The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-29

sion the words or the sermon On the Mount. HUI
nsnity ia combative in It's instincts, however, and
acting In obedience TO the natural Impulse Norman
soldier undertook the conversion Of the "Anges"
| after his own fashion-with the sword and the
lance, clothed in armOr ana on his war horse This
| was William, Duke OF Normandy, afterwards king
OF England under the title OF the Conqueror Unn-
structed In the ways OF peace william emerged from
his vineyard in the northwest OF France, crossed
| over to England, engaged In Q trial OF strength
| with Harold the Saxon and vanquished him at
| Hastings on the 14th OF October IN the year 1885,
This was an international tight indeed. IL was
pitted against race, and the "best man TO wn."
Having suDdued the SaxOns william found offence
with the men Of his own kindred. recrossed the
water in order 70 undertake an international ar
btrament In the land Of his birth, fought his
battle. FORGETTING his life as gauge of his earnest
ness and sincerity. 1t was the ranspanted Norman
| engaged with the kindred Frenchman, ana then and
there laying the foundation OF those International
| Jealousies which subsequently took the Black
Prince to the fields Of Cressy and Agincourt, and
eventually summoned wellington to Waterloo.
Having the cross OF peace affixed to his coat Of
mall, Richard the Lion-hearted drew the sword Of
the crusader and ourneyed 10 Palestine. He fought
against the pde for the rescue OF the Holy Sepul-
chre, achieving world wide notoriety in war. Re-
turning TO his home after captivity, ana disguise
| we are Informed by Sir Walter Scott that he was
recognized by Frar lack through the instrument
tahy OF buffet delivered straight from the shout
der" on the ear OF that reverend gentleman. the
force OF which laid him sprawling ON the sod and
conveyed to him, quickly almost as electricity the
fact that the King had arrived In England, as no
other man could perform such feat. 1t
was forcipe, yet peaceful, according to
the custom or the day, mode OF reunion. From
the year 1897, England and France had their knights
one country to the other--in the intervals between
actual wars-for the enjoyment of what was then an
international and peaceful trial Of Skill and strength
IN the arena. The custom was transmitted to the
time Of Elizabeth, at which period the pen OF Shaks-
peare commenced to blunt the lance points OF the
soldiers and initiated that triumph OF peace by
means OF the newspapers which rendered the Eglin-
ton tournament OF our own day ridiculous
IN contrast with the power Of the penny newspa-
pers which recorded the progress Of the pageant.
Cervantes "smiled Spain's chivalry away" as he
wrote down the deeds Of Don Quixote and the
doughty SanchO PanZa, and the muscular eXertiOn
as well as the cruelnes which ensue from bull bait
ing, will soon disappear from the land of his birth
under the influence Of free press, liberty OF
science and peace. even although 1t be pepce born
in home CONFUSION and purtured in revolution.
British pugilism result ted from the Crusades and
the tournaments, and terminated in the encounter
to which we have referred above.
Horse racing was made national sport In Eng
land at an early date, and far back. away In the
annals Of her turf lists, registered such as
Godolphin the Flying Dutchman, with those of other
horses Of almost equal note. An attempt was made
years since to render this sport International
but the effort failed, as is known, mainly through
the personal assumption Of an American represen-
tation which was not duly accredited by people.
1t is international however, in the light that some
OF our finest racing STOCK Of to-day Is of British pa
rentage while many OF their most noted racers are
worthy scions Of English horses imported from the
''old sod' to this country the "young ones" being
returned improved by their foreign birth.
march OF internationalism such as that OF the
late boat race between the universities men tends
to secure closer and still close intercommu-
MON OF the peoples of the two countries; commu-
MON which 1t will eventually require the preparation
OF some very grave injury or some very gross arOnt
by one to the other to disrupt communion OF race
and sentiment, which was happily described by q
British naval 0ficer, when aided by American sailors
in his struggles under the fire Of chinese battery
he acknowledged IL In the memorable wO rds-
blood runs thicker than water" This is grand
truth, conveyed IN homely language, the timely re-
membrance Of which will tend to curb any feel
ing of undue emulation, as well any tendency
towards unmanly depression, should such be likely
to from the OF the result of the boat race
between Harvard and oxford.
With such introduction we to-day submit to our
readers the following special history Of the great
telnational contests which have taken place since
the moment OF the boat race between Englishmen
and Americans in the year 1924 OF New York to that
Of Friday last in the Thames, our account OF the
more modern-latest-event reading first in order.
The Harvard and Oxford Universities Boat
Race.
by special telegram from London, forwarded through
the cable to the HERALD Building we have the
following additional detailed report Of the boat race
between the students OF Harvard and oxford uni.
versitles. This telegraph correspondence Is written
thus:
Before the commencement Of the race the
Thames river ITSELF from noon to two O'Clock,
and from London to Putney, was alive with small
craft, each with Its full complement Of passengers,
and all running as fast as they could up the river.
The roads were thickly crowded with carriages and
people on foot. The railway trains running to the
scene Of action were crammed with passengers; In
fact 1t was generally admitted that the public excite
ment Tar surpassed that Of any similar event OF
modern times. At Putney the scene was extremely
gay; the Union Jack OF England and the American
Stars and Stripes blended gracefully and harmonized
with the profuse display Of bunting OF all colors and
shades, the oxford blue and Harvard majenta pre-
vaiing. The small boats lined the shores. Two or
three steamers with gaiy decorated awnings occupied
the same line The banks and houses swarmed with
people. The opposite side Of the Thames, skrted
with massive foliage and bright greensward, shone
In all its splendor. Scarcely a ripple disturbed
the placid surface Of the Thames and all sun
brighter and more powerful than we usually see In
these climes shed glorious gliding. For fully an
hour. by road, by river and by rail, thousands and
hundreds OF thousands OF persons poured to the
rivers bank until every standing place. either on the
towing path, at the windows Of the houses, OH the
bridges, and even on the housetops, were literally
crowded with people.
Not only at Putney, but over the whole four miles
and quarter Of the course to Mortlake the special
efforts made on this occasion to keep the course
clear were highly successful. few hundreds of
small hoats were kent within the nrescrthod 1ir,I.a