The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-27
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.


tants for some years past:-
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Fear. Winner. Place.
1s52-Harvard ...... Lake Winnipisiogee.
1s55-Harvard. Connecticut river, Springfield.
lsS9-Yale. ........ Worcester.
ls60-Harvard. ....... Worcester
lS64-1al ............W Worcester.
lS65-1a ......... Worcester.
1S66-Harvard. ....... Worcester
1S6I-Harvard. ....... Worcester
lS6S-Harvard. ........ Worcester.
lS69-Harvard .. .. Worcester.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
Fear. Winner Course Time Jy,, by
1850. Cambridge. Putney to Mortlake. Penn. "A lgth
1861 oxford. .Putney to Mortlake 23m. 27s. ass
1862 Oxford Putney to Mortlake Pam. 4Os. 3Os.
1868. Oxford. MOrtlake to Putney .23m. 5s. 42s.
1854. oxford. .Putney to Mortlake 2lm. ass. 23s
1868. oxford .Putney to Mortlake 21m. 23s. 13s.
1866. oxford. Putney to Mortlake. 25m ass. 15s
1867 oxford Putney to Mortlake 22m $685. Hf lgth
ls6S. oxford Putney to MOrtlake pom. 3l'gths
1869. Oxford Puney to Mortlake 2Om. 4Os. lgths
The Latest Advices.
George w. Smiley, the London correspondent
of the New York Tribune, telegraphedlast night
as follows:-
The following letter has been sent to the
Times, and will appear tomorrow
Sir-After it has been asserted for the last three
weeks that the Harvard four are endeavoring to
conform their style of rowing to that OF the gentle
men they hope to meet on the river to-day, Will YOU
permit me to say in advance Of the contest that the
assertion IS groundless. We believe our style TO be
exactly that adopted by in each of our last three
annual races against Yale. Our stroke oar is aware
OF no change; the men who follow the stroke are
aware OF none nor has there been any variation in
our method OF training instruction. 1t is said also
that the Americans Will row in English boat that
IS equally incorrect They will row a boat built of
Spanish cedar by an American builder the frame OF
which he brought with him from home, and the lines
or which are Identical with those which the boat
we rowed last year constructed. II we NAV
Judge by the stress laid these matters in the Eng
sh journals, they are deemed (as they appear to us
OF some Importance and we ask leave to place our
selves right in respect to them, that whether we
are to win or lose, the merit OF our victory or the
blame OF our defeat may fall where it belongs
WILLIAM BLAIKIE,
Secretary OF the Harvard Club.
The crews have done little work to-day both
resting for to-mOTows struggle. The Harvard
men finally decided not to leave the White
House, as Loring dreaded the effect of a change
of climate and diet.
The referee question has been settled, Mr.
Hughes remaining in that position, while Chitty
consents to serve as umpire for Oxford, and Mr.
GulstOn of the London Rowing Club acts in the
same capacity for Harvard. The choice is q good
one. All preliminaries have now been arranged,
and the Harvard crew have carried ali
points upon which they insisted To-day they
look, perhaps, II little over-trained on account
of the intensely hot weather. There is every
prospect of clear day for the race and smooth
water; the police arrangements are perfect, and
every one is determined that ther eshall be fair
race and the best men shall win.