New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-10
roy INTERNATIONAL ROWING MATCH

MD .CUnpwsHuARYARD's CHANCES OF SUCCESS
DEPARTURE TO-DAY.
Ell IN the Spring of 1867, while most extern
.,o renaratops were being made to render tne Isiio
| rro.,tion attractive beyond anything OF lIS KIM
| 1891 the rowing clubs Of this country, Canaua'
| .nd rho lower British Provinces were informed ina.
- =, 1000 would be given the Seine TOT ING
| N.., hamnonstip OF the world, and that every
t,ontion would be extended them should they deei
| nrndent IN contend. The English press tnre" "oI
| banket on the project but as they had Deeh Ano"n -
40 The same on aboi everything in the sghtesI ueSioe
cosmopolitan yet undertaken by the frenen' 'noi
Ala not preyent toodly number OF boats coming up "
ho line ,ncud,n, the very flower OF English amateur
| ovors the ton,on Rowing Club-together with 'no
o,ord uniyersit Four two OF whose members arc no"
| I'm active training TO meet the Harvard mon, ''o ~
Ioora Climb the famous Geslng brothers OF fars' 'no
| Germania R1dr Club, various others iroli d.
| narts ~ Euro,e, and only one from America Du'
| mot Was ALI that was necessary for, as Is wen
| ,rovp tba A. John, New Brunswick crew umpV
naved with aIouI everything that they met' anu won
the raoe I'm n canter Most strenuous enortS wero auo
az that time to send at first crew picked rom har
| YARD and Yale combined, but Mr. Bacon faes most
dtrOushed oarsrnan declining to participate vigorous
attonpt 10 send an exclusively Harvard crew Followed
| anT though the money was pledged and the time TOT
r,naration sufficient the exceeding scarcity OF gooo
r.wers at Harvard the having taken most OF her
Ion. and snew prevented her men from putting In an
appearance. -.....
Last year Harvard having by far her fastest team YET
a challenge was forwarded to oxford for
| race on the river ouse at Kings Lynn
a desolate little town on the east coast OF England
but as the English unwilling to row without coz
swain though admitting the Feasibility OF so 1onR anu
as the Americans would not with one, End as more
over tho time named by the Harvard men was "a tne
Fall Of the present year. and OIiords men eonu ho
guarantee crew OF which they would not themselves DO
members nothing came OF tho negotiations Iurner tnh
somewhat long correspondence In Apri ds Si 20
meet Yale this year, concluded that two Of his men,
Messrs Rice and Bass would be abe 20 MI ae Ioi
| years party; and hence that II MI. Lorln i
who had dropped rowing owl as ,en 70 The lot Of any
American gentleman rover TO % aDie 20 ulspay, uouu
be secured quitesas good lou. Conu oo st
Harvard Hours spent In endeayors 70 persuaus
Mr. Iorng to consent but ne HnSSer man Who
had for two years rOwcd in the University crew. ana VINO
he thought would do decided at once to send challenge
70 oYford Deeming it rather uncourteous 20 refrain
from doing the like by Cambridge though sne hau 5i
| Famous rival a like document was, on the same day,
mailed President OF her University Boat CinO Inc
challenge to oxford, pthy and aconc' ran as ioST s
o. Praat q ~ 95ra gIyg 5o1 SISS Boa, cub
hereby Challenges uaIy, Bo,. Clas 70 race = out
August and ,Ss M Sspnhsr four
md Of Z. .r. .S' Tbs es:Ss opo
' date o. e.Poa VIZ H. SsEos o aSr r. v.
would he to have all three v, foT 70 s we ,n' S,u n T.
| %
This letter spoke for itself and manifesty gave forth
no uncertain sound" When sent no actual meeting OF
fact that none had been held last year white the GORE
spondence going aud that no objections nad Deeh
then raised that Club would without question. IN
dorse his act especially the men who wero really 70
do the rowing were quite in Tor w. Ltte %aS s hd
accepted and few days later that Cambridge hhd ALSO
but additionally Then came numerous questions ~ ~
what It all meant 20 settle which most speedily meet
ing OF the boating interest whs NJ once called ana nls
followed by others; but the opposition tna' spranR up
1 yg.A ea1au WA mr.
