The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-10

travelling fast. StiI there are many Of the river
side who say that Al this u padding that they
All we can say in answer 10 this H. that unless they
practise Reasonable distance ut this pace they
win lind very difficult TO row 1t all the way on the
10th. Nw
The London crew are not pleasing all their
friends; they would be worth putting In glass
snI es
gets 70 the end hrst. Their style collectively u not
to our fancy The men individually are all scullers;
one has been on the shell for some time, one has
had but little wo-k the last year and none this, one
Ia never on the river and from rowing stroke 70
e. kinds Of crsws and 10 yaous species q p. craft ~
along r6wed stroke siA1 ccisner 70 his own OF an
others Tc make homogeneity out OF such hetero-
geneous materials by the simple process OF selfad.
and we are clad 70 bear they Win
be coached thoroughly and their obscured talents
revealed. This race WIN be Looked upon a. much 70 ca
the latter account that we would fatn
see good form as well as pace. 1t y alb
that there are difrerent ways OF good rowing
and that because watermen do not cultivate style
and row In the finished way some OF eur best anna
ever, is negative arguing, for II watermen were
coached-t. e., II they would stand being coached
Would prot a. much By It as amateurs do. TIE
reason why watermen row In all styles and shapes
OF body Is that thay do not begin to row till their
trade, and II they acquire fault In beginning TO
teach themselves this fault becomes afterwards
part OF the mans characteristic style. We may
take admirable lessons from the way In which their
work Ia done; but except In sculling where almost
always their form b good. their shape Of body
ought rather to be avoided We have heard 80
much Of watermeRs rowing lately by their Thames
and Tyne and Tyne and canadian matches that
some Of our crack amateurs have been paying unu-
snail attention to them, and the sliding seats that
the London men have in use is the latest
adoption from the professionals. In sculling
boats, where the scuer represents hornogeneity
In himself, where one leg cannot slide with
out the other, the sliding seat, properly worked,
Is very useful innovation. The principle, OF
course, holds good as well In four, eight twelve
az IL does In q skin, but the diff1culty of
getting unanimty In the sliding Is Its practical OBJ
lection, and II liz one that viii always be found
great impeachment to Its general use. With four
oar there are two difficulties to contend with
keeping steady and sliding at the same moment.
Sitting on movable seat must TO q certain ex-
tent have tendency to counteract equilibrium.
Sliding seats with crews will always be matter OF
practice. They are dangerous things for tyros,
and men who use them should inslst upon some
one experimenting, TO sec that the work
and the slide are done by each man to-
gether. The London crew have been doing
q a. goo good deal OF work and are in very fair
trim. They generally take one good row In the
day, and then either paddle In the four or indi-
v1dual work In skins. GulstOn does the steering,
but as he has been not unfrequenty on the river
during the last four years he could almost steer
with his eyes shut. cl s3 er