New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-11

considerably provided for me to say great deal in honor
tends here attends under unusual anIetes and difficult
ties and that II he were less in earnest MS MAJ affection
SeaT II is therefore enough for me- gentlemen, and
enough for you that should here ana now that
as the pride and flower of England-oud eheers-an
that should consider 1t very weak indeed 70 set any
thing short OF Engands very best in opposition to or
competition with America though It certainly must be
cOnfessed1 am bound in common justice anu honor to
oxford men, l heard Discontinued gentleman re-
mark last Friday night about 10 O'clock wnen ne was
eleven with pipes in say it
must be admitted in disparaGement OF the OXFORD men on
that they could afford to lose little now and that
they ought TO do it, but they won't" Great daughter
Gentlemen in drinking both and IN offering the
poor testimony OF thanks in acknowledgment Of the
gallant spectacle which they presented to countless
thousands last Friday am sure express not only your
feeling and my feeling and the feeling OF the Blue but
also the feeling OF the whole people OF England when |
cordially give them welcome to English waters and
English ground, and also bid them speed" IN their
voyage home PROLONGED cheers As the greater in.
cludes the less, and the holds the rver so tnk IL
IS no very bold augury to predict that N the
friendly contests yet to come and to take place.
cheeringl-thero great river triumph for
Harvard University yet in store lCheersI Gentemen
warn the English portion Of this audience that these
are very dangerous men, Laughter and appausel Re-
member that was an undergraduate OF Harvard Uni
versity who served ms a common seanen two years
in the English tongue. CheersJ Remember that was
mite Of yacht across the Atlantic in mid.winter and
who sailed in her TO sink or swim with the men who
believed in him. Hear, hear And now, gentlemen in
conclusion, animated by your cordial acquesceRe,
will take upon myself 10 assure our brothers nom
can be received on their return home will find
q ready echo in every corner OF England enthusiastic
cheers-and further that none of their immediate ,oun.
trymen- the qualifying term immediate fr w.are,
our President said fellow countrymen, thank Cod
cheers that OF their cOmpatriOts who saw orwho
VIII read Of what they did in this great can be more
thoroughly imbued with q sense OF their indomiable
and their high deserts than are their rivals and
their hosts tonight. Hear, hear. and eheers Geate-
men beg to propose to you to drink the crews OF har
toast the names Of Mr.. Simmons and Mr. william. Con-
tinued cheeriDgJ
The toast having been drunk with great cordially.
Mr. Simmons TO respond for the Harvard cew.
After a very hearty greeting, he said: Gentlemen
behalf OF the Harvard crew, have 10 return sintere
thanks 10 the London Rowing Cub-Oficers ard members
for the cordial hospitality winch they have exteDted
us, and for the In which they have done every
thing for us that could desire We have had TO
tend against great many difficulties IN this matches
peciay In having come to climate 80 different from eur
own; and hope that when we send another crew over
cheers they viii benefit by our experience and 1t viii
smoOhe the way for them. Hear hear can only hy
that in being beaten by the that Oxford has sent
against us, have been beaten by whom 10 isuo
shame to give up 10. Loud cheers.l
Mr.. william, In responding for the oxford crew. ,I.
pressed his regret owing to engagements Of long stabd
ing the other members OF the oxford unable
10 be present that evening, and said no had been
quesed TO apologize their behalf for that apparel
slight, ana 10 state that they fully appreciated the ia
portance OF the occasion. lCheersl regarded the
race OF the previous Fnday he had wish. he said
natter their friends from America but having had
experience the Thames he must that that tbs
hardest race In which he had rOved hear. hean
and any might well be proud 10 belong 10 a
which had displayed such pluck and determination
shown by the Harvard Loud cheers II thing
could add 10 the pleasure OF the day 1t the fact thai
everything of smoothly. The most discontent
person could not nd fault with the arrangements mad
by Thames Consery and the police and this
important,
which could have justified the slightest suspicion Of fo
play the rowing men OF Enki sud would never have
ceased regret H. Hear, henri In conclusion. he
knOwedged the great service rendered by Mr. Ware and
Mr.. Morrison IN training the OK ord crew.
Mr.. T. Hughes. NJ r., proposed 1.-THE London Rowing
Club" and euogized ~ for the In which 70 mnn
tanned the practice OF boating among who had left
the University TO reside IN London.
The Chairman. with whose name the toast was assoc,
the proceedings