New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-07
XI.-THE CORNELL GREW.


4 BOtTLOAp or MECHANCs-TnvIR QUARTERS ON
TIIR CONNECTICUT-sKPPINGRGP As An ELK-
MINT IN Neutrality-suspicious. oP TIKI CORNELL
NAVY.
TFROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TIKI TRIBUSE
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 3.-The Cornell crew
now stands entirely reconstructed. 1t still contains most
OF the names have heretofore been gwen but
some important changes have been made and positions
in the boat are altered throughout that the crew az
given to- day is substantially new one Just across the
Connecticut from the tent which the blue aud white
OF Columbia is waving stands the pew boathohHe OF
Cornell and oneeghth Of mile higher up on the TOP oi
asplendid bl are the quarters Of the Ithaca crew.
Here is found third element OF the Regatta The
crp We Of Harvard Yale Trinity, Columbia, and Middle
town are citbred boys sons Of luxury those of Am
herst Dartmouth, Amherst Agricultural BowdOin and
Williams are country boys trained 10 pick. shovel
hoe and Ak These Cornell neither. They
mechanics who have learned trades before entering
college and have entered Cornell 10 learn
the theories of scientific and industrial processes
which they have previously put practice.
Ostrom. No q has been a practical machinist Phillips
No. 3. and King, stroke. both graduated pattern
makers IN iron works Mr Ferrss and Dutton too are
both the Scientific Department. and had been
gagged in practical lmechanic arts from boyhood. All
have been used TO hard manual work. and show the
suits Of IL IN their splendid. ful-deveOped manhood.
found them lying under the trees their hilltop, Mr
Coulter % Pittsburgh their trainer and Of
the officers OF the Cornell Navy making up the party
the football passed out Coulter and three
four Of the began kicking and cantng the ball
from to the other in the hot sweerng noon. till the
mere sight enough to throw the observer into a
high state OF perspirauon. They were. however In
splendid condition, and dad not to feel it in the
least.
MODERATELY HEAVY CREw.
The Cornell men will rank among the heavy crews,
D. aN..
when the size from which they have trained down
taken into account they appeared approach the
weights OF the immense crew Of Dartmouth. The
Of uniform size however, and the heavy weights
have trained Of extraordinary amounts Of flesh. and
still losing While Mr.. DuttOn was probably in the
beginning the heaviest in any crew, weighing 100
pounds and Mr.. Ferriss reached the very considerable
weight of $50. they individually have lost much flesh IN
training and the as a whole will far below
the hard and sinewy farmers OF Dartmouth weight,
and considerably under BOwdoin Amherst grculiural
ana perhaps below Harvard. They have
been under Couer's care nearly FIVE weeks
They have pursued from the hrst the
system OF providing their food and it is cooked by
Mrs Coulter in training style. She is also training her
husband for his single scu race, and has considerable
experience in the business When Coulter first came up
and selected ms first crew Of the had never
rowed at all, and not Of them had ever stepped
into a she'll that they have pracced with great
They hope do much better than they can, and do
not approach the Harvard Amherst college crews in
unanmity and finish. TIL they have never made
any time sufficiently trustworthy for quotation. Walk
lug, though regular part OF their training, has
entered into t very largely aud for special
Cayuga Lake. which is when calm a splendid
sheet OF water, with for 90 crews 20 race
three miles side by side extremely sensitive TO wind,
and the slightest agitation the air stirs consider
able sea- On any windy day therefore, It becomes i'm
possible TO 20 with light, sixoared boat. On these
DAYS long wax has been substituted for row. Some
times two Of six miles each have been taken in day in
addition 10 other exercises OF wrestling jumping. foot
ball etc The most peculiar feature OF the Cornell train
inc has been skipping the rope This IS considered one
of the best exercises for the leg muscles known ana TINS
part OF the body is now much more used than for
merly owing 10 the sliding seat, that college seniors
seem likely 70 dispute FOR excellence IN this accomplish
meut with the schoOgIr who have hitherto monop'
Olized it,
The diet all this time. cooked by Mrs. Coulter has
been beefseak and roast beef occasional mutton with
tomatoes potatoes and miscellaneous vegetables and
fruits prunes IN considerable proportion. For drink.
coffee at breakfast at dinner and supper both IN
moderation, and occasionally glass Of ale. The men
sleep from 9; p about 6t a. and have orders
never 10 work ~ al before breakfast
CHARACTERISTICS or THE CREW.
The following is the reconstructed, with their
present weight ~, ..u.4,