The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-06

belongings, ashore TO take mp their quarters under
the shadow OF their green and white. "All aboard"
and again the little launch was of-this time with
prov pointing across the lake. The wind mad not
gone down any. and the spray would occasionally
dash over the weather side, compelling the ladies
who were on board 10 exchange places with the
gentlemen VINO sat to leeward. After steaming
for about fifteen minutes the plain boards Of
long low house, surrounded with trees and stu
ated on little blum. came In view. From the nag
stan at one end the dark blue with the word
columbia IN white told the name OF the crew
auartered here at n2rams. The boat went right
up to the noat. Cornell,who pulls port stroke and
the volatile Timpson. who does duty IN the bow,
with three Others welcomed the visitors. They
had just got In from pull. "We're doing thirty
four in our practice" said Cornell IN answer to an
inquiry. "Tell them on the Harlem we
are all WE'LL" were the parting words
as steam down to where the
Dartmouth boys show their emerald colors at
Curtis. minutes delay and we next stopped at
Myers cedar blun where the Biglin crew were
once quartared, but over the boathouse OF which
now fly the dark blue coors OF the crew OF old
Yale. couple OF Yale boys took the mails Our
next stay, and the final one, was at the house OF
the Saratoga Rowing Association, where the boys
OF Williams showing their colors OF purple royal,
are located.
BACK AGAIN.
On the noat, as we disembarked stood Yale's
Captain in the dark blue colors OF his University
The weather, he complained, has been rough for
the past few days, and 1t interered considerably
with the practice. Saying ''good day." and after
ascending the hill which led to the waters edge
we looked in Oh Harvard's Captain at the old
Schuyler mansion. The Harvards were at dinner !;
but Goodwin, at the door, in his CHEEKY way, eN-
hpnnU va1nnfv nf
oars, and we have only lost one row since we've
been here.n A shake OF the hand and again we
were on our way back to the village, alter the
morning visit to the crews, with our laxative
driver, who was still more vouole from having,
possibly, INDUCED In something stronger than Con-
THE ONLY ABSENTEE.
The college crews, with the exception OF Brown,
have, 1t will now be seen, all arrived at their quar-
tiers on Lake Saratoga, and are now working
jealousy TO fit themselves for the struggle on the
10th inst. That the reader may properly under
stand the changes OF positions IN the crews de-
and the differences in the weights OF the men, ali
noted up 70 the date OF this letter, so that the
figures w W become tonro valuable re 9sS,s
herewith carefully made measurements of each
Oarsmans chest, natural and inflated, and OF their
aquatic reader, as 1t Is seldom to be ascertained,
and then but once In hundred times do such
figures approach correctness
A GLANCE AT COLLEGE BOAT RACING.
1t viii be borne in mind that the history OF boat
racing by the undergraduates OF American col
eges up to the year 1871, Is mainly comprised In a
narrative OF the contests between the rival oars
men OF Harvard and Yale, since, In the lew occa-
siOns where crews from other universities con-
tended at the annual regatras, they were until
that year 80 far behind the representatives OF the
crimson and blue both In skill and training las to
have excited IN the public an interest subordinate
to- and often quite eclipsed by that taken In their
associates" from 1852 to 1871 the vcIors we're;
that the CRIMSON was invincble. The result OF the
University race OF the latter year, however,
the Connecticut River, six miles above Springfield,
the contestants being the crews OF Harvard,
Brown and the Amherst Agricultural Col
lege. The latter was victorious, making the
three miles, as first reported, IN I'm. 461as. but
afterwards corrected to lem. 461ss The defeat Of
| Harvard by new and palatively unknown
| rival did much to encourage rowing as physical
/ exercise at the several seats OF learning IN the
public interest in the art. This year. April Is, 1871,
! also witnessed the organization o. the "Rowlng
Association OF American Colleges" under the
auspices OF which The annual University struggles
have since been held. 1t also ushered in the
straIgntaway contest--the farest method Of as
certdining the relative merits OF rival crews-thu5
inauguratiny that character OF college racing IN
the United States which at once led to great IN
honors ar succeeding regattas, even as 1t was the
means OF a great change IN public opinion on the
subject OF athletic exercises and their relation &c
physical education; and the good work has been
, moving on with steady progress, until now the
development OF q students muscle IS MOI though
THE REUNION OF 1872 At SPRINGFIELD o,
the 4 honors beating Harvard, Amherst Agri
cultural, Bowdoin, Williams and Yale IN the
order named IL the so,n iastes5 ada time on sm
4-5s. Thus again new conner was Victorious
and the event was not less noted for the majdeI
ambitious gentlemen OF Williams. Once more the
season rolled around, and the crooked Come ticu
witnessed last year what should nave been zen %.
Course and Inc arrangements were alike deficient
and instead Of being marvellous exhibition o
result: yet the victorious crew was awarded tn
coveted prize. Yale, after seven years Of de
sesaeu and IN rspssg for ser Ama
panions did in 'e4 and o5. That victor.
gave the manly and healthy exercise OF boating a
Yale new and quickenlng impulse, the results 0
which viii be observed in the coming struggle OF
Lake Saratoga The new aspirants for honor IN tn
University Contest OF 1873 were the crews OF co
lumbia, Wesleyan. Trinity and Cornell, and thong
defeated each ana al exn3ited SO t% pint
OF their college companions for the stubborn ngl
they made, and when the time was again at nan
to prepare for another struggle eager and entht
siastic candidates were In readiness TO commenc
the work necessary Tor the race OF 1874. AS wit
the junior members Of the Coiege Association 5
with the seniors-greater interest, Increased d.
termination, qetter men, ana strength applied
the right direction, marx an o. tnis years rev
and hottest races the undergraduates oil America
colleges ever rowed.
is in the same order in which the HERALD repr
sentative visited them and as his letters SUBS
Quently appeared.
Yale.
On the LIST OF April Mr.. Cook, who occupies tf
responsible position OF Captain as well as sittiI
in the after seat Of the Yale boat, took seven me
from the gymnasium, where they had been at wol
hardening their muscles throughout the ent
,, winter, and placed them, as he saw ut, IN ne
Blatkie barge, that they might practice for p
sitions in the racing shell and become familiar wi
the stroke that carried the college to victory
'73. After extended trials 1t was decided tn
the crew with whom the business