The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-28
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EUROPE.
ENGLAND.
TIE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
Tue Day before the ContsA
a Card from tho HAFVArdB-They De.
nne their Position.
NEW YoRK, AunuS, q.

NEW YORK, August q.
The 1ribuHe'S London special says
that the following letter has been sent
10 the Times and will appear In to-mor.
rows publication:
'SIR;-After II has been asserted for
the last three weeks that the Harvard
four are endeav0TIng 10 conform 10 the
style oI rowing Of the gentlemen they
hope 10 meet on the river, will you
permit US 10 say, In advance Of the con.
ssst, that the assertion Is groundleSs.
We believe our style to be exactly that
adopted by rs In each Of our last three
annual races against the Yale. Our
stroke oar IL aware OF no change, and
the men who follow the stroke are,awars
OF none; nor has there been any variR.
ton Of our method OF training or In.
struotion. II Is said, also, that the
Americans will row In an EngllAh
boat. That 10 equally incorrect. They
will row IN boat built Of Span.
lsh cedar by an American builder,
the frame OF which was brought from
home, and the lines OF which are lden-
teal with those Of the boat we rowsd
In last year was constructed. II we
may Judge by the stress laid on these
latter points In English journals, they
are deemed as they appear to US, OF
some Importance. We ask 10 place
ourselves right In respect 10 them; 80
that whether we are 10 win or lose, the
merit OF our victory or blame for our
defeat may fall where It belongs"
SlgnGd WIN. BLAlKE.
Secretary Of he HGrvard Club.
The crews did but little work today
both resting for to.morrow's struggle.
1t has finally been decided not to leave
the White House, LoIing dreadlng q
change OF climate and diet.
The referees request has Eesn settled,
and Hughes is retained. Chltty con-
sentS to serve the OxIOrds as umpire,
and Galeston OF the London rowing
club, will act Tor the HarvArds. This
Is considered a good choice; all the pre-.
limtnHries are settled. The Harvards
have carried all their points. They
look to-day, perhaps trl1e overtrain.
ed on account OF the Intensely hot
weather; tomorrow promises 10 be a
clear day and the weather smooth
The police arrangements are perfect tor
a fair race. May the best men win.
Closing Comments OF the London
Papers. ts
LONDON, August q.
Tho newspapers Of to-day publish
their closing comments on the boat
race. #
The Telegraph eulogIzss the Elliott
boat as light, fast aud graceful. Il
suits the crew. we do not expect the
Telegraph says that the Harvard can
win the race, but the changes made by
them bring the crews more on level.
On the whole, we think II will he a
capital race, but that the OxIords will
defeat their gallant AdverBaries without
difficulty. II otherwise, the HArvards
must have an ovation, to show that we
are not ashamed TO De beaten by our
excellent cousins
The Star says: The Americans are
Individually more powerful than the
Oxfords, but It is thought their training
is not according to English notions or
strtctnesg.'
The Daily NewS says: above all
things we are anxious that the contest
shall be sharp from first 10 last; that
the Victory on one or the other side
shall be 80 hard to win as 10 cover the
winners and losers alike with glory; to
prejudice the issue would be impertl-
nent TO the last degree The writer
takes the opportunity to acknowledge
to the full extent the obvious and IN
evitable disadvantage the Harvards
have conIended against; the river and
everything were strange and unfa-
mtliar, and masters as they were Of the
science OF rowing, they had to study It
almost like the alphabet OF a foreign
language. The Oxford, on the Charles
river, would labor under similar dis.
advantages. All that can be said is,
they add grace to victory.
The Morning Before the Race.