, 1873-07-17

LILA CIIlOAuO ~
little Trinity hah ontorei into. Twonty-
Ia their Average ngo their weiglti pound ligllt-
Or: tlan my othor. bolng 148 pounds, John
BLEW, Of Now York, In their trainer, and tloy do
hattlo Tor tho greon mud white.
-, THE wEaLEYANH, =
from Middlosown, Conn, stop with tho Trinitys,
low down on Tho grounds. Thcir makeup III
general appearance is very respectable, ox"c|,t-
Ing tl,or droHB. Tlloir pauts come nhout k:.f-
npicnoua ronta III their shirts show tlofr Drowned
bncks within. As ono boat,nnn rcn1arhet{.
.".Thoy look like six raga wallsing about" But
Wesleyan colleo In not to DO 1a,ighcl nt. They
VII po remembered n, as tho ones that won lilo
or three othor University tin.os. Two OF TINT
crow aro represented this yoar, md thoy will not
20 found among tho lhggards on tho
~ nhy ,a' OF thc race. They aro 10 far down
ct somo of tho other crows. THOR weight Is
NV pounds, "a iH their ago, Frcd silszor thor
traiilor,--tt'o eanlo ns laat ycar,and tLoy lloat
have convenient qnartors about haf-a-milo
from tho rivor. Tlloy aro a hony, Rnewy, strong
crow, with n decided advantage in tho matter Of
age, being the oldest Of all, averaging over 20
yaal" their average woigllt is 1863 pounds, and
taore 10 no suporions tloBi OIL tl,on. Four ont
OF six arc members Of lust ycars crow, wlicl,
!oat Tie race, NJ they claim, In consoq,lotco Of
hrokon oar John Gncnster, class ri, ~ years
old; ,weishing 1G4 pounds, is tho Htroke-oar
ar, and trainer Of the crew. 1lo waa born In prus-
Sin, but camo to this country whom years old,
and claims to bo a natlyo of Scranton, Pa. They
aro a lfttlo clumsy, and need como cnroful
eoaeh'ng b,it they ,i aro faithful f"fsl workers.
vii not probably bo tho Inst crow III.
Like tic Dartnlolths, they l,nve power enough
i'll their bout but they don't nao it to good nd
vantngo. Their colors aro tho royal purple.
and, in all probability, they will be near tho last
Of the raco also. Tho Yalea, indeed, do not ex-
rect tn win, aud fow perBOna nro inclined to
doubt tlioir Judgment. great doal Of nowa-
rapor talk iaa bcon expended in thia vicinity
understand how It is TINT Ya1e, with l,or COO or
more acaiomicnl students, with money md
rowing facilities which fow Of tho colleges can
se9unl, and, above MI, that which is most vaua-
from year to yoar They protond to have ave tafen ss
now departure this season, through tho efforts
Of thoir atroko-our. Mr.. 4. J. Cook, of Cooks
vllle, Pa He has visited England. claims to
hnyo acquired tho true Oxford stroke,
ton ef0pPt'' & e o1t 4fssany s Il Mo San'i 9as
member OF last year'a crow, In common with Two
others OF his mon. They nvorago botweon az and
- years of .ngo,. and 15s pounds in weight.
correspondents to q Harvard man. swell,
don't think thoy will do anything. Tho fact is,
wo have Lost all confidence in thon,." Yalo is
not popular among tho other colleges. She
aoems = to have an ilea TINT no collage but Har.
year, thoro was no college "Ho meat, as to do
her royoronco." "Iaat Of NIL cano Yalo, alBo,"
III both Freshmen and University racoa a year
ago; and the poor boys went homo Wishing they
EtnS I1At$ {u
Hc is boiatorouB beyond comparison, and can be
hoard halfway across tho riyor US ho shouts md
ordors his men in tho boat. Tho sombro sha,1cs
Of ,classio, Yale arc poorly represented
WEE %ost snrss Thof o q1rS1a anaSn IRE IRE
ataIting-flag Of last year, and n handsome blue
(Yalo's color) flag iloats above their boat-houBo,
Which WIS presented to them by tho ladies' OF
West Springfield.
This onds tho Universities. There aro also
THREE FRESHMAN CREWS,
and, singnlarly enough, they nro I'll firBt-class
crows in ovory particular. They represent Am
hesst, Harvard, md Yae; and it il said TINT tho
Freshman crow Of Inio is bettor than their Uni
An1horsts, III for the HAryeftls, md 14s for lilo
Yalos: There is very littlo choieo in tho crows,
according to present appearance. Tho Anahcrata
have tho advantage in point Of ago, averaging
about 224 years, wulo tito Haryards como noxt
at trilIe ovor 70, md tho yeles youngest of Nil
at . trit1e over Is. Tho Atnhotats train ,,n1er
Ellis Wartl. Tho Yatos employ tile joyial. good
natnred, corpulent Eng1iahraatl, James Ha,nl.
Ha distinguished himself Us being tho first man
who oyor defeated Josh Ward. lie Inns rowol
over twenty-five nsntchcs, and for II willie
hold tho champion oar Of America, but, going
abrond, he WIS emily whipped on tito Thames.
Ho weighs nbout 209 now, and looks M though
he would sink n boat If io should got into it.
The Frosli1non will row on Thursday afternoon,
immediately bofore tho Universities and, If
tho creWn nre as nearly matched in endurance ~
they arc in all apparent lualties, tho raco will
bo worry closely contested.
S1N0LE-HouLL RACE
l:a. JGen arranged for, but it WAS announced 80
lato that fow Of the colleges will DO roproBontoi
Tho present fayorito in this is AIr. Z. NJ. Swift,
class OF 10, Of Yalo, and \ natiye Of Now York
City: Alr. Swift is d rather slender, pleaHant-
looking man, and is in good condition for tho
measures feet 10 inches in height md Is 2l
yours old. He IL trained by O. ". Dole, Jr, who
gives him considerable variety in dict, md is
careful not to oyertrain him. He takeH consd-
course twice . day. There are few to onter this
race, and Swift is regarded na tho winner. II
tho racc is arranged so AZ not to- interfere
with tho University, hIr. 9. 8. Dutton, No. in
tic Cornall crew, will engage in It, in which caso
diminished. A1r. Dutton is ono Of tho stronsoBt
OARS in Cornell, IL IA man, Commodore of their
navy, 26 years old, incl taller than Mr.. Swift,
and weighs l70 pounds. MIR. Forriss' name. OF
Corlell, has also been mentioned but, at tho
lreaent writing, nothing is sure.
Only one moro race romans to DO spoken Of.
It is
THE PROFESSIONAL. RACE
botwoon ElliH Ward and Johu Biglin, involving
wagor aud the championship. Biglln gaye Ward
an easy defeat OIL tho Hudson, at Nyack, last
September; aud, being tho bigger, stronger
man, ho is tho favorito now But, while lilo
Ward mon arc willing to take odds, ho las good
many backeiH. t'l'ho telegraph yesterday a1l-
nounced that Ward hnl beeu defeated, having
beon disabled by vertigo aftor having acconi-
p'ahoa two 1niloB of tho f1vo.-1;D. Tn1puNE.]
now feature in tho wook ia
A Fn0r-NAcE
for 5000 purse or silver plato, given by James
Gordon Bonnet, Of tho New York Herald, aud
opon to al undergraduates. This announcement
il only Of two weols' standing, and consequently
few OF tho colleges nro represented. Foot-racing
in lnrgoly inlu!gcd in at Yale, and t1oy claim to
havo many awift of foot; but tho nnnnnnce-
mont can,o 80 lato that their mon had nil guno
homo. md yalo il left without n representative,
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