The New York herald., 1874-07-13

rowing fast, then on the watch hanging between
his heels. With where the boat Is going he has
nothing whatever to do. That is for bow, and no
other man should ever, while at work, save in an
emergency, look out of the boat. Williams cannot
win this year, but she can probably put Princeton
at least behind her, and perhaps two or three or
even iOur more.
DARTMOUTH
yesterday afternoon came rafting down the track
at fast galt, pulled up at the finish and padded
into the dock A Columbia man the raft had,
ne SAID, timed their stroke thrice aud at each tak-
the rate they swung IN old and recent days, when
Sliding seats were unheard OF and English strokes
''We couldn't help It," said their short
bqs me soe said you wa win tos on tonS the
mile," he replied, '.Did you do all you mad
on the other two?" Well he Wouldn't go into thar.
a pe n that as woaa oe e4
1or each others time made in practice over the
course. To go and deliberately row over the exact
course at top speed and then stop would be d
showing OF crews possibilities that Whatever
may be the lact' It is seaera!y deemed foolish to
thing that looks like going on time.
THE HARVARD CREW
BY the way, HarvarQ's GOAT, from much pulling
IN the recent rough water has become considera-
bly, strained, nor has she like Yale had q stron
gig with her to save the racing boat in heavy
weather. This has Justly excited apprehension
among her men, for fear she would not last I'll the
race. The pulling of Taylor, too, tue new man
was out OF the boat al the end OF his stroke cant.
ing her down TO starooard making her roll badly,
and so rettng the crew by preventing them from
getting In and OF the water, evenly and cleanIy.
Indeed 1t Is debated seriously whether Devens
probably % the former, who how was " bow 'sa oarsman
last year, had better not he substituted for him.
Taylor is very strong In fact, tae heaviest man IN
the boat; rare thing in Harvard crew, too-a
iariner, and 1t seems too bad to lose all his
strength OF course, being the newest man he
finds himself accredited with ABOUT all the laul,s
in the boat and 1t naturally chales nim not little.
summer complaint, also, IS said to be visiting at
astonishing how little toing may upset all the
calculations and throw away all the work OF the
whole past year. or what mighty Importance 1t
Is, for instance, to all Yale wellwlshers that until
next Thursday night, Mr. Cooks stomach should
behave itself and not go ioolIng around the way
that organ is sometimes known 10 in men, or that
any OF these men, out as they were yesterday
afternoon in a ram that In a lew minutes half
filed their pOats should not as they could so
easily, indulge in a playful attack OF qunsy or y
neat cramp And then so little disorders BOAT,
and even the oars get unruly Harvard, ior exam
begun on one OF her last six, Dana executing
q neat slash about two inches square out OF
very matter OF oars Harvard has had to suner
much. For the great maker Is Ayling OF Wands-
worth, Just out OF London He had orders for an
extra fine set Tor this crew, which were faithfully
promised Tor May delivery. May came, but they did
not, and they have been written or and caDled for
ana still they come not. Donohue seems to be
the favorite on this side The water, but Dononue
oar is several removes behind an Ayling
THE ENGLISH STROKE.
OF Williams son OF Hon. Peleg w. Chandler, OF
the Boston Bar, thus discUurses. warming up
on the subject t ne said d. when VINE ! Went to
boating matters-lndeed, had commenced writing
u book on the suoject-but soon became con-
vlnced tnat a majority OF my pet theories were
wrong, and accordingly threw aside what | had
written in disgust Mr. Smalley, of the tribune,
who mas attended all the important English boat
races for years, said to me, Our boys Will never
learn rowing until they make up their minds that
they don't know any Thing about 1t and start resh.'
Won fhn nnvQ En n yl bap n nf
rOwers. You remember the NOrthmen travelled
around with their sweeps. rney prepare tor their
college races with "a thorOughness of which we ON
tnis side know nothing Each member of q racing
crew Is trained In pair oar down to wthin lew
days OF tue event IN which the crew Is to take
part"
"Do not the strokes OF all the crews that are TO
take part In this race substantially correspond
Are they not al IN theory the English stroke ~
inquired.
lie answered that all the crews, with possibly
one or two exceptions, were pulling the English
"Wnat is the English stroke, and what, in con-
tradisdinction, Is Or was the American stroke :"
'rne English pull with their backs and legs; the
Americans rely more upon their arms. The Eng
lsh regard the arms IN rowing simply as bars con-
Meeting the back with the hands. None OF the col
ege crews rely, as they used to- on the arms, but
all place their main dependence on the pack and
Leg"
ing but Is he right That they have many ways
which it would be well TO cast aside and start
airesh III there is no question; but how much did
these Northmen nave to DO with catching the
beginning" Tor instance l do not know Mr..
AyiinHs age, either, but ne could hardly have ex-
listed III their day. And those sweeps; something
about the size OF weaver's loom or a bed leg,
whitfield down little, probaoly. And what did
they know about formS When the bold Eric and
his CHEEKY lads swung down our Northern coasts,
do you beneve they were doing "a to the
minute Mike Fink, the last of the boat
men, or one OF our choicetongued youth
whose life Is on the "raging canawl'-tnese
are. more likely the sort OF parties who
used to pun behind Eric, aud IL is barely possibly
that what they could pull pest at was Junk bot
tie. And about Mr.. Smalley's thoroughness OF
training. This all sounds like him, Tor have heard
much the same IRON his own lips but will the
statement bear siftIng' Most intelligent men,
whether fond OF rewing or not, have OF late years
read the entertaining accounts OF the annual uni
versity races in England. Now | suDmt II il Is
not almost the stereotyped story which reaches US
from there, that along Just before the race both
crews-ii these stories are truly told, and think
with very little search can quote Mr.. Smalley's
own words, If he has doubts on this subect-have
many glarng faults, ana often one OF them, usually
the losing one, Is Ignorant OF some OF the first
principles of the art OF rowing. Just recall some
OF the comments that the English press made so
often during the nine dark years between 1860 and
1870, when never once did the light blue 90 10 the
fore. And then George Morrison, OF oxford,
who coached the latter's four against men, had
compression on tpem, and went and tangRk them