The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-29

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1t win he se,n by the above that Tue Cambridge
men average, pound and hail heavier than
their OPP OuUnis, winch, taken INTO consideration
witn tic iacC t,ut iOur y, Inc light que repIesen-
tatives pul,cd Il tier last years. crew, wnile Mr.
SHERWOOD " rs the only member 0l the '13 crew
thaC WAS ia tn, OXFORD coat yesterday, mace the
cnances appea favorable or me Il ut blue.
Bota crews puned IN Iew coats, butt expressly
Tor the race Ay Ciaspcr. OF OXFORD. The C4nt,us
were represented yesterday by the following
men:-
wetast
Bow ,s,'" p j. hilbert LADY dy" Gsrgaret ' Is,
No. s...,r Arnitase .Iesas IS
80 I'D M rvs itn..y ~
No. b.,...w y. y Lee.y Brow 49,. 10
NO - : hyoF ,fst # NIFTY ~
Siroks H. 4 Hhoe Jesus ............... 10
The Iambrlge eight tJat Immenced work Tn
the Cam III ,Ie first week oi Nil, ch nave been
CHANGED abyat considerably, but were finally re-
duced To theaooye, WHO were lucky enough 10 Sc
cure the Vclory ior the light blue b. cuu, lie Oi
lengths. Al ut tue ist OF March the crew Was lne
same rs above, with lie exception that lar. Pea
DOuy was ~ No 5, M. Ay liner at No. A. Mr.. &. ,,
Read ~ Ne md Mr.. James h. CiOse at no. !. A lew
uays al erw.r., as things ala not go quite rig t.
Grange WIS made ny substituting Este our iOr
Peabody am me trausief OF Read from NO. 10 NO.
T. Cose go,as to No. vice PeaoodJ, aud EstcoLrt
taking keads place at No. u. Iuis chunse ap-
peared 10 give considerable satsi action, az the
placing oi stcn invaluable men as Lecky- Browne
and Read at anu undoubtedly stren- lnehed
the ntalvrieI OF the crew, when, Al ply siQue,
could hardly be Improved. In one respect Lain-
blldge was considered especially lucKy in ,ean-
ing the SERVICES OF Mr.. Rhodes, u tIicu and eApc-
r,cnceu stro,e accue toned to tidal water. Since
the days OF DlrDsniie, Oxford mas rather IL, u
loss iOr mal to nil thaC impOrtanl position atia
this year was Obliged TO break IN new reel ut,
and comparative lgnt weight, to fill that linpor-
tant post
ON Monday March 8, the ambridge crew ar
rived AZ putney ana TOOK up their quarters at u
irNaie house on the lcrrace. in tue afternoon
they made tlcW nrst appearance on tne tidal
water ald EiaLe a very favorable rpJ es5lOn. they
were coached by Mr. }. q. Chambers ana t,elr old
sJIVke MI. ]. Il. D. GOdle, WHO accOi panied
them III a steam launcn. On the following Gay
the5 were OUT again aud rOwcd nom Craven Point
to Barnes and back a lively gait, flashing vel,
tOgeLner, Alth STROKE OF t.iTty-siX To TIE minute
for the hrsC few GAYS tae r0win2 Vi the Cambridge
crew was rather ociicient III stJie, as the men,
cusCOlncd 10 the smooth ana sluggish Waers Il the
Cam, were ratner puLz'eu With tie lumpy water
on the broad reaches o! fhe inauies. rne Cam-
Drudge crew were slightly heavier than those Vi
last year, aS VIII DC seen
49,, Aag z,qg c'1 3;s1 c; ;s,~
,ss i ts a iSs2
Inis is not amy very great difference; but
pound extra weigut sometimes does WONDERS
When 1t comes 10 d llnisl. The OK ord crew Was
finally maze up OF tue ioiiowing men
Bow S,'' ' - M s.., s ssSSs. IL lis
No. No. D n.1Disai;c .s,'" iS
no I'D; Williams L,,n Line 4.
