New-York tribune., 1873-06-18
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
.nrn.,,rroNs roR rae coNTEsT.

..D,c,, cu,VcEs IN THE METHODS oF ROWING
,>rn rp,,NING-rHB FRESHMAN AND slNGLK
sCUII RACES. -
tyRox rHE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THk riiSuNh
-. II-,,,,> Conn., June T.-At each of the
1.t,-t New. England colleges. at Columbia. in
- r,otroDolis and at Cornell, in Ithaca, the stu
7.. ara now in buzz Of eager preparation for the
,,I,oro REGATTA Of the 18th Of July next In place
oftne s,ereotyped aquatic duel between Harvard
ard Yale which for many years was the staple
"a aInost the only attraction Of the regatta, the
undergraduate world will this year witness
strugre between ten perhaps eleven. college crews
representing many members of the National
Rowing Association Of American Colleges. Tins
Association originated like many other great things
in very small dispute. THIS arose between Yale
and Harvard Yale wished a straight-away three
mile race and Harvard insisted upon a turn.
Yale accused Harvard Of habitual 'jookeying' at
the turning stake and Harvard denied it. In 1870,
being again beaten by foul at the stake Yale de-
termined to put a stop to such mischances for the
future and having the beaton party, the night to
challenge she next year challenged Harvard to a
three-mle race over any straight In Amer'ca-
To this Harvard gave no direct answer but ABOUT
three weeks before the time appointed Tor tue race
of 1871. an invitation sent TO Yale TO attend
convention at Springfield for the formation OF an
Of American Colleges" aledeclined on the ground
that. as Harvard and Yale had been rowing against
each other for so many years it unjust thus TO
r,recipitate a new arrangement Yale without
uotjce sufficient 70 enable her to prepare for
the race Yale was melted to this course and
strengthened in il by the impression that
Harvard had everything arranged 30 that the new
association would vote to row on Quins gamond.
This beautiful lake though in other respects all that
Csn be desired, is Qply mile and half long;
hance the only possible method for gthree-me race
Is TO make q turn and this Yale was determined TO
avoid. SO the association was formed and declared
open TO all colleges but Yale declined to join IT, and
hence did not take part in the race Of ISL The en-
tnes were Harvard Brown, and the Agricultural
Crew Of Amherst, universally and conveniently
known A. she Aggies" The race, after all, was
contested on the Connecticut River at Ingleside 1t
was won. TO the surprise Of everybody, by the
"Aggiss" IN the very quick time Of II minutes A
eeoonds. Yale. after this, concluded to come in,
and in IS72 SIX college crews entered and the race
-vls had over 4 straight course from Agawam Ferry.
a mile and a half below Springfield, on the Con-
necticut 20 point three miles below. 1t was won
by the Amherst College Crew proper in the astonsh-
ing time OF 10 minutes 81 As seconds, the best on
record.
Encouraged by the success Of the rural Amherst,
the lesser colleges have this year put forth great
efforts. and tho following crews already entered
for the race:
Amherst-ward. stroke Scoyle, Brown, Booth, Logan.
Bowdoin = Crocker, stroke Sargent, Ladd, Hunter,
CoumDia-Rees stroke; Moore, - Cornell, Rapalo,
Corncii-Dutton stroke Ferris. King Phillips South
Dar,sDouth : Paul. stroke Eaton. Leo, Underhil,
Haryard-Dana, stroke Bacon. Morse. Daland, Good
Tfinity-MeKenna stroke; Chase. Klne, Pratt Burke,
wosIes san-Adams, stroke; Neale, Lvesey Dorchester
wlhams-Giinster stroke; Eaton, worden, Saunders
Yale-Cook stroke; Meyer. Day, Kennedy, Waterman
Fowler, bow.
The crew Of the Amherst rricultural College has
not vet been announced and il is now doubtful
whether BOwdoin Will race but the probability is
that at least ten crews viii to the line for the
word on the day of the race. This year Ellis Ward
Is trainer for Amherst Josh. Ward for the AggiesD
Price for Bowdoin, Hank Ward for Columbia.
Coulter for Cornell Biglln for Dartmouth, SINGER
for Wesleyan. and John Blew for Trinity; but after
this no crew competing for the prizes of the Associ
alton VIII be aIlowed to employ a professional
trainer. Each college must train It's own crew,
Harvard and Yale are doing this year. This viii at
least be @ good economical move, as the trainers
charge great prlCes. Hank Ward, for instance is
getting Sl5 a day from the Columbia crew, who are
meantime complaining OF poverty, and are IN great
ased of money.
In the singe-scul College race which precedes the
University struggle T. H. Swift Of Yale has en-
tered, aud ne Is now training in New-Haven under
Dole. a sophomore at Amherst Is advised by Ellis
Ward " 90 likewise
PREPARATIONS AT YALE.
The boating interest here is very animated. The
students are busted with their annual examinations
during the day and az night the si campus tenanted
only by the refes which CLEAN the venerable elms
aud the lighted windows Of the old halls testify the
1iugeDt use OF the midnight oil. But the crew,
wthstandng, takes is practice pull down the harbOr
daily, the officers perfectng their preparations
for q removal Of the Springfield as the
termis ended. Blake OF Cambridge is Just finishing for
them their boat the Yale 70 and with 1t they will
Deke themselves 10 TIE banks Of tAe Connecticut at the
beginning OF next week.
This boat, which viii be used IN the race
is 50 feet inches long, and weighs about 3o pounds
This insures buoyant boat but there great danger
OF being too light. Tie boat OF last year weighed
about pounds in the race, and this boat after being
itJe water-5Oaked will grow somewhat heavier. She
a. built upon the Of boat the famous Lon.
don -Four. n which they inflicted such an ignominious
defeat upon the Atlsntics last year and the widest
and --latest bOttomed bOst which has yet been in
tAiA country.
COMPOSITION oP THE CREW.
Preiminaries and plans once settled the interest CEN
ters a. once in the itself The following is the
G"e University crew of 1878 present constituted:
Bow, Herbert Greene Fowler ia Dg15d.
NO = Jofeulah Day mounds
No J, j ulian keunedy .........--- 10 nonnds
10 = Gameron Davenport Waterman i5S bounds
No. 3, Henry Myer..-...-...-..- TTo nouuds
No G, Robert Johnson COOk.........is ponnds
Mr. Fowler, the bow Is member Of the class OF 1874
Che present Junior Class . years Of age and native