Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23
TIE LATE BOAT RACE.

TIE LATE BOAT RACE.
What Thomas Hughes Thinksof 1t.
Tho wsll-known Author of ''rom Brown
at Oxford writes to the New York Tribune
as follows coueethne d. late International
hoet rice: III +: szAijI I :
IAoNpnN, Aug. 80. II take tho privilege Of
LAD 6ldeorrespondent to send yo,t,n few re-,
marks on tho late international race, though
b3Aho time you get this probably every
thing that can be said about it will have
been said. If any excuse is needed you
must find it inmy peculiar position. that Of
referee. and my consequent OneqnnIod on-
portunitios of observation. And first, let
mo express my own great pleasure at the
very favorable impression which your men
have left on every ono 4hess.~-Ne haze had
for tho first time, 80 far rs AM aware, a
huge enough sample, over at one time Of
your Young men belonging tn the CLASSES
which frequent Universities, to enable us
Thoroughly to realzo and iAppreciatS the
sort IF stuff those institutions turn
out =, On your side of the water
+ OF! c curse, every year 4 we have
individual students from Harvard,
Yale, and other colleges, over in numbers;
but What you want to enable you>to Judge
Of the;tone and influence of such places is
TO- see. not ildiyiduals. but groups; and to
those Interested ia such tthdics, and lucky
enough to be able to avail themselves Of it.,
the'opportunity offered at the White House,
Putney, during the past Mxveeks, has been
invaluhble+ for there, were not only the
crew aud the two spare oaramen,
past and present members of Harvard,
friends Or gacquaintances Of the boating
men, whom You met in the quiet, high.
walled garden of they White House, or on
4 the, river during tho practiciEg. ~2And no
/ one can have 90 met them without carrying
away the most pleasant recollections. They
are fine, manly, straightforward set, as
quiet and modest as any youngsters OF
their time of life in our own good univer-
sity sets, and yet with plenty of ideas, and
not tho least given over too exclusively to
athletics. have. for many years held that
tho more the two nstions sec of one an
other the more they will like each
other, and the better it will be for the
world; and certainly the 1869 visit of the
| Harvard crew.and their friends has might
" strengthened that belief. -. ~ 'i|-ti1i1
To come, however, to the crew a. crew.
When first saw them, q fortnight or SO
before tho race, Ithey locked as f. Il, AZ v men
could loek77Heyes clear; skins bEi&bt, and
pot an ounce OF spare hesh on the 1T 4
had q great treat7at py first introduction.
for by Mr.. Blake IS invitation 1 went up
's ssea%ss close ss 5sns t5e i Ssa
Nil ~ wit f>f
yard4 OF the winning post. \ was struck ht
| onceIby the very great nervous strength
tNAGb the men showed. Man for man,
and allowance being aade for
weight, believe they would prove
1eN4 edly stronger than their opponents
b*ab also strucl md puzzled, at the great
pace they got uton lhstE boat. and kept up;
lfoF, they did nj stq1L il the form 1--WE oil
believe in, an II Ibid keen good
timd There s4kma g ma g. Pc Mdre in
dividuality abot} WORK than my OK
ford or Cambria :. 3 you'd all6A; and
I believe, now Ut The 4cef4s 0val, and
Lone has had tho ,chaneS thin them
EcSrdfully in thesuprenne etnk TIT this
really where ShdrefG eaks1p0t Nas bund.
Each nan hadsnQap peSnaisses.p& style
of his own wht6fa int ffhfad mOtaQr less
with the perfectly mach in1.slike. uniformity
which We H&1A - absolutely
necessary for ge6mk re gSI{eat speed out
of wood on water. 1ha hi ii6n of in
divitluality we1kshassa 3 but it
strengthens hast'Y take if in
our little steausss hich NJ - within
sost sneaI;no disfi 80 :: sfSernsS = skeen a
c conS @t Harvardian ant6oI;zsd 70 nee
av1v with 1sPwo.,,,you're- ouickenino. :"
s.RSywi vX1'sa duckkninir. Y .1tves IA The
kt,oat :" &C.. &C.. over and over again. and il
t1;t had been done constantly Throughout
seeb ah msh tn haVe BEEN Knocked off on
TIA fonr mile course Coaching of this
kind simplxsaddrossod to, uniformity, would
I've had no bearing on the style, which
Y TgnnId still have remained entirely in
tha discretion of the stroke; but it would
have given ths'sfHfa ichoien the hi CHEST
chance The stoke cahn6t possibly do it
bi,hself, for it requires the most constant
e1sss %atSa2g a1s %ea ssnGSs
coNso;1 Ns ofsthe snifS1t2 1au Rss4O which It
should be Addressed. The eozsYain can
mol do it, for he is too low, unless he can
stand ur in the boat, feat which, since
the days ohoakiggers2 10 not spopcb prac-
ticed; tehARs, AZ hui bis dknavark ID do.
III fact sdcK Coaching canfo{fly be Given bJ
some one not in the boat, who can devote
hip whole faculties to the task. Your men
REILLY must not despise or neglect 1t
sps tsy ssts a Strength they
ing power. and pluck" 4 that it il
q thousand pities they should throw
away a point In compafaayalyf1lalng mat.
tehs. =, ! say nothing OF what l believe to
be q more mster,aa! point, the eaton ~ the
beginning OF the Stroke ana the compare
lively s9Atqw a"esP ;eti tfe .oars through =
tie watets1 Mtl XhlGh l., O BEG Pn4ls, anu
wahteeA believe yon lyllis c9me. g: Every
i4ch OF the oar which dlps ABOVE INC 1iade
~ lost power: TO tnese ax'oms oeheve
!ERpur men may 60 oack converts:
But to come to theI 1hee day. .
2Efhve been familiar with our rivel
for quarter OF q century, and have
seen most of the great races during that
TIM. hut AnSthng approaching the scene
+ f NSaR Has, IAe1e 4e1ef Htnefads f9'
4; win have had enough, however, >of descrp
tons of the crowds on the banks for the
whole four miles, and OF the roar OF thai
great multitude which followed the boats
from one end OF the course to the other
We shall Radsr see tbk ,fke again and thu
small grudge we shall owe you will bt
That you have taken the . 2: zeal even out O.
the University matches IN the future.
was sorry to find your crew not looking
huiia 10 we'll on the morning of the race
E24&2h Nere(1 eath I11E11Gbr RA
n but 81 softa. I tKihk Thai theetti MhM INV
been rather too long without change in tha