No L.. II ). stayner i71
s s,roNs " !" Laa.ert lao lao
The selection 0l tue above crew, as the men Ia
wlOm oxford oeternIned 10 put hei trust, vas not
finally concluded until March ~ and was tue re-
suit Oh a nunoeg q experiments ANA changes
uade at tine mst.ation o. Messts. Darulshire aud
Wooogate, VINO mad the crew III cuarse. NJ. J. b.
Way was hrs. put n as airOhe, taki, the pace VI
Mr. u. NJ Courtney, VINO went 10 buw. This, now
ever, did not prove satisfactory, AID Nj. II. N.
Benson was put stroke, sending Way out. Mr..
o. IA. Kemble was then pulling No. 3, Mr.. A II.
Hal ding No. and Mr.. A. ". Nicholson No. q.
This state OF anais. however, did not last long,
Lao, pat ant tnnt Ain IA.,
was not quite up to ne marx as stroke, and
consequently MIR. Way was taken back. Mi. Ben
son seat to bow anu L0ui they out. Inis change
appeared to work a d cided improvement ana the
crow were getting along very nicely together,
when Mr.. Nicholson was Obliged to retire rom No.
6, owing TO some domestic aiuictlon, and Oh the
lohOwing day Mr.. harding, OF Merton, VINO was
pulling No. A. nart his hand, and also had to retire.
M. =. ID. Darbisnire, OF Baiio then went TO No. d,
ana Mr.. r. 5. Nltcnison, OF Pembroke, took Mr..
HaYding's place at No. H. Thee lncessant changes,
OF course, had II very demoranz.ng effect inc
WORK ol me crew, and on Marcn IL Lney were
pulling very wildly. Mr. +. Wifams, OF Corpus,
was then substituted iOr MI. Kemble at No. 3, and,
although comparatively green hand, looked as If
he appreciated all he was caught.
IL appears strange that ever since the victory OF
the Cahtabs In 1870 there has been considerable
decentralization among the UXOnians, especially
when lr came to organization, and whether 1t is to
be attributed to tle innUmeraole Opinions as to
VINO are the best men or JJc want OF some leader
1t Is hare 10 say, but results have SHOWN tnar
there is something decidedly wrong in denmark.
This year II was the same as IN 1873 ana about two
weens' valuable time, " hen the crew should have
been working steadily together were frlttered
away in "a number Oi useless changes
Inc crew now began to yet dow 4 to regular work,
and, coached by Nj, Daniell, the treasurer OF the
boat club showed tVierable good form, On
March II there was another change mace in the
crew. as MIR. v. +. sherwood, Christ Church. VINO
rOWed NO. o iasG year, resumed his Old position
In the place OF ar Darbishire, who was transferred
TO No 4, vice hr. MltchlsOn, who retired. The
Introduction OF Mr. sherwood to No. aud Mr..
Dat blshiie 10 No appeared TO work visible I'M
provement, as the boat went easier through the
water and the crew worked better together. Mir.
Farren, OF Brasenose, the secretary OF the club
and an Old member Of the crew, was out
nearly every coaching On Wednesday, March
Is, the oxford crew arrived at puIey and
TOOK up their quarters aG the Fox and
Hounds. Rowing critics did not speak
very highly OF the crew, even alter the introduce
ton OF Sherwood, and IN erred that the men were
too heavy Tor work and not in proper condition
There was really not much difference IN the
weights compared with last year, as, taking them
together, we hnd:-
aggregate Corrains Crcr
!hLt..... l,4l61a Los, 1C3,s
iofiss. ls1 $40 1861
IL was also strange that Mr.. Sherwood was the
only member Of the 1873 crew who rOwed TINS
year; buC, by some unucKy fatality, two or three
OF the best. oxford men were prevented from row.
ing ny some unforeseen occurrence.
WINNING CREWS
the following is q tabular list OF the different
races pulled between the oxford and Cambridge
universities CreWs:--