, 1873-07-17

oonfao At tho landing OF t!le Agawnn Forry. Their
oin i, <trainor..Prtco, of tho st. John orew-is
hnrd work, though ho Is careful not to ovordo It,
a''d hia mon arc III excellent condition. They
ese moro evenly matched IN eizo tan nro many
at er irSw Inst r9r warhn. - 9s wes sl
t' q endurance, mud thoy pull n strong ntroko,
though not as long MI t[,oao crowo WHO ,1uo Tho
| sliatnE-soat, which innovation thcr trairer,
prlco, 1ooks upon with t1itfnvor.
| THE COLUMBIA CREW
| IS trained BY Hank Wnrd. brother of Ellis and
Josh, .spokon OF nbovo; md Hank Expresses
considerable a 1oa 2, confidence II a boys Colnmbin
as fS% oaeke1n u.s. yet since IT. is tho ret tine
knows whnt tl,oy can do. Colambia College, ii
| will bo remembered, is Hltnatod in Now York
, Ci.y, and @ tho T. crow aro city boyn. Peraonal1y
sss'f ss Gy as ie " ag q n"ss
which charaotorzoa tho aforementioned croWf,.
Ihoy phil with considerable vim, koop, good
time. and nro IN good spirits. lot, nftor all no
one is willing to "HtAko his acatorcos upon thcir
blood, although tho reputation OF Hank insures
tllom good stnnd among boating mon. A local
paper npoko Of t1iom III " cmplatically Now
YORK c.ty crow" Hi',ce every n,ombor Of 1t is n
native @ Of Tint city. They arc vol bnilt, AoliJ.
Of tho boss crows on the river, Columbia would
be ono OF them, and tllcy nny prove themselves
even bottor thnn TINT in tho raco. Thoir strong
man @ y 4. G. Cornell. I1c III tho Ron Of lawyer,
spolon Of M ono Of tl.o finest mon On tho river
II point OF physical development. They and tho
HarFafdB arc tho two youngest crewH on tho
rlyer, avorasing 20 yoars With an nvorngo weight
OF loo pounds They nro distinguished at dis
tance as bearing tho bluo and willie.
Noxt On tho 1Bt comes
TIE CORNELL. GREW.
Thcy find accommodations o., tho east Bile Of
tho river. and near by tho uarvarls, Their bont-
houHo stands about u,ile md q hnlf below
Springfield !Contrc, md worry near tho atnrting-
Tag. Corncll University is a noyol ono. II
would would found university" says tile founder,
st, wh9so name it , bqSra mwhore any porson can
from tho acadonlical departments, TINT il, from
students following, or pursuing rather, tho old
timo college curriculum Of Latin and Crock,
with scionco aud mathematics moderately utor-
spersea. Bnt Cornell il different, aud, Of tile
tuto,-not ono is colleRo-boy In tho o1d-timo
sonso Of that term. They como from tho do
partmonts Of science and mechanics, and not ono
Of thcm from the acadon,ical department Thoy
trainer, and, like all tho trainers present,
has won great distinction at tho oar. An
othor novel foaturo in this crew IT, that Mrs.
Coulter is present with hor husband, the trainor,
and, while lie dfrecta their efforts out-of-doora,
ahe supplies thcir wants indoors. They hiro
house, buy their PROVISIONS and Mrs. Coulter
prepares them according to tho bost rules for
aporting-men. Coulter is moro liberal in his diet
m allowance Of vegetables and fruit iB not
Objectionable to him, who coffco and tea in
moderate quantities are regularly f.1rniahod.
