred the 2sth OF last July, William
Baike Of Boston, who pulled stroke for Harvard,
weighed pounds and f. b. Bennett who pulled stroke
for Yale weighed lG3 pounds, aromarkaby heavy weight
for ali American University 1t is certain that
The training which college have TO undergo TO ~
themselves for University such as Is seen at WOr
ceser every year, II less than that pursued
by the oxford and Cambridge previous 10 their late
at Putncy The English couree one Of selfdenal
and stern exactnoss, aud no doubt the same course
will approximate 20 a similar result at the American
Universities The relative indy weight Of the men nt
the English and American Universities, after training for
the last between Harvard and Yale In 1906 and the
late which came of between Oxford and Cambridge
Is after ALL perhaps, the best criterion Of the muscle Of
the countries for be Il known that when crew has
undergone weeks udcious training TO prepare them
seyes boat race with the desired qualifications Of
ohaste and temperate life In the interval nothing remains
but bone ana muscle OF the hardest nature. Well then,
20 take the Universities either side Of the Atlantic,
a. IN the following figures II win az once be seen that
there IL vast difference between the educated muscle OF
III gland and America. The average individual weight
cf the crews Of the Universities was MS follows:
Oxford men AID co.swain ss',ss iss Sand.. sss.
Cambridge lso'.s men ANA e0Nswain ltt pounds.
Yale, led 20 men, no no Soxswain iSi pounds.
A66RE0ArE wEIour 0r 1nG UNIVERSITY CREWS.
ISL i'I5 lbs. I,siS lbs. va ibs. o5i Tbs
This statement excludes the coxwains Of the oxford
and Cambridge who are of course, mere iadS ana oa"'
therefore serve in comparison Of the muscle of the
spectlyc uatonaltics The coXwans Of Oxford weighed
after training 100 pounds and his rival of the Cambridge
crew weighed III pounds It will be remembered that
the heaviest crew told in the long mn. oxford winning
the from the fact that each man Of her crew eh
cecded I'm bone aud muscle his adversary OF the Cam
bridge crew by five pounds These five pounds alluded
to were certainly not adipose matter as the train
ing had taken that off The heaviest
man in the English was Time Of
Oxford who could not be trained lower than lo6 pounds
Time pulled No. in the oxford crew II is but once In
40 years that prize fighter can be found who viii train
down 10 the regular standard and yet retain 1876 pounds
OF solid bone and muscle The nghtest man In the En-
esh crew was Bowmab the stroke Of the oxford boat
who weighed pounds. The heaviest man In the Cam
bridge crew was Cunningham, scotchman, who weighed
lsO pounds.
The natonaties Of the two Of Is men was as fol
lows: Englishmen. II; Irshmen, a. scotehmen, Welsh
l. Time Of Oxford the heaviest man In the two crews
is an Irishman; and Cunningham, the Cambridge heaNy
man, is Scotchman
According TO statement lately made in The Yale COT
Ieoe ConnL the number Of undergraduates undergoing
regular ncademca course In the various New England
Colleges IL as follows Including the professional ana
scientific students Howard University, 9Gl Yale, 'V1 :
Dartmouth, 3is; Bowdoin. 2J2 Amherst. 295 Brown
University 100; wliamss College, 1866 Wesleyan INT
yersity lyI Vermont University. i27 Holy-Cross Col
ege leO Boston College 50 Trinity 20; TUFTS "a; Colby
University 81; Mlddeburgh. 81 Norwich University
40: total a,5Os OF this large number, Harvard ana
Yale can be taken standard for the rest may DC
that not 10 per cent OF the $500 stud
EMS attending the colleges OF New-Engand above en-
III ated have any practical knowledge OF rowing as an
ahat to say 100 of ao students OF Harvard, ana
like number OF the Yale men understand how 10 pull
stroke in after they have managed to get into one
without upsttting II OF drowning themselves.
AT present there great activity existing at Yale and
Harvard In gard the University which IL To take
place In July next At Yale the crew is In training under
the guardian eye OF wilbur Bacon the Yale stroke OF "a
and 65 who carried off the palm Of victory twice In sue
cesson for his alma mater, aud proved himself one OF the
first oarsmen OF American Universities The boat
house OF the Yale boys is sudtedin the Connecticut River
at New Haven short distance from TomiDs9ns Bridge
locality well known to the students WHO visit tho spot
to look the training of the men who are Expected to
win further fe4e jsF thflr dagpS University The iaie
boat.house is large and r0oDy edifice built OF wood
with dezen fifteen six cared shells placed carefully
ON racks and sufficient quantity Of spruce spoons