The New York herald., 1869-06-09
AQUATICS.

The International Rowing Rnces-The Har-
ward Method Of Training-The Sun Bath
The Time Of Practice-Sleep-Dathin
Hnrvard's ssStyIe."
BOSTON, June T. 1909.
In such contest as the ceming international afar
between Harvard and the two great English univer-
stiles it will undoubtedly be interesting to those
curious In regard to the mysteries Of "traning' to
| find some enlightenment in the statement OF the
actual process now being undergone by the Harvard
| crew.
OF all ideas Of training of all the pet theories and
fancies Of trainers Harvard training is the ireest
and includes the most general and varying diet.
You see gauntfaced fellows. on whose bodies
you can count the ribs and remark the
deeply-lined muscles. But you see nothing hag-
gard In their faces; no dogged-looking men,
with their mouths down at the corners; no
blue lines round the eyes. Instead, cheerful,
eager faces, belonging to who live with satIsfac-
ton aud whose work agrees with them. They do
not chew smooth pebbles or bullets to Keep the
saliva circulating. They do not stint themselves to
pint OF water day, and the consequence is that
beueath a dark coating Of tan there glows the
ruddy tnge OF health. and the natural springs life
flourish aud grow strong under the wholesome
stimulus OF exercise and appetite.
What OF these ideas are purely American and what
coincide with the code OF living of their English
rivals may be well worth understanding, so that
when the test really comes Americans will know
what have been the rules OF the American training
which influence the result on the race day Promi.
ment, then, in the American course is the
exposure OF the body to the sun. What pc
cuar efficiency there may be in this it is not easy
TO define We only know that the ancient Romans
set apart on each day certain time for summing
themseves-a race whose physique lives in their
grace. Cicero ana Pliny wrote OF their little basks
In the sum- Many physicians advise their pale and
salow patients TO keep the sunny side OF the street.
Every one knows the value OF having the sun lay In
the apartment IN which he spends his time. 1t is
natural II Is strengthenng& & this living IN the sun.
Injured TO fatigue men must bear the burden and
heat OF the day. While in this country we are
parched by the SUMS rays for weeks together. Eng
lishmen are carrying their umbrellas for fear OF
shower half dozen times day: Now 1t is in the
his nooning that the Harvard crew push
their boat from the raft for sweat
which shine their backs and ooze from every
pore by the more polite term OF perspraon The sun
out with even coat tan tnat at once tells the
regiment to which they belong.
This then l. one Of the peculiartes OF the Ameri-
can code which Englishmen have not adopted Very
likely this arises from the fact that they DO not pos
sess streams which are sufficiently unrequented to
allow OF thls degree OF nudity, or else 1t IL IN keeping
with their ideas Of training which demand some pro-
lection or something to take up moisture from the
body. Many able physicians advocate wearing Ian
nels the year round on account OF the equality OF
temperature which they insure 10 the body All this
may 40 TOT tue weak ana deDllltated but without
exposure men would never becoms toughened
IL Is as toughenng to endure heat as cold.
and thus become Injured to changes OF
climate and temperature; all this Is included In the
regimen OF the Harvard crew. heard an English
man. on the boatnouse raft, say the other day that
II the rowing men OF his country should expose
themselves as those OF Harvard do-lyng around
half stripped with an eaSterly wind blowing and q
not sun oyerhead-t would Kill them. But the IIar.
ward crew sLil nves; rail- shine. cold or not row
they must and row they do over certain stretch OF
water.
As for this important branch OF training II covers
the entire ground TO say that, with few favorite
dinarily crave, wholesome, hearty edbles, good
meats and fresh vegetables. All fancy cooking
spices aud most acids are dcbarred.
sLEEP-BArHING
Early hours OF retiring, ana much geep os
each man feels that he needs. complete the nightly
programme. while they find that plunge into the
river r1gnt after their evening row, followed by the
usual rubbing down process, completes fair expo
stlon OF their preparation for the fierce work to
come ut the oar
THE ''srYLEn
OF Harvards rowing. a matter which must in1u-
ence w0ightlly for or against success Will refer
10 last That IL should differ essentially from that
OF the English University oarsmen not to be cx-
pected OF q Harvard crew, who have for the last
three years aimed at nearly the same ideal IA the
English codes set forth. Still, their style will be
American. The crew have not yet, OF couise be-
come fully settled In their practice In this respect:
but what they are aiming at L. perfectly deiined
and, Dy the skilIul observer be even now dis.
tngu5hed. The new men Improve faults are being
fast eradcated, and the crew are gradually getting
together.n
As the day OF the race draws nearer eyes watch
more Closely while criticism improves their style,
and then, VIII all the perfection which muscle and
brains can bring TO the contest, the crew will draw
up to the line Tor that twenty odd minutes.