This crew wero among tho first to arrive, aud
worc at TINT timo univorsal favorites but at
present they do not stand first, though they do
not stand far from it. They pull we'll together,
mako good time as far ID can DO Judged, and,
since they arc one Of tho Oldest crews hero,
lacks but lalf-au-inch Of standing feet in Lis
stockings. weighs, in poor tlcvh 1G5 pounds, is
squaro-Hhoulderod, aud is spokon Of rs
reporter has not soon, linn stripped: Tho
Corl,ol1s, ns I hayo said, arc among the old
eHt mon horo, whicl, speaks we'll for their on
dnranco. averaging ovor 23. Thoir average
woight is 155, and their color8 aro cornoa and
white With ono exception, tho Cornell crow are
natives Of Now York Stato.
Wo come now to The largest co]lego.crow TINT
over ahowod itsolf OH this river, tho !" Giants"
aa the fellows call them, and they hnii from
DARTMOUTH. ..
Tho first man on tho crew is II. ii. Paul, Of Ded-
ham, Mass: Ue il member OF tho class of 49,
20 years old, weighs 178 pounds, aud measures 6
class Of I'll, "a yoars old. 1GB pounds, foot 4
inclos in height, md comes from, away down
east in Nova Scotia. No. 8 Is pulled by @. o.
Gates, Of somorvillo, Conn., WHO belongs to tho
c1asH Of "a, il 20 years DID, .woighH Its pounds,
and measures feot ~ inches in height No.
4 is native OF Derry, N. f., .. J. Underhil
Ho is '73 man, stanla foot II incloa
weighs 1G9, being remarkably poor at TINT. md
is % years old. Tho fifth man is Mark Ward,
member Of tho CLASH Of "a, and native Of Wost-
niuutor, Vt. Tho 1iglltost man in tho crow
would bo heavy man in my other crow. 1t is
tho bow-oar, Mr.. Albert Eaton, from Grinnoil,
a "a man. It viii bo soon that lie average
weight iB nearly 10 ponndA heavier thnn tho next
heaviest, boing LUG pounta. Ihay average too,
over foot tall, not quito 23 ycara. antl arc vol
deserving tho nsme OF "Gianta" whicl, their
be afraid to bot your ducats on thoir heads,
whom you arc told that, in ndditon to their groat
natural prowess, tho willy John Digliu ia their
trainer But they hnvo MT thus fnr mRo
among tho poorest crows now; but it should
bo remembered that Diglin's crow Inst
yoar-tho Amherst University y-waro universally
looked down upon aa just no crow ut nil; but
crow that six colleges could furnish. So Biglin
may have n way Of giving his giants bad repl-
tation now, with the iaon OF buying theln cheap
ir tile pools. What's the matter of Thorn il
ward in the boat, md cu,npy at tho oar. They
hnve got power enough to row around the host
crews, but they don't uHo it to good advantage.
But this il not tho worat Of It; they have been
Dgin puts then through. foarfulty. Tiloy aro
not in worry good Rptrita; nobody foara thom
aud, unleHs thoy rocuporato faster than there ii
much llopo for thom, they must be n very poor
condition for tho race no1t Thursday. Tho
Williams crow last year were very similar to tho
Dartmouth this your, both in tLcir individual
mako-up ani their appearance in tic
boat; but tho Williams woro noxt
to thu, lust in TINT race, scarcely
beating Yalo, which was loxt to beating nothing.
The average ago Of tito Dartmontl'b III 4 trio
loEn tlnr " yeats, weight 1G6 pounds aud tlsoir
colorH groBll.
We noxL come to
TIL; HAnyANDg
They stop on tho caut ade of the river few
rodB below Tho Agnwam for1y-lanli'rg, iii hvics
house, he,nnlotl i'll with troea, presenting quiet
poetic asreot, aud fatnod M t!o plnco whoso the
Ward brothors stayed while preparing for thcir
race with tlle 1T. 5oln crow, six years ago. Tho
lIarvMrs liasl their quarters horo last year, and,
while otlor places might bo moro conducive to
hard work, aH quiet, sentimental retreat, ,,a1,o
aro moro inviting than tlia ono, You ca1l toll n
11arvnrd man wlIeroyor you AGO him. lie lookn
na IN 1,u1f m fru1 in,