The New York herald., 1874-07-16
Tho Wesloyan Crew.

served. Let some one who has been SO busy all
his life making money that he has had no time to 40
any good with It, and now finds the end OF hts days
confronting him, put good sized Wesleyan codicil
IN the document which begins 'lmprtmts." am
not wesleyan but come from one or the Oldest,
and weaithiest and most renowned universities In
the land, but have seen how the Wesleyans have
behaved for TWO years. and IKE them; indeed,
am forced to, for selfresnce and selfrespect soon
command respect Few men who have studied
what has been going on hereabouts during the
last week will place them later than third tonight,
and moro Will put them first, and yet no English
stroke can be laid at their door, and they are one
OF the highest OF the crews. With brtcKlayer for
bow and wheelwright for stroke and some
farmers scattered In between, they remind
one Of certain railsphtter whose only
gas jet fixed out nightly from the old back
log, or the quiet man who thought he could handle
refractory Illinois regiment in the first days OF
the war. 1 saw two OF them on Monday, when the
lake was white with foam and shen rowing out OF
the question, walking smartly along the road, in
flannel shirt aud trousers, sleeves rolled up. no
hats and brown. tough-looking forearms project
ing from the sleeves, which would, from their
sinewy look and gOodly size, catch any ones eye
at once. They are going INTO the loot RAGS rcc, ro0
save t one. sHq lrIhe pTzs Vas f5f the best paper
doubtless all have hack at 1t. They have In no
way hid i'd, themselves whs here but did
wanted to- They, are not ashamed Of their
Would so %se s aea row on
time openly and publicly, and even announce at
what hour they would 90 rather than follow this
middle ol the Course Or starting or finishing short,
or erecting some other ofthe hundred and one ruses
to deceive the vigilant tout Has any one Of the
and though they may cause the watchfnT rival q
get It all the same. What for instance, is to him
der being or the mile stake In the woods on
either shore and of the % two mile: and. having
passed and the second at which 1t passes A
little addition subtraction and multiplication soon
All but Eustis, the stroke. will stay for another
year, and some for more. We have seen srrong
crews, with similar grounds for hope stay ana de.
" which @ has been nag ssitated somewhat of an 'i1 all
fsndy tnres four ns sst brush Mss
o Cambridge or Oxford crew Is put vigorously
through there & win BE iOgnd doubtless at least
party. A little coaching would not hurt them, to
be sure, though somehow they have managed now
to see them brought forward as samples OF one Of
Connecticut's sest products, the timber nutmegs
even being old and feeble IN comparison.
The Williams Crew.
All win remember that OF the eleven crews which
crossed the famous finish line last year, belOw
Springfield there was doubt about the position OF
several There was no such doubt as to Williams.
Her position was clear and unmistakable. She
was last Many crew so placed would have crept
away and not crossed the line at all. But that Is
not the way they do things in Williams
town. There is no back Down there.
Such defeat would have scared
many crew out Of any future races. But VII.
liams has not scared. She is mere to-day to do as
we'll she can, and better than their best is not
claimed even for the angels She has at the head
OF her company strong, good man. Her men last
year were the heavier, but those OF this year are
the better developed. The crew has changed
completely save one man, and he the best
there, and he Gunster. One Of the requi-
sites for good rowing is water. Part OF
last year the men indulged in o few
spoonfuls, and called 1t the Hoosac. Then Tor
quite while they did without. 1t had evapo-
rated. Pretty hard work to get up Q crew on
such track as that. But Gunster fought on. He
has the face OF man who does not let 90 easily
and his record bears him out. He has not like
Columbia ON the Harlem, for instance, chance to
see others row and take notes and encouragement.
Probably among all tine Berkshire hills there Is not
another six-oared shell boat than that OF his col.
lege. That his men have been at some hard mus
cular work their well knit and showy muscles tes.
t1fy. Barker, for instance, looks decidedly strong
a superior On the lake. But q man may be very
muscular ana not pull strong oar, for hts
strength may lie In muscles which are
stonecutters or machinists might be exceedingly
strong, but. unless young men, would need long
coaching before they would be dangerous. There
strength
through the Williams crew, though neither bow
nor No. 8 Is more than moderate. Can they beat
ton to-day, for the race between the two will be
exciting, even II not so much so as that among
the leaders. Part OF the interest this great
race engenders Is in the number Of little races it
contains and the sharp, well defined feeling OF
partisanship among the spectators. These are the
elements OF the genuine enthusiasm one is
sure to md on the grand stand, and all
men enjoy real enthusiasm. But Gunster
College WIN have a harder struggle to be on hand
next year, unless they do Unexpectedly we'll
today than they y, had M this Indeed have heard
the association. Hardly another seems SO doubt
iul. Wesleyan is not 80 rich in money. but
OF the right stamp you can do almost anything
human: Princeton Is not strong, but It Is her arst
cash, too abounds. Columbia is last, this year.
and not at all poor. Dartmouth Is strong
and confident and does not stand on
We have said, has come up FAST at least In strengh,
while her Faculty with the cash have made her
foundation sure. Harvard and Yale-wel Yale
swore on one year. but will, probably, never do 1t
again.at least as long as Mr. Cook stays In Col
lege. The probability Is that II any gap is made It
will be swiftly filled and that the number viii in
crease rather than diminish, and 1t s equally likely
that before this week 10 out we shall know whether
Williams win remain. Cambridge, England, has
had far more reason to feel bad, but she never
eaid Die. She does not seem to know how, or care
to learn. Neither should Williams.
The Yale Crew.
No maiden entry this year or last for Yale; her
name Is short enough, but her record reaches
back to q time before four of her to.day's crew
we're born. Much OF 1t Is not over pleasant read
ing for her friends, not that II tells Of anything
feel ashamed OF, but simply because In all her con-
tests her proportion OF victories Is small. There
is nothing new In that -Four years she went with
out victory; but SO did Cambridge, commencing
In '36. Then she won twice. Then i've times she
lost incessanty; but Cambridge did nine, COM