The New York herald., 1872-04-27
THE AaGLo. AMERICAN BOAT RACE.
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A"n"oh Rowing gClusp-Achievcmcnts Of
the after .Crew-The Boat Clubs Of

Aonooh Rowing gClulp-Acinievcmcnts Of
the Il after Crew-The Boat Clubs Of
the Aamcs.
Prom the London Telegraph, April l5l
On ne a0th OF June next the Thames, from Put
ney 10 Nortlakc will again be the scene OF an in.
teT national rowing match between representative
Crews of England and the United States Of America
In february-last challenge was received by the
London Rowing Club from the Ataanta Rowing Club
IN New Yors, to row four-oared race on the metro
pohtan rlv. +. The cartel thus thrown down by the
Americans who may not unreasonably be presumed
10 nave WI shed retrieve the defeat Of Harvard
oxord--v vas readily taken up by the chief Thames
cno, and the result is that the will, In all prob
apfity, take place on the date already stated.
Accord ing to latest advices the American four left
new York In the City Of Brooklyn steamer
On > lturday, and may be expected in this
coun sry about twelve days later Communica
aoh have been opened with Mr.. Marshall, OF the
fo' ana Hounds Hotel, Putney, where the Oxford
Or put up during their training, and 1t seems not
10 lprobabe that the American gentlemen may
accept that location" during their stay at head
quarters. The four members OF the Atalanta who
have been selected to battle for America, in this
Instance, are Edward Smith bow No. 2, Theodore
Van Raden; No. 8, James O'Nel, and Russell
Wthers (stroke). They will bring with them as
extra men Messrs. L. Waterbury, A. Handy, and II.
B. Leroy. The London four WILL in all probability,
consist OF F. S. Gulston Ryan, Stout and Long, with
ROuth and Smith to fail back upon. Stout Will pull
stroke; Guston, at No. 2, will steer the boat by an
apparatus OF his invention, which seems to
possess the merit OF greater simplicity than the
American appliances or Of Taylors English patent.
Both boats will be rowed without coXswains
Little is AS yet known In this country OF the mer-
Its OF the Atalanta crew. but certant 1t is that olate
years cousins across the water have been turn
Ing their attention seriously to the cultivation and
Improvement OF rowing as an athletic exercise.
Long some OF the older practitioners, whose
names were famous on the rivers OF England, set
tied in the United States, and OF course took over
with them their native prediction for the English
style OF rowing. More recently, international
matches % hes between Englishmien ing ana americans have
uce and excel In boat racing. Among themselves
that is at American regattasthe Atalanta four are
pre-eminent and have latterly carried Off pretty
nearly oil they have competed for. The .ioca-
tion" Of their club is on the Hudson River,
have course Of three miles. Frequently the races
are rowed six miles, the boats having to turn
Atalanta club was organized in May, 1s4s, and now
numbers ninety-1ve members-a very small muster,
Thames clubs. Mr.. hanson Parker is president and
Or. Russell Withers captain The London Rowing
Club, which has now something IKE four hundred
1885, and Is Justly regarded as the leading metro
pOiitan organization. Mr.. James Layton, now "A
years OF age, noted oarsman in his time, nils the
ofce OF presidents Mr.. +. 8. Gulston, the captain Is
not merely first class rover, but Is, in fact as
captain should be- an excellent representative OF
the strength and spirit OF the club. An erroneous
notion seems to have obtained In New York that
the London consists to a considerable extent, OF
past university oars,nen The fact is that all but
small minority are men OF business,
solicitors, doctors professional men, or men en-
gagged in the CITY, who are glad to take advantage
OF the facilities OF the London for occasional pun
on the river. Mr.. Gulston is Cambridge man,
and there other university men in the club but
none, we believe, who ever pulled In the Oxford
and Cambridge match. noton-equally as far re-
moved from fact as the American idea-seems to
prevail nearer home the effect that the university
crews are the best that appear on the Thames.