| consented To Mr. simmons, with maghanlmlIy OF
which this was not the h5 nopro Of the men
and out OF the boat but the srokeshp too characters
n SaIg in Ta% INT me where you like With
men this would have been yielding ittle with one who
keep n there too than any Harvard oarsmAn yet
duced and who had set his heart on being stroke was
a real sacrince Hut Mr. LOrng decided after all that
the boat would go best with Mr. Simmons as stroke sud
himself at tho bow, thus keeping tho two less expert
| enced though by means inexperienced waist
| men thoroughly in hand. Several points In The
challenge deserve notice First Inc course CHOSEN t Is
tho best known race course IN the rowing otiu-he
| tine-honored track which Cambridge had beaten OK
ford 40 that seemed hopeless and foolish 70
| tpy sgan' aud on which suddenly oxford beat Cam
bridge and for the last nine years has without one IN
terruptoD continued &c win. 80 that the latter anng
ny In doubt whether attempt II any more not IL
ia known the Metropolitan or moro properly as tho
Putney 20 MOrake course, and nominay extends from
Putney Bridge across Thames about four miles west
Of London the ship st MortlAEe four miles aud one
fnrlonSs. also four miles and 2 quarter; have
payers have often that the distance lie not accu
fstey known. letter appeared not long ago In The
thai both last year and this the two boats had started
from not Putney Bridge but point 900 yards further
minutes 81 seconds) was not really the fastest on
A: the races are rs ana Sa On an boa
the discrepancy between the time made by an eight Dared
boat and tho dead water Of Lake Quin
sgamond Is at once accounted TOR Then the Harvard
| men for their first time carry coIswan This they
pef minute but che other side have TO carry equal
load it is plainly fairer match than the handicap, so
Harvard without a coKswsn. As the crews rom both
English universities annually spend but two week; on
| can hardly obtain much advantage over the
mSSaT Roth s se %GS Gess Nelson and
steered on In University boat this year TO-
the frst time aud both were awkward at their work
MT Durham OF Harvard has shown peculiar fitness fcr
his position In many ways and one glance az MS person
wIllinmedatey remove the Idea that he is mere boy
and unht 10 compete with his rivals. The last point N
the challenge be noticed the time the race Is 10 take
he Harvard men would probably be required at
the time named whatever the condition OF tho river and
approprsts craft to take along matters now staid
on given day thu meet. and the next day aP-
poined Harvard will insist on the proVso II thetrack
Be smooth" Had this been done In the challenge, u dis
cusslon might have seriously retarded the mate ana
gives neither side the unfair advantage that roug water
The Oxford men met first, as a crew. on tn, 10th OF
May and have been rowing well together, so sws Bet
L,f, since. Mr. hardship their stroke ar, WIZ
weigh about l5 pounds, trained aud Il sp9Eei of asa
good, but not brilliant, stroke Dir. Llhle, their
giant win weigh about let pounds az inc
ArborouEh weighing 1888 lbs, In single sculln nee last
month, was described pulling too muh with
his arms and not using all his enormous strength while
Mr. Benson the bow-car. will only weigh abouuA. aud
has never been called than good The Cambridge
crew had not been determined up to the 18th It, but,
Notwithstanding the rumor the Cable picked W some
where and sent across, that they would wlhdhw, late
En9lish adyces this statement canaId. such
comes up annually Just before the great match With OK
ford. A gentleman somewhat acqualnte with
rowing who has seen the Oxford, Cambridge,
and Harvard crews at work, prediots sandwich
for Harvard. the order being: Oxford Harvard. q
| Cambridge 3; but no great reliance can be PLACID on
| this comparisop as he saw the EDKishmen In "eKhb,"