The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-15
TEE MUSCLE OF TIE MEW
Columbia, Amherst, BowdOin and
Harvard.
THE AGGIEs IN GOOD FORM.
Harvard's Chances for Victory Considered
the Best.
THE WARD-BIGLTN MATCH.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July IL, 1873
Columbia will hardly show among the first four
crews which pass the Grand Stand at the finish
next Thursday afternoon. While they deny that
old Hank Ward has been eXacting so much work
from them as was publicly reported-sOme twelve
miles Of walking and so many Of rowing being the
amount credited them-I still think they would
have done better had he worked them less. They
will be OF the lighter at best and at this
time Of year. and with the sort of water 70 drink
which this neighbOrhood affords, 1t Is much
easier to keep thin than fat. One OF their
men is a townsman OF mine whom have
known for some time, and / am confident that
he, at any rate is too fine, and would do more hard
work on the home mile in the race II he had a
little more beef on h.m. Then, again. it is not too
much TO say that their rowing is poor. They
looked cramped when at work. There are too
many round backs; TOO many men do not reach
out far enough to take their stroke. and few OF
them when farthest out take right hold OF the
water, their oars seeming rather to hesitate
But that which strikes the observer nost
is that their boat does not appear to
travel fast. 1t Is but fair to say
that have seen them row but once, and that only
for short distance, and perhaps at that time they
were not doing themselves justice But good oar
should never be caught rowing poorly, but, whether
going slowly or fast, should always row well. And
as these men are not among the Oldest not among
the strongest, and among the least experienced
here in actual racing. they certainly will deserve
very great praise If they push their PROV in among
the foremost on the eventful evening now so close
at hand. But II nothing happens to
THE AMHERST AGRICULTURALs
they Will tell different story OF themselves on
this same July evening. There are 80 many crews
har as wi n
form or distinguishing marks. 1t is no easy work
when they are passing you, perhaps at the further
side of the river, to be sure which Is which. But
whoever has seen the "Aggies" at work once will
have little difficulty and for tho reason that their
stroke does his work not only 30 WE'LL but so much
better than any one else in the boat Any observ-
ing man must have often remarked during his life
time whether in the workshop, on the field OF bat
tie or Of grain land a Brooklyn man might
add in the pulpit, that some of the best
and toughest men physically he has ever
seen have been but Ave feet eight, or, at most.
FIVE feet nine inches in height, and often even
less. That ancient mariner, Hank Ward, already
referred to. and who taught England's best pro-
fessonals such lesson two years ago on Saratoga
Lake that they never came back to try again. Is
such O one And such another Is Frederick @.
Eldred who Is setting the Agricultural crew their
stroke to-day. He Is no new hand at the work,
for whoever remembers Ingleside two years ago
viii recall who led the van on the homestretch and
astonished all New England by making proud Har-
ward register her name alter that OF this till
then unneard OF Institution, while his record In
the Argonauta Club, OF Bergen Point will at least
do him no harm. He has the advantage, 80 COM
mon among short men, that his muscles show well
all over his back and shoulders as well as in the
arms that he Is unusually well developed, while his
rtic rlv Qnd
strkingly large and strong. lrthat worthy who has
SO long upheld that ancient clock at Tifrany's
former stand on Broadway should ever get tired
and be looking about for q man to get up
and take his place Mr.. Edred looks equal to It,
Indeed, there is striking resemblance in shape
and general appearance between the legs OF the
two. But as remarked. he is better than his crew
not in build alone, but in the main thing, work
The man next him, as well as he next bow Is no
ticeabiy weaker, and when he reaches out for hi!
stroke no other seems to reach as far, the secont
man from him doing apparently next best. WheI
remarked this to Josh Ward, eyes," said he,
"HB'LL BE STROKE NEXT YEAR"
Simpson, the bow is too easy on his back, pulling
his body noticeably over on to the oal
at the end Of the stroke-technicall,
''meetng''-rather than the oar up to his body
When his back gets stronger or his determination
| to use It more he will row harder. But the thin
faced hardy fellow there in the stern keeps setting
| them the work with such untirng steadiness tina
| the crew do better than they seem equal to, ant
get strong pace on their boat and keep it.
drove along the bank by them from the start until
when the bushes hid them, they were already wei
into the third mile, and they were staying we'll
| stroke working hard as ever and saying nothing
bow working less and talking more. The far reacl
| forward Is very firing, and two and five have moi
so much to settle whether far on in the third mile
they will be shorter torward-and aft too for tina
mattar-tnan stroke, as whether the men in the
other boats shall be doing better. I do not thinl
that II each crew did Its best that afternoon tn,
| Aggies will win but do think that they will b'
| in the first four. Eldred told me that thu
| average weight in the race, would be bu
| 153 There are stronger men here, larger ant
older who, n they rowed as well, would beat them
| From but moments glance at
THE MAINE MEN FROM BowpoN
| thew ire SUCH but l saw them Just coming rount
a point and in to their float, and they were no
| rowing well. Price. their trainer, is the bow
| OF the famous Paris four OF St. John, New
Brunswick, who, in the Exposition races OF
the Seine, before Paris, IN 1867, in
boat heavy and unwiedy, beat the Londol
rowing four and team from oxford, In whicl
we're willow and Time. whom some Of US remem
ber But, after all, this was not doing such grea
thing for their rivals each carried o coxswan
while they had none. Then, again, they beat tn
Wards badly on this same Connecticut, but the
had manilestly far faster boat. Then, again
later-and really fine thing to do-hi
crew were leading Renforth's word-renowne
men when, before they were mil
Nd that king Of English rowing for all time nov
past offered up his life to his master passion by tn
banks of the Kennebecasis. or course can te
YOU better in o day or two but think the Bowdoi
fellows row the "Parls stroke, and indeed wa
struck with the resemblance In build Of more tina
one of them to that OF Hutton OF that crew-namely
very strong all over the back, and especially s
nst at the shoulder blades, while no crew her
has more thick, well.madc arms. The pecularit
OF this stroke is its shortness, they neither reacl
Ing far forward at the beginning nor falling "a
back at the end, but taking strong grip throug