New-York tribune., 1874-07-04
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.

THE MEN OF CORNELL.


CORNEII--DA ANGER OF ENTERTAINING.
trRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
SARATOGA LAKE June 9O.-Cornen is one OF the
colleges which may be expected to stand the wear
and tear of the regatta year after year from this
time Three colleges which were in the race last
wear have fallen by the way for want of funds and
OF men, and it has required the utmost effort on the
mart of several of the smaller institutions now rep
resented to man aud equip their boats. In some
cases il has depended upon single man whether a
crew came or not And although the milder system
of training and the easier style of rowing which has
been generally adopted this year VIII work very
favcraby for the perpetuation of tie sport, there
will be years IN many of the smaller colleges wheh
the impossbility of selecting hTst-cass crew ana
the difficulty in making up the requisite amount OF
cash will prevent them from entering the race at all
The success of the Aggics" in 1871 and of Amherst
in 1872 elated the smaller institutions and was the
immediate explanation of the large number OF
entries last year and If Wesleyan, or Dartmouth
or Columbia should carry off the palm tins year
something similar would perhaps be seen in the newt
regatta II Yale or Harvard win this year, however
some Of the others who have stood the strain LOT
two years without attaining any substantial honors
will drop out and for year two send no crew.
b. the time new blood has entered college ana
heroes burning for aquatic laures have organized
new representation the old oarsmen will be gone
and the boating tradition will have died ont that
they will euter at a disadvantage as compared with
Harvard and Yale Such colleges will be overcome
by mere force of wealth and numbers on the
part of the heavier institutions and theiI
strong men Will be beaten without race.
II is matter of interest this year after three
colleges have thus dropped out aud four more have
been so TO speak at the last gasp, 70 know whether
there are enough that viii survive to prevent the
& I..ol- int, a hot
ward and Yale diversified only by an occasional
feeble and Intellectual onslaught from some of the
Others. Unless Wesleyan finds another Eustis and
Williams another Gunster. II would not be suTpris
ing to see them lie by for a year two, suppSS@@@
that neither wins this wear. Trinity seems 20 have
no trouble financially, but is short of men sometimes
Dartmouth has a deal of pluck and power and plenty
of men. but is secluded Princeton has men and
money enough % send crew every year, but has
not yet shown the desire. Coumbias proximity to
the boating circles of Harlem River and her annual
endowment Of $1,000 for boating purposes from the
faculty viii perhaps insure every year. Still.
al these are more than uncertain.
CORNELL A PERNANENCE IN THE REGATTA.
Cornell however. from all appearances, bids fairto
be in the long run the toughest opponent Yale and
Harvard viii have. Boating is a babe of only two
years growth in the college and it takes time to
has the men and the money requisite and needs only
a little time 10 acquire the most approved principles
of the art. If indeed she has not already done so.
OF enthusiasm there is no lack. Nothing like dis
couragement exhaustion appears there. gym
naslum has been built this year largely out OF the
students contributions, the Doat-house has been ex-
tended till IL attains the respectable dimensions OF
50 by 70 feet and though it has not the imposing
ray Of historic shells upon It's racks which older
universities can boast the and more Of boats
which are there are all new and IN constant use.
-four new -ix-oared shells have been purchased al
ready this season. Flourishng crews we'll equipped
ure found in an the classes and the organization ap-
propriatelv named the Tom Hughes Club also
mans a she'll More than all, the best crew IN the
last class races was the freshmens good sign for
the future.
Cavuga Lake affords an unsurpassed practice ground
for Cornell viii no more serious drawback than oc-
casiunal rough weather and IL certainly seems not
unreasonable 20 hope that it will within wear, If
not Immediately bear on its fair bosom the winners
of the College Regatta.
TIE CHANCES OF yICTOLY.
Human Judgment Is Of little avail III determining
who viii win this race. A single boil unfortunately
situated. OF a slight overdose Of Congress water
day before the race. may send calculations TO the
dogs too light boat a broken oar will make
more than the TWO seconds difference which inter
veued between victory and defeat last year With
tlnug- as they are al present, however looking at
probabilities without any regard to the lhosyn-
crasie- of the men, Harvard, with her experienced
and long disciplined oarsmen. has the best chance.
Yale with a ,kinful though less experienced crew
and the flush of victory, the next Columbia, with
amended system and three old men-the best of last
years crew-judiciously supplemented by well
schooled new ones the next Cornell, which has her
excellent bow and stroke Of last year, and expe-
rienced substitute ready, seems to have the next
chance. and 80 on. The finish and elegance of the
rowing are about in the above order. When the
men are seen. however. the thing changes 1t must
bea material superiority in organization and skill
which sends Columbia OF either OF the others III
fact ahead Of the Cornell crew.
The men spent most of their time yesterday in
lying under the ems by their boat-house tlll their
back, looked ike specimens OF old red sandstone
among the ferns. In the morning the thermometer
marked 9J- in town. and the boy who drove the
boats out was suustruck, perhaps fatally
TIE LAKE REVEALS PECULAMuEs.
After noon the lake displayed some pecuharites
which if indulged in on the 10Th of july, 1874, Will
probably create the largest amount of aggregated
disgust winch has been felt in this neishborhood
since The days of the red men. First little wind
and rain stirred mp a long roller like the Atlantic
after Storm Then in fifteen minutes the sun came
out and the surface smooth. Before the boat
could be gotten out a small cap'ul Of wind came
over the hills and in few seconds the surface was
m again and covered with white caps. And this
continued pretty much all day. Yale caught "a
smooth interval just after dinner, and put ont over
across the lake with both crews moving steadily IN
the distance 90 strokes TO the minute like lazy