The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-14

49,, Tn. UNIVERSITIES MEY ssobsIsg As EVER.

oasions 70 Withdraw |. to some sweet, sequestered
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presence OF the press, and have never failed to at
Tempt the cutting down 2! the privileges or q e Una.
test and OF the inter university race OF last year the
newspapers, with the sanction Of the Thames Con.
servancy, got dp o steamer Of their own to follow
/ the boats. an arrangement which gave almost uni
yersai satisfaction. because, while It gave necessary
OF public servants It dd not interfere with the
progress OF the race and certainly did NOT endaayer
Conssrvsncy. they induced those gentlemen TO re.
Prince OF woles, the latter OF whom they besought
be oatdone also sent population. 10 the Conser-
! yancy TO assert their rights. and were met In
! could obtain no redress except in 50 lar al the
crews were ordered TO nnd accommodation in their
papers, which very grudgingly. and with many ex.
hbons OF snobbisnness, they were compelled 20 do.
n WIN @ s
| gentlemen; but taey may be assured that they are
net alone n having ground 81 complaint on That
or the oxford University Boat Club, asked sneer-
ingly, why the reporters could not run along the
tow pah-four miles or so, done by the boats in
Twenty-Five or twenty three mnutes-they VIII see
win whaE we have to put up. Burns was right,
after all, in speaking OF BRUSH college la1s:-
They gang In sirss, and como gu. asses
the SCENE ON THE RIVER AND BANKS.
Good-tempercd people readily pardon practical
Jokes WINCH are perpetrated Oh the lSt OF April, but
even with THIS excuse in their favor Job himself
would have found ditrculty In preserving his tenn
per ON finding That the crews had fixed the for
IN h~ur which entaiied the necessity OF those who
wished to see IL oI getting up-comparatively speak
| ing--n the middle OF the night. Something must
have gone very iOng with the moon this month, Tor
| even the most learned in these matters appeared
utterly unable to make up ther minds rs the time
at which the state OF the tide would render il pos
sble for tho men TO under the usual conditions
TO the initiated IL seemed clear that II the tables OF
'hign wafer ut London Brlugen were worth the
! space given TO them in the papers 1t was easy
enough to settle-say within half an hour so-rhe
get into their boats at Pulney. But we we've told
iirst mat they would start at eleven. then
ns, haiapast t,e isn nen ns ten then at half;
finally at nine, until one became lost In sea OF
speculation as TO whether u would not be advisable
TO abandon the enterprise altogether or II tent on
It, to encamp among the rusnes OF the "uDper
waters for the night. The only definite information
arranged that the three bofs-two for the friends Of
the crews and the press the third for the umpire
should start from London Bridge at eight O'Clock,
and should cali at all the piers on their way to Put
ney: The morning broke very cold and goomy-so
hundreds who had formed the intention or travelling
up the river despite the hdeously early hour found
them Of cowardice In returning to the sheets. There
! was strong suspicion oil probable rain in the
sky, and there was raw chilly tone ABOUT the at-
Iosa ,', that mad most depressing effect on the
Tsasa mearefs o. cnt OF dark blue.
diminishing the attendance which was not nearly
SO large as that Of last year, when the race was
rowed on bright and CHEEKY afternoon that
seemed 10 have been borrowed the occasion rom
come southern cline, and could bear comparison
with that which witnessed the memorable
struggle between Oxford and Harvard, when all
I the world and his wife held high holiday under the
brightest OF skies on the banks OF the Thames
very large tranlc was anticipated by the railway
compsnies-so large that students or the money
market would observe during the week rise in The
shares oil metropolitan lines; but 1t is to be feared
that their VISIONS were OF the Alnaschar order ana
lions, were however, on the most elaborate scale,
and no doubt many thousands OF persons were borne
lase and other points favorable for observation OF
| TIC race The river was early thronged with steam
spots an many, no doubt. were deluded into the
belief that these would follow the boats over the
eas rho 70 the Is parted
reached 1t IN one OF the privileged Steamers about
nali,past nine was TAR from beng 80 Lively or inter-
true from On early hour poured down from the rail-
way staten and across the bridge towards the part
and Garter and the lighthouses, but they were far
less numerous than usual, and they were evidently
depressed by the surroundings" which were Of q
character TO max, them blue all over, however eau.
toas they might be IN mot displaying badges OF their
These, however, were worn by almost everybody,
bnt the conviction appeared to be SO general tnat
/ that the light blue was In predominance unknown
ON any former occasion. The post below the bridge
''ewdacious eteaIler-hat in former years used 10
run an Indian muck up the river. to the great
VI CFtIyuOug vi vi auUub lNcu, ana ire,
quenty to interference with the progress OF the
rscc-iown TO the tniest shallops, that appeared
brdse to the upper OF great river. None
OF these were. however. privileged TO rollow the
outside an understood line Of demarkation ~ Ike
Chilled PERI Of the gate OF an AQUATIC paradise.
A a9ng the s ryer even from Wes,mnster
hustle to which the now national event
never fails give rise; but We were driven to the
cluson tina, THESE were far less prominent than they
have been for several years past. The river side
roads Il is true, were not choked up with vehicles
and pedestrians as they are wont on these occasions
and at Putney Bridge 1t was somewhat strange to
contrast the struggling tide of "tnings on wheels
AMI foot Passengers which was crossing 1t with the
dense mass which We have seen there on past boat
race DAYS. ATTEMPTS had been made, however. TO
give an air OF brightness ana vellness the scene
I and, despite the dull sky and the searching wind
! they were not altogether unsuccessful. Flags were
flying from the windows and roof OF the 'Star and
| Carter and the "Fox and Hounds,n where the OK
| ford and Cambridge men respectively put up when
al e vsr At s par e Of @
course were gay with bunting, while the galleries
after nne-Gled viii, ladies and gentlemen wear.
Ing the coiors which they "lancled." The grounds
edge on the sddlesex side, Were occap e be-
Rayy dressed party, and the to wing path far as
the eye could reach showed struggling lines Of spec.
| tators.
| The tide was now running very strongly, and It
was clear that, after all the uncertainty OF which
We had been the Victims the start would not take
place TIL ten O'Clock We had consequently TO wait
q long and weary hour at Putney, shiyerina in the
pttSA WI tu thl Nahty EviHN " HUI WotThruUu III
the discussion OF the merits OF The crews ana the
prospects or their struggle for victory, and IN crit-
cism OK the little Incidents OF the perpetualiy
moving scene upon the bank, suggestive OF comic or
philosOphtc IDEAS.
The steamers which were drawn up-Cambrdge
on the north side, Oxford 10 the south and the
pres In the middle a. slight distances from each
Other-were far from being inconyeniently crowded;
and after all the difficulties under which the repre-.
seDtatves OF the press have had To labor ana the dis
courtesy which they have met from the crews. IL must
be said that remarkably rood order was kept az IL
could hardly fail to be, with no more than thirty
porters distributed between two steamers. IL must
be noted, however, That many gentlemen from the
wants being allowed 10 perform their duties under
favorable conditions, and asked why they, tat
race, should have place set apart for them IN
front. Perhaps these young persons were some
what annoyed that, after thcir "kotooinR- to
presence OF the Prince Of Wales and that the
cushioned seats which had been prepared for him