The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-15

win. There is more dash more spring more mas.
terly grip OF the water the moment the oar gets
hold, ana y Better throwing of the weight on The
oar Just then than any other men here show.
There is no sign OF too deep dipping-bucketng-
pu, varvy vvv.n.. .-"s blades they throw their
WHOLE nine hundred pounds Ct We!.trala9sd bone
and snew on just where they ought W tWow
| II on and pull fairly through. Only fairly Not SO
| far as would like to see. Not 80 far as Darbi.
shire or Marlborough pulled theirs when our four
| seemed to stick until she anchored in that
terrible eddy in Chiswicx Eyot and they rowed
| gaily by. They stop too soon, when their bodies
reach the perpendicular and not well past IT, Then
again the most unwelcome fact is they are not
| strong en0ugh-fOr good rowing Is not the only
| requisite to wtn Had the Atalantas last Summer
| rowed even better than their adversaries instead
! of not nearly so well. they would not could not,
| have wOn How would like TO see starboard stroke
| and bow give way to ouch men as FennO and
Peabody, Of my old crew, or Simmons and Richards.
OF 49, Ibelieve in good, old fashioned. right down
American, English or any other beef George MORN
son, who coached Oxford to her greatest victory,
once wrote 10 the oxford captain, when getting up
his crew, "Take good big man as early as you can,
and lick him into shape" II Bowdoin has licked
hers into shape, look out. II Dartmouth has, look
out lido not say they have, for do not know. But
DO know that Harvard has come so near the shape
that her graduates and friends had better, II they
can get away for day. come up. For no man
who mas done his best will ever come to disgrace
and II Icrops out all over these fine fellows that
here, at least has been the
PREPARATION NECESSARY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
Like the heroine OF the contribution box, they
have done what they could. Far out upon the
Atlantic, midway. perhaps, to Europe, there sails
man to-day, not tall, but Of rather sturdy make,
n---fO n
him in years-show many streaks OF silver.
heard Charles Dickens once, at a feast In Syden-
ham Palace say that 1.-TWO Years Before the
Mast" the best sea book ever written.
It's author little thought, when thousands OF miles
from home, high upon the northwest coast, young
man. hardly yet out of the university, who was
wearing the hair OF the top OF his weil-turned
head carrying the foul-smelling hides, and trying
to recruit his thoughts, and especially his failing
vision. he would one day have son, who, coming
up to years OF manhood, would bear the same fine,
resoute face here to this broad river, and he
captain among the chosen men Of that same uni
versity.
THE FIRST OAR HARvARD's CREW
to-day Is Richard II. Dana, Jr. His arms are not
quite So long as Lorng's, OF 1869; but his back Is
straighter and the swing forward and aft looks
cleaner that account. He Is very lithe sinewy
man and may surprise many of US most pleasantly
in the hour Of trial.
THE SINGLE sCULL RACE
The positions OF the crews IN the great
race will probably be drawn on Thursday
morning. At meeting this afternoon
five O'Clock on Wednesday was set for the
single SOUL race, to be twO-mile straight
away. Several men from the crews are promised.
Three O'Clock on Thursday Is set for the Freshman
race four for the University, the captains to
choose the judges. 1t twas voted to meet at eleven
on Wednesday. r. H. Dana, Jr., OF Harvard re-
signed the Presidency of the Rowing Association
on account OF lack of time to attend to its duties
G. NJ. Spier, OF Columbia was chosen in his place.
The topic much discussed tonight Is the Ward
Bglin match. which, by the articles OF agreement,
afternoon.
the youngest among the famous brothers, whose
rowing has given us all so much reason to
be proud, Is twenty-five years OLD five feet nine
and three-quarter inches high, and expects to
row Weighing 149 pounds stripped, two pounds
heavier than when he pulled bow in the
| great race at Saratoga Lake on the 18th
| OF September, 1871. In the arms he is slim
not especially broad in the shoulder or deep
In the chest noticeably thin in the flank
| and very strong in the legs for his weight.
| Agile as q cat he has the hang OF throwing
his whole weight against this stretcher till you ex.
| pect him to lift himself Off his seat and kick his
| stretcher out of the boat. Thin.faced strongly
| marked from some attack OF smallpox, his eye
is as bright and keen almost as that
| of the thinnest OF the thin who
| stood up for us at Geneva. good
management and eternal vigilance will win he
| must hope strongly on the morrow But If he was
not Ellis Ward, but only some rover without a
name, think all wsuld agree that I'VE miles are
| a fowl I'm IN rOx har ri
| HE IS NOT STURDY ENOUGH
| and he looks too fine. Some day these profes-
| sionals whose last chance for training coegians
seems to be this year, will learn to drop their
foolish oeiore-breakfast work, take less through
| out the day, eat q sensible amount OF vegetables
| and drink enough water to keep their blood cool,
and then will come up to the score and bring
| their men up, as John Biglin will come tomorrow
with little beef on them to stand the tremendous
| work OF the HON estretch OF q race two whole
| miles longer than the students will find enough
for themselves on Thursday afternoon. Then,
again, these sliding seats have made an entire
revolution in rowing, less forward straining for
| reach being needed and the legs having double
duty. Strong as Ward Is for the work, think
| JOHN BIGLIN
| is stronger ana, II nothing untoward happens on
the morrow, ought 70 be the winner He, too, is OF
a rowing family, which for more than ten long
years has kept itself renowned among American
oarsmen. or exactly his rivals height, his
face and frame were cast in far different
mould There is nothing nervous In that
broad face, with its strong check bones. resoute
jowl and abundant back Four years the elder, he
will row at 1852 pounds, he told me, "Nine pounds
more than he weighed at Saratoga" He has
not the unusually large frame OF Josh Ward
but is more muscular and has tie largest
| fore arms and unuuestionabv the strongest legs o.
any rowing man here now, ana indeed think In
America. Were he as ambitious as his antagonist,
think the next time Joseph Sadler, Englands cham
pion sculer, visits rs, Bigin may escort him
over all the course, instead OF only part
AS some reflections have been made relative to hts
conduct in not training Amherst, but preferrina
| Dartmouth, it Is no more than fair TO man whose