New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-30
that the race was thoroughly well contested Great
praise resounds on all sides for each crew.

SOdMENTS OF ENGLISH ftSEoS
The Times says the interiority of the Americans
was in most pardonable point-the steering Their
coxswain undoubtedly lost ground, but not enough
to account for the distance between the boats at the
end of the race Until the Americans retrieve this
defeat, they must acknowledge that our style Of
rowing is the best. The Americans met with per-
fectly fair play and if the Engshmen go 10 America
they will meet with similar treatment May all our
future international struggles be conducted in the
same spirit and, whichever side wins, may the van
quished have as little reason to feel re-
greet for their defeat The Neos declares that
il the Harvards did not command success
they deserved it, and hopes the American
yachtmen on the Atlantic may avenge the noble
defeat of their countrymen. The Star says: The
Americans will long remember the chiyaric bearing
of their opponents, who, though resolved to win,
never forgot that the Haryards were foelnen worthy
Of their oars. The strife between New and Old En-
gland, on the river from which the Pilgrim Fathers
started, has historic side, and appeals to the I'M
agination Of the youth Of both countries II New
England had won the older country would have
shared in the triumph of it's descendants. The fates
decided otherwise. We are sure that the Harvards
would sooner be beaten by us than by any other ma
ton on the globe The Telegraph says that the inter
national boat race was as gallant and good display
OF UaDDOOu a6 WAS bNcI hiJucsSCu III hiblOlJ Va
rowing. The Americans have lost no honor
Good judges think more highly OF the
Americans than they did before the race.
The Americans hoped for a good race and
they had it-fair and honest from the start. The
Post says the excitement in respect to the race ex-
ceeded all expectation. The enthusiastic cheering
of the Oxford crew was natural; but before and
after the race the Americans received as hearty.
thorough and well deserved cheers. There could be
no mistake in this. The Englishmen are so devoted
to manly sports that they truly honor the pluck and
determination of sustaining such an ordeal as was
witnessed yesterday. If the English row the Amerl-
cans on their own water they will meet similar re-
ception. The same blood aninates both nations, and
such rivalry is only productive of friendly feelings
and tends to Danish sentiments that should be
permitted between nations 80 nearly allied In
this light the race may be of more Importance
than a mere trial of individual skill, strength,
and endurance. The Post estimates the number of
people who witnessed the race at all points at fully
100000 The Pail Mall Gazette this evening has the
following: ITO have beaten men whose pluck
carried them 5000 miles to measure oars with an
English University; whose patience surmountcd in
Vulnerable difficulties and dsappointments in boat
building; whose endurance is almost unsurpassed, is,
for Oxford one of those party triumphs in which
there is peculiar honor to the victor without humii-
alton for the vanquished."