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

was stroke on the race tn S spring at eleven
stone eight. Mr.. Darbishire may be twenty-five
years of age, but, being smooth faced or clean
shaven, he may be more than that. In stature
he is less than either named, and in figure
smaller, but more firmly built than any. Once
in his day Mr.. Darbishire must have been agood
coXswain. Now he is smart, sharp, and vigo-
rous stroke, a man who will keep pretty sharp
eye on a boat creeping up, and who VIII not
spare himself or his men when there is need for
an extra call upon their powers. Judgment of
pace and time and estimate of skill and endu-
rance qualities that tabundantly fit this gentle
man for his position.
Mr.. s. Woodhouse. 154 pounds, University
man, is the spare oar kept in reserve to supply
any vacant place that may by accident or
sickness occur. He rowed four in the
University boat. For man of his weight Mr..
Woedhouse is short of stature, but from the re-
sponsible position assigned to him in the annual
contest, there can be no doubt that he is tho
roughly efficient oarsman.
Mr.. j. I'll. Hall, the coXswain, al 101 pounds
is Corpus man. who has not yet steered the
boat in the annual contest, and has thus Il grand
opportunity of winning golden spurs and be-
coming Hall marked"
The Final Arrangements
for the race were agreed upon by the captains of
the two crews at Putney on the 18th instant
the Cambridge crew having declined the cha-
lenge MIR. Lord, the executive officer of the
Thames Conservancy, being present, after con-
siderable discussion, it finally determined
that the race should be rowed on Friday, August
~, when official promises were given to insure
q fair and clear course. Mr.. Thomas Hughes
NJ. p, the famous author of the "Tom Brown
books, was agreed to as referee upon the propo-
sition of the Harvard men, and each crew is to
have an umpire as well. Mr.. j. w. Chitty, of
Exeter College, was subsequently selected to
officiate for Oxford; and the cable dispatches of
this morning announce that Captain Gelston of
the London Rowing Club, will be umpire for the
OXonians. William Blackie, Harvards business
agent, has been chosen starter, and Sir A. PAUL
will probably be judge. The answer of Mr..
Hughes on his acceptance of the appointment
was characteristic one:-'I should lie if | said
/ hope you will win but do hope that at the
finish the bow of Harvard's boat will be Ut the
stroke oar of Oxford"
The Boats.
Our latest dispatches state that the Harvards
will row the Elliott boat, transported by them
to England. 1t is Al feet long, 81 inches wide at
the widest part, and inches deep; depth over
all, IL q inches; depth forward, inches; aft, 6
inches. She was built ON draft model brought
from New York, and is of purely American
construction, even the framework having been
brought over with the crew. The material is
Spanish cedar, copper fastened, and highly
finished. The seats are well apart, and increased
strength and stability are secured by a covering
of wood forward and aft in the place of the
ordinary canvas. The customary steering ap-
paratus is omitted, leaving only rudder, tiller
and tlller-ropes, to be manipulated by the coXs-
WalD. luelT oars nave DGtn maze TO InGlr
order by j. Ralph, of Wandsworth. These are
broader and larger in the blade than those they
have been rowing with, and, consequently, will
! take more hold of the water They are handy,
shapely implements, II feet 6 inches long, and
weighing pounds each.
The boat that the OXfords will row has not
been announced. Sater and Clasper are their
best builders the former for eight-oar boats and
the latter for two. The London papers closely
criticize the American boat as deeper, broader,
and hpnVpr than theirs The London IGLPUrUDH
says:-"Our racing craft are long ana straght,
resting on the water from stem TO stern, and
cutting through the surface as an arrow cuts
the air. This American boat is slightly curved
at both ends, and so though she may be more
buoyant, she will be less under control, and Will
carry more wood than is necessary
Tone of the English Press.
If the Harvard crew were not gifted with a
more than ordinary amount OF hrmness they
would have been discouraged long ago. In a
strange country, almost without friend, and
with every newspaper against tnem, tney have
been training for race against men VINO are at
home, surrounded by their friends, ana lauded
to the skies by their press the Harvsrd Tpo mem
and in fact everything that Is calculated to
dispirt and discourage the representatives OF
America is carefully carried into erect;
BEFORE the Haryards sailed 10 England, the
En%lish nress opened their columns to sarcastic
and critical comments upon the American boat
manship, and continued with Vigor Whlch must
have proved disheartening had they hoC Deen so
absurdy contradictory in their statements as to
i ~ The barborons but long exploded system of
English amateur training In the dark ages"
The me s stye Of rowing is deficient in any mark,
the catch of the water is slow and the recovery
siiS : in which they showed decided mettle, we
should sbbor have been disposed indeed to have ar
rived at conclusion-and one not very favorable
as to their prospects. But that burst short as it
90 W thro,ys oil into doubt again, For IL is clear
| rat the somewhat listless manner in which they
have paddled their own canoe to and fro on
the Thames water must not be taken as affording
any satisfactory evidence of what they are ca
pable of in a race.
'sIhey get their oars in TOO deep, and the