The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-09
the HARVARD INTERNATIONAL CREW.

The picked boats crew of the Harvard University.
which is 10 contend with the famous Oxford Uni
yersity crew in the international four-oared race
arrived in this city yesterday morning en- route to
England The crew comprises the following named
gentlemen:-Messrs. A. Burnham w. A. Simmons,
A. p Lorng, George Bass, sylvester W. Rice and W.
Blaikie They are at present stopping at the Aston
House being the guests OF the proprietors OF that
institution by special request. They are accom-
named by three servants, and will be joined shortly
after their arrival in England by Joseph Fay, men,
her of the Harvard crew. who goes out to fill the
place of any OF the crew, should any of them be
unfortunate as to be incapacitated by accident or
sickness from pulling in the proposed race.
They are as 1.-the and wiry set Of young, muscular
Christians as the eyes Of a professional oarsman
coud wish 10 behold, and will, uDquestionaby give
good account of themselves upon the other side Of
Yesterday afternoon, at the invitation of the mem.
hers OF the Nassau Boat Club, OF this city, the har
ward International crew accepted the use OF the
clubs four oar shell boat and took about half an
hours exercise upon the North river. The members
~ the crew who pulled Yesterday in the shell of The
Nassau Boat Club are the same four VINO to pull
I'm the International race, and comprised Messrs.
who Is 10 occupy the position OF coxswain In the
forthcoming race. did not exercise With the crew
yesterday. Before entering the boat the men
wore nothing but their light linen drawers.
As they thus stood peeled and ready for
action fine opportunity was presented to
the other boatmen who were congregated around
for crtIclsng their guests which 1t Is almost need
less to add were all OF an exceedingly laudatory
character. The men are well developed and their
muscles, ike ripe grapes, hang IN great punches on
their arms breast and back. They are tanned TO
the very hips and look as brown az savages.
seating themselves in the shell they bent nicely 10
the oars, and when the word was given to 'go they
shot into the stream In gallant style; but 1t was
not until they were returning, and after they had
got warmed up to their work. that fair opportunity
was offered to the anxious lookerson for noting their
points and peculiarities. They pull long, steady
stroke st no time losing the perpendicular as they
pun backward, thereby being enabled to recover
their Forward positions In the shortest possible time.
They not pull the oar to one side after the man.
ner OF "man-of- wars man," but, on the contrary
they give II the full power OF the body as Wen ~ tne
arm by bringing 1t well up toward the centre OF the
chest. During their short exercise yesterday tney
averaged thirty-ive and half strokes per minute
but they have not yet got down TO hard werk ana
actual training 1t is but fair to presume that they
can do much better. IL IL claimed for them tnat
they can easily make forty-three strokes
per minute which is a little less than the actual
time they have made In more than one race TINS
year.
The boat in which the Harvard crew pulled yes.
terday Ia named the Fahnie and was originally