, 1869-09-10
lOKDON.
The Oxford and Harvard Boat Race
The Excitement and the Scene,
The Chicago Coxswain


&C., 6-c., &c.
trRoN oCa srEc1A1 CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, August 28,
The Dewsrapcr1 this morning arc tcenlng with
nccoans OF tho International boat race tho result
Of which has been dashed hJ this time orer the
length md breadth OF the Nav World. No ort,l-
nary event OF recent tines has created such wide-
sprrnd tntercat 1t lad been the thnue Of couves-
tatIou for weeks, and a tho day Of trial ap-
rronchcd, the interest Ha1 1nteaAl1cd. IAhali not
err In statiDg that yesterday morning ever! othcr
topic Wns d!ertEordcd in the absorbing sentiment
OF the sacc. Even the tetegEaphio ncsaa1c THAI
reported the tliocls OF the Emperor OF the Frcnct
hud Affected tho Exchange was unhcc1e'i. Tao
contest between Harvard nnd Oxford xss nos re-
gasced IN tho light Of IN ordInaty boa, race. It
wl1 natlonai niIAF. Englnnd hAa hAd tho nte-
me1bhlp ID athletic c1ctr.ses- None OF rho old ua-
tlGbs cf Europe disputed her supremacy. They
admitted iheIr own tuftnortJ. In wses~
ling, lcap!ug. running. racing, and
boxing. shs succeeded to the crown
Of nnc!cni Greece. In rowing cspeclatly-whtcn
formed no part Of tho Dlymrian. r5thlan, Nrmlau
or Ithmian spor,s, hshouxh the last vas specially
sacred TO tho God OF tho Sta-EnglAnd pf1lcd
herself q the unmatched md the Incom parable.
Il MAI be In agincd, then, how her pride was ruf.
ucd when her best university crow received a
challenge frGm America To uy toeaa On her OWE
~ateEx Oxford could not ID honor refuse 10 ac-
ccpt tho challenge, md. although the contest Il
now over, thcFe wA4 Eono considerable apprc-
heDs'on that the !nuErt wreath woald bc pluckcd
from her brow hJ this raloroha gentlemen OF llaE-
yn1d. Tho very acdaclty Of the proceeding gaze
evidence Of conscious virtue. aud, from the pluck
nEd endurance Of AmertcAns IN other 1cds Of
chiyn19, 1t WA1 feared that the reno4n Of old
Eutel!us was gong 70 t,e bctipsed BY tho young
pnrcS Of ,hc West The Fates, however,
ordained It otherwise, and victory remained
WITH the older and more pr1ctIca school,
Al On honorable national contest
wRs It regarded, and not rs nert boat race. Tdh
accounts ot the extraordinary interest 1t excited,
MD for she extraordinary crowds that went to
see the race- No account that hare secn-and
was present before aud during the contest-has
realized the kcyue. Il WIS one for vision, not
deFC1ipttn. No pen-and many practlsed one
was at Work on the occ1Sou-c1uld letter-prrss
The fpec'acic. Even the eul~ ritlng Of the photo
graph could Gisc hut = dead image Of the llslng
panorama London, which has Leen sutd q thou.
sand slmeH this foIr Heets 10 bc empty becau5c a
few fashionable atcs-whoge vanity makes them
imaEte that theJ create the dust and st'r Of Loa-
don's mighty circclatIou-arr OFT OF to9u Just
e"Ns Aoe1-" A0>'' - @'Ss ~ ae-e1 a. Ae
any stream, IT least Glucc Ier1es' a1mies drank
dry the hole tlyera. II Ia dttlcn!t to arrive at
just estimate OF the Plumbers who Tcre present.
One puts aa high us 80 uo1 Il certainly amounted
to sone nundEeds Of thousands. Imagine u eon-
IL uops line o. people elo6e'5 packed together 1or
h1 mlaes-o nenaan cha'h "itnousa t'hS niaslh8
-Nat3e1Hs fackca, steamers staned, ofiAsas
pocAeo. auu Luz 11'es s"as'uH'S hHa iopasat'oot }
ata Jou ~oala NO. eseu tnea 1eaazc t1e extent OF
'ne pl3h't nass luat onapo scnt eat 20 see 'ae
cnahp'ohs OF TWO ha'ioua engaged IN i1lenoiY IL
FM1J. nase oeen toN!' anu csa qute pe'se'e'
tnat inc sueels OF lac ne'1opo'fs never
presented 60 aePetea IN dppear'
sncc- The t11cEce nnd desolason
o Inc town were sald 10 be a@c-lnspf1u9 iof ie :"
hours, ARD 1t was relief N thosc who were CON-
peeled 10 fetnan AZ nome 10 witness the returning
signs o1 LIE aId ANIMATION: II occurred 70 me
faaf Inc fpec'acle p1cetutea on bo1a nauks VI the
Hse1 eou4 h&1ais naFe 1alleo ~ a.snct tHe al1eu'
lon o. the 1iasFafniaa'. ano Poss.b'5 aaFc o'FeFt
III tneh shcuents from LIE .lasuc
lhmeo'a'e'! 'u Eabc. soule c!1ticasn nas al1eaas
oeen passca Oh 1ae H'eef'ns OF lac Harsa1a COX
kHa'n, !oof ieilo" to"nsn1an, anu II ~oold Dc pd
wonder II ne torgot himself for uoue1t in the
scene through Which he was moving. l 40 moi
know that there Is the least tu:ttacauon lol
| the criticism, but II Eas been made by Americans
an inclined 10 th1nk That is but one OF those
fancles that arc Invariably suggested to aecoun'
iof deIeaI saall mol cntef INTO the ueta'ls O.
