The New York herald., 1869-08-28

10 row. were not the men TO fail at heart because the
odds were against them. Resolved to do their best,
they concluded that II they could not win they would
at least do their best to deserve success.
Everybody agreed that physically the Harvard four
were fine set OF men, Simmons was not 80 tall as
Time, OF the oxford boat, 80 heavy, out he car
ried more muscle and was more firmly built man.
The other three were perhaps not 80 sturdily made
or so full che5ted as three OF Oxonians, but they
were more ma,ured and at the same time more
bthe. STILL when half the training was got through
WITH 1t was deemed advisable to try the effects OF
change and Just when tabout the ,th OF August)
Salter had completed their boat and Searle had
placed another At their disposal, the Harvard four
tried the services Of two new men who had just
come over to Ill vacancies In case OF sickness &C.
cident These were Mr. Joseph Story Fay son OF the
Judge Of that name, from Boston, eleven stone,
eight pounds. and Francis Ogden Lyman eleven
stone SIX pounds. The boat sent them BY Salter
forty three feet long, being six feet shorter than
their own. The effects Of their practice In ner and
the arrangements made from the time OF her arrival
up to the day Of the have been sufficiently indi
Gated by the HERALD's cable kilograms and need not
be repeated here.
70 enable the reader clearly to understand the re-
port Of the actual race we give
DESCRIPTION OF TIE COURSE
about six and half miles from the city, and
Is reached by the London and Southwestern Rail.
way. by road or by the river steamboats, Half
century ago, wnen London was not what II Is now,
when Putney was detached village, and when sea-
side places were not 80 easy Of access, 1t was the
custom Of the more wealthy noblemen and others 10
pass their summer holidays here. Now II Is part
Of the metropolis itself, and s only visited specially
by rowing men and members Of boating clubs, who
make this the headquarters Of their favorte exer.
else. The members Of clubs are for the most part
weLto.do young men, connected with business. The
Thames at Putney Is between two ond three hundred
yards wide. The village stands on the south or
Surrey bank, that part Of fronting the river con.
slstng, first Of q venerable church, next pleasant
tavern called the Bells. formerly held by Kelley the
champion scuiler then slopinR garden or two,
backed up by houses ana separated from the river
by public foOtway or towpath; next comes the
Star and Garter Hotel, the Dukes Head, more
houses and gardens, then the half dozen
houses and sheds OF Simmons, the boat.
builder and Of the London rowing clubs.
Beyond that are nelds pleasure grounds, marshes,
titled lands, trees all the way up to Barnes, which is
two miles distant by road and three by river. From
the church to the north or Middesex side the river
is spanned by two bridges, the lower one wretched
wooden structure, supported by pers OF piles,
scarcely far enough apart to let steamer pass, and
80 low that the passenger boats have been some
times jammed against the top at high water. and
have had to wait for the turn OF the tide before they
could get through. few yards higher up Is q
splendid iron aqueduct, tubular bridge or monster
pipe, used for carrying water from the Lambeth
Water Works Company.
The north bank 10 clothed with trees, marglned
with fresh and we'll kept lawns or overhung with
from the river, Is Fulham Palace one Of tho resi-.
dences Of the Bishop Of London ana at an easy dis
tance from IL are very pretty villas. Fields lie
between that and Hammersmlth which ls mile and
half up, and Is part OF London itsel-an extension
from the west end. The river Thames at high water
has a noble appearance. A few bargcs de.
note the commercial traffic; pier stretching out
In the river front OF the star and Garter indicated
the passenger pleasure ranc, the long outr gged
racing boats and pretty ggs, the ample. full
bosomed cobles the rowing tendencies OF the
place on any summer night you may see the club
eichts fours, pairs or eculls anoat, manned by the
London youth in costume, with here and there gig
or coble containing single rover and single
lady the latter on cushioned seas facing him and
guiding the boat BY the rudder strings; or you may
see small sailing boats tackng from side to side,
miniature screw steamers, an occasional canoe, q
water velocipede or some other aquatic curiosity.
Further up the river II Is not unusual to see ladies
rowing pairs scu!ls or fours, wearing blue boating
costumes and coquetttsh straw hats. On great race
days the tow path, the houses, the banks, the gar
dens and the river swarm with spectators. Huge
passenger steamers laden to the waters edge stand
IN powerful array and stretch right in line across
the river in front OF the aqueducs TWO or
three privileged steamers containing tho umpire,
the press and the river conservators stand o
little further up. The whole surface OF water is
alive with shoals OF small boats Flags ny, bands
play, the people cheer, and when the race is OK
citing they roar the steamers forge after the racing
boats each steamer trying to get before its fellows,
al beating the water into foam and sending 1t in
waves right over the BANKS to the no small confu-