The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-20

Sulcl vi the Dirk, 'InhIS TIC way 70
think and bet-Harvard, Wesleyan,
Columbia, Yaler' q
Great inquiries were made for the
Wards, bit they were made in mystic
rious way. 1t was said that singular
boat had been seen in town, and that
they had some connection with it-a sort
Of phantom ship. In some quarters the
opinion was expressed that all the Ward
boys, and Biglin too, were to be a univer-
sity to themselves and out-paddle the
colleges.
AT THE LAKE.
A sail over the lake at carly morning
found the crews in their comfortable and
new lighthouses. all bathed and rubbed,
half-nakedlv going to and fro oiling a
little. mending rowlOck, adjusting
rubber. little disposed to be communicative
even with each other, lest some Of the
nervous force and vitality needed for the
after part of the day should be dissi-
pated.
There was Williams, most beset and
bedsvilled of all by visitors, yet takingit
philosophcally.
WILLIAMS Is A SMALL CREW,
averaging in youth and weight below the
common. The bow. only al, and the
stroke, Gunster, of Pennsylvania was
the life of the day, steadily, carefully 60
ing over every part of the boat and
tackle. eyeing the men, and indifferent 10
Interruptions of any kind Loins, back
and arms powerful, a swarthy face and
great ambition in other like things, he
and his crew derived their knowledge
from a graduate who. like many that we
find this wear was sent especially abroad
to watch the English style. The Eng
lish. indeed. have greatly affected the old
traditions of American rowers, both rs to
style Of stroke and training. Last year
this college lost man from the crew,
and he lost his health AS well, from over
training. Next We see,
SHADE OF JOHN WESLEY!
The Weslevans. of Middlctown, those
thrifty. self-helping and generally godly
colleGians. about 100 strong, who live
like the poor scholars Of the early days,
mcnding their own breechcs, backing
their own boots. not avcrSc to days work |
if it i. necessary to get through college; |
and vet, with the spirit of a university, !
they have reserved the time for training |
for this regatta. and once before made !
the Unitarans Of Harvard feel that the !
arm ofthe flesh was equal to the arm OF !
the spirit among ciaSs-lcaderS. This |
grim. lahoriouS, serious crew has been the |
special dread of both Harvard and Yale.
They look like colts out of CrOmwclls |
IromsdcS. They take neither purse nor !
scrip. walk dozens of miles in meditation, |
and are better adapted to row thirty |
miles than three They are rousing fell |
lows as we see them now, reclining on |
the soft side Of plank, ON" being n
whcclwright. another brlcklaycr, !
third a lumberman, and the stroke, EuSi
tie. is twcnty-Scv"n years old, looks like /
Tom Cribb, carries beard on his chin, F..
and looks straight at and through YOU.
"You fellows will get so wicked after
awhile that you'll take to the turf, You
WcSlcvans! | wonder that you haven't .
II pool ROOM So says II reverend cler-
gvman. with twinkle, who has come up !
from Round Lake Camp. He looks, !
however, as if he took II deep dcnomina- |
tional interest in all this rowing business,
and SAYS. as he looks all over the boat
Warm them boys; warm them if you
can
From the Wesleyan house We dropped F.
in on those dragons of the intellectual
orb.
THE HARvARDS,
who are to do within few hours til"
battle of the biccpS for the richest and
most spirited and most pnpulous of our
schools. Nearly 1000 contributing per-
SONS and 800 students, Il boat house con-
tanning about fifty boats, II university
club alone of2O0 members and four row.
crs to row to-day who have already APP
pcared in champion races, and who have
been disciplined with rigor as remar-
kablc rs it is of approved prescription:
such were the conceptions | entertained
of Harvard rs | passed their door. Them
selves confident, believed by the best crit
ics and observers to have sure thing
and possessing one of Blaikic's bran new
boats, which arrived but tw" nights ago
to replace one they had twisted they
looked cool and decided, and impressed
visitors perhaps more fuvorably than any
other college crew.
FAR DIFFERENT Is COLUMBIA,
Uuartcrrd ON remote bluff in red !
farm house They are of English and
American coaching, and Cambridge
University man ha. been teaching them
from personal practice the English stroke.
Their new Fcaron shell is of new and
elegant make and finish. Their names .
are metropolitan, aS all know who read of
Rapallo, Cornell and Rcs. They weigh |
low but evenly. All of them are New
Workers. except Goodwin, who is. II Mas
aachuSctts man. Having row"d over
the course in shorter tim" than any other
crew, they possess good deal of super
Stition among that large class of non
college men who belong to New York,
are ANIMALS al Saratoga, and would like
nothing 80 much ~ /" See this grand old
knckrrbockcr college carry the colurs
away to the historic halls where llamil-
ton. us Il lad grew To- Ice at once soldier
and statesman.
THE PRINCETON CREW.
And now for the boys who live by the
grave Of Aaron Burr and were Of the
college Of the Bayard. and Stocktons.
They have practi>rd on the Delaware
and RaritanS raging canal, and are,
therefore, to be. in some sort, test of
cheap transportation. If they succeed
senator Window will put new feather
in his cap. Robert Bonner built them
their boat-hou>c and they are well OF in
boating property. Above 4o0 pupils at
Nassau Hall expect hopefully OF their
work. Old Dr. McCo>h, their protecting
dominic i regarding them with some
thing of the crimne>s Of Stoncwall Jack
son, his fellow churchman. They are
picked out OF eighteen good men, well
tried and contra>tcd. They are by no
means large men, their captain, Smith,
wri,rhinr linn moro than 81 ,-irl I,-Srv