| Inc case, "h9en are ahpy chfoalcleu ID tnt
jonsnala IT "aP, N tne opinion OF all VINO 50" II
pfa' faee' 1nc9n1 out Wild pluc1 had SPITE Ant
ioftitudc to re Gnu. Each t'oat was to some ct
tett tEe!Rhfeu "th tne Ppltts Of uatou, and cacl
man felt that be represented, not merely hiuielf
| but hts unworthy nEd his Country. OF coutsc tn
| advantage Of few seconds gain proves nj
more than that tue Oxfordlans have been bette
tsaintd. For several yearB consecntlsely the.
were beaten BY Cambridge, ani they may be Il
| The next contest with Hazrar1l for It 1
| lot likely that the contest OF EesterlS!
~Il be tho last Of AnRlo-Amcricai
| bcat racca Undoubtettis there must be some Sd
| pet1oTity In the Oxford style Of rowing, for
| would be unreasonable to ascrIbe thclr corst1n
SUCCESS to chance Of pe1soHal physical powell
| There Ia nothing peculiar to Uxlorl 10 account 70
lts repeated tttumpha over Cambridge, and It's las
| one over I1a1yarl, which docs not exist In botl
the cshsr unss tfxis.es uness II be sapenos tsa.a
Ing. A!uu for man, the Oxford c1ew may be inEe
r,or 10 clther The tIarsnt or the Cambridge, aus
still victor. wouhi declare fot them It their unite,
| force vas nurc akllnly brought into action.
All Inclined 10 NTH Ebute their uninterrupted suc
ccka TO the akill with which the strength OF III
| crrw Ia ceptra3lzcd, There Is the least posElf,t
vsstc OF force. md the cberxtes OF tho ruyerJ ar
| s1tfrctett m Il wrrr t.y n e.rpIr WILL M trtl
craftsman m either AHA of the Atlantic can t,ay
sny t,het feeling Than TINT the hc.t mcn shDu
| win. Tho .Jark 1tlue t1as beaten III
"lieht Hluc and the "MaRcnta," aud the
mr. sntIt,eti hJ nil the rules Of the sport 10 wen
the einr Of seloty mi ,1cs are az fairly teaen
| thrf have fairly cHnnuerct. A nnc frcltng q
| chl,alry characterized the contest Throughout
! an both ctera dIuetl together Ii the Iiousc Of MI
Philips, IF the EctlRrf, Mortake.
The rJ JRtrrr that NJ loga hung oscr the marie
relations Of Lori autl 1aIy byron IN rctnore.
| The talutan N the cnlgnla appears in Marmiitan
Mn ,atfur for September, In paper contributed
Mtr. 1cccbcr Etuwe. 14s,1y isyron, II npucnrs. III
rnr' cd the slofy To Mr.. Etuwc In conscnaslot
hfn,, Moreover gaze her The iscts In writing.
Is toon tu'd. AZ ihn lime vi lard flyrnn's 1na
tteuc he Nxa }ntVIsc'l IN, The depths of srcrt
n!ss'tsfrss* .n's'aHs VII, ioo's fe'as!'. =" hVs
In tnh'stsKnlH!ty that 'tIarorrrJ must hare tre
ul.rf f,lu ahd rsItlaEs'n 3toM rltlE'yr't t"1c'y.
IN the ifI1Rl jniittcy, "thn iHDtnrtt thr rHEr|aR
daots wetc shht uIs'n iha Itif'rRf"u'a nh' hllh
| lt,r tatu4selns af frtlhrsta nItl ,frHpalr-
uhlrmnIsht rpnors" nt't nltVtt '1rspaIf
t,r,ko firth Upon shrr RrMltn hrH'
'fnl mlxhl hare satrh me ftnh 'I,,s. Ma'iat
ShlI hsi NJ. ~ toiif oHn I"'nrF when nt1ri,s1 m
srlf tat 10 5"h. tIt>F"h ''aA asked hlsa Al'lt%'
i'sHF~, aud rhs fefsrd. not lreahst 'hn '9ttt 1T
tn.r. hut lttans" tha HaA lEf11rht.I Then. j.
IhlAht hate Hist,e Hr what ynn ;leAst1: hnt. ht'
)0u wlI| hid that ynu hAVs tnhrftrl 'int'I'
1hrn cams thn atown> OF auRGtsl"n thai tho INA
rlaia wax IN srrsn ~ claak to mutual llcen
and mutual ain, ahd at last tho separation Of II
huAharli naL slio, Tic whole u Tie facts wr
1aid .cloto Alr H. HoulIlly an,s Dr. Huntington, u
3ss na.nnet nn,urs anh tsoth Ia 4 $ erI caEcErf,