whether, II an oxford or Cambridge eight came
against as many first class trained watermen, the
London has Just now the best amateur eight and
the best four in the country. They hold the Stew
ards Cup from Henley, and also the metro
poltan fours or the dongs OF the crew whose
names figure against the Atalanta the carrying on OF
the Stewards cup at Henley from old Etonians,
comprising Benson, Marlborough, william and Wood
house, rank as one of their best exploits. In 1868
they beat four University men-namey, Wood
a the principal regattas in the kingdom Including
Kings Lynn Walton, Barnes Mortlakc, pangbourne
and Wbitechurch. Stout and Long won the pairs at
Henley in 1862 Long ana Guston carried or the same
prize last year. Stout has been the amateur cham
same year. Long champion twice, but was beaten
the third time. Ryan has also started for the cham
piOnship. The London four win be a tolerably
level crew, ranging In weight from lost. 10bs TO
INST 6lbs. Although the London stands at the
foa itself q commodious clubhouse, which, without
amy pretence to fnery, Is IN Its way an ornamentto
the banks Of the river In that quarter Of putney
polil river that can send out formidable boats.
The Kingston, though not 30 large as the London,
Is 9 lub OF high note. The lno stands next. The
Than es Club won the Wyfold fours. Then there
are Til Leander, the West London and the North
Londoi Rowing Clubs, and at present in daily
tranIn are four eights from Printers Club the
respect I've boats being manned by compostors from
the oM ,es OF four OF the metropolitan daily news
papers There is, in fact, succession Of boating
corterios from Wandsworth all the way up to
Kingston !, and there are few pretter sights In
aquatics than when on Saturday afternoon the
broad sur face Of the river is studded with the boats
Of all the rowing clubs. is true that to the prac
fised eye here s often considerable want of form
among the juniors which Is rendered all the more
conspicuou by the appearance OF the crews IN nam
ncsnsteat OF mutt but this not for lack better
examples, nd may be expected to improve with
time ana as the juniors grow older.
In selectin the present four Mr.. Guston will be
terest In the.race. It may be that before after
the event pe 'ple win say that change might have
would be said in any case, and may be esti-
mated apeordingly. The London has many adyan-
TO select FROM IN the training under the eyes OF ex-
periencet' coaches, and in competing in the best
Ss c T B ed ean haSea
crew that shall pluck the aurels away from the
chief Than ,s men on their native river Still, it is
an clement in the Case that in the international
contests wh c have taken place in the past between
Englishmen nd Americans the former have not al
the Kind was tlNat between Harry Kelley and Hani
OF Pennsyyani,s which took place on the Tyne,
at newcastle, Ii Juil, 400. heIe Nelicy, looking
the picture OF Implete sculler, rowed right away
from Hamill who was short In stroke, deficient In
reach and inadequ atey ira NED In 1857 the Cana
dian crew. at the Paris Rega tta won the iours both
for nrigged and out rgged toats, but, inasmuch as
they carried coysyyain, they were virtually re-
coiyinq eight stone from the tther boats engaged.
on the 27th of August $685. the oxford and Harvard
match took place the ThameS, before me biggest
crowd ever known at nOat race, and was won by
oxford. In September, 1870, iteniorth went RON
Newcastle across the Atlantic, aud beat the Parls
The following year. while pulling IN Canada Ken.
forth was seized with mortal iunes5 the boat and
the Tyne crew was defeated. mat On was ~ ono
time arranged between Joseph Sadler, OF Surblion,
and Walter Brown, crack American f'cuncT, Dut Ut
the last Brown backed out OF and th race ld not
come OIL. Later Brown rowed Sab.rs younger
brother william and beat him. ~ She Interna-
uonal Regatta at Halifax, Nova ScoIa, III
sadier won the sculls. beating Kelley and Brown.
Ia the same year, at the Saratoga Spr1g hegat,a'