New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-14
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
NEARING TIE ISSUE.


MERITS OF HARVARD AND hN'E-ihro"ii' vi
STROKE-MINoR NEWS
lrRoN Tuy SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE IRlBUNh'i
S,pAToGA July 1l.-Thc crews have had an IN
torval of pasSable weather for four days past and
every opportunity for practice has been seneo
erecdily. Some of the crews have made marked I'M
provement recently in their rowing. Most notaDe'
perhaps is Cornell which has advanced remarkably
MIR Carver who has been the awkward squad, has
fallen in with the stroke. and Cornell has now Que
of the four crows upon the river which really sho"
good form Harvard Yale and Columbia being the
others The Cornell boys have also mended IN
health. Their diet has been modified ana maze
more generous, as far as 1t could De- auu 'n'
bad weather by forcing them to rest Tor an interval
has proved blessing in disguise. Ihey nave pun
on little flesh and put off sundry bois ana NeAa
,ions They are consequently much improved III
appearance health, joyiality. and general snap
as well as in skill with their oars
The Ithacans pull deliberately, and with very
effective stroke. There those who believe that
the stroke is not good enough in itself to bring the
crew in first as il is plain boatmans stroke, with
no prctense at novelty popularity of any kind;
Int such rs il is it will be well pulled Further OBJ
servation of the crew confirms the impression that
they are the largest and most powerful SIX
on the list though less uniform In size
than Yale, Harvard, and several Others. Last
wear the Cornell crew made similar stride forward
after arrival on the course. The professionals al
SprinCneld-trainers and Others who wished Ill TO
Yale and Harvard because they trained themselves
were in ecstacies COrnelPs rapid progress III
the 10 DAYS before the regatta, and looked to that
crew TO demonstrate their theories OF the fallacy OF
English notions of rowing and training. Cornell
stock is rapidly rising now as it did then The Cor
nell bows nav be expected, barring accidents, to do
more to Justify expectation than they did then ana
next year we may look for good crew from ithaca,
with the latest improvements in the style OF rowing
TIFF wESLEYANs OUT OF CONDITION..
Wesleyans' wharf affords an excellent view OF the
upper practice ground of the lake and consider
able company of spectators, including the Rev. Df
CUMMINGS President of Wesleyan University,
who had come up from Round Lake to see
what progress his boys were making, David
Richie esq editor of The SdratOg1n, many
oarsmen Of the town, and mob of the gentlemen
who write with ease, watched the practice from
there this morning. WeSleyans themselves sad to
saw were not out, and seem to have changed places
during the week with Cornell Here are now the
sick men the long faces aud the inactive boat,
vhilo music Joke aud activity, prevail below at
the quarters of the Ithacans. This training IS del
icate business aud one too little understood. Wild
strawberries some of which they picked themselves,
formed steady element of the Wesleyans' food till
within three or four DAYS. These no longer at
tanable and the table furnishes laxative in their
place. Nature has rebellcd against hard work and
too rigid diet Fruit and vegetables are necessary
10 health at this season, and the man who, gong
ing without them, works hard and preserves good
health does by means of unusual vitality. Messrs
Heermans, Whitney, Downes, and Warren all find
themselves in serious troubles of various kinds with
their digestive organs, and are lying of for the day.
1t isdifcult to furnish such diet as is necessary
out here at the Lake though the best that seems
practicable is done. Ten dollars week, which is
all anybody is allowed to charge for board to the
crews, is a moderate allowance for the supply of
these hearty fellows. The Yale Landlord hOrri-
fed at the bill of fare prescribed and the amount
consumed. He told Capt. Cook that if his men
"were going to eat like that he'd rather give 1t up
and part friends But the poor man had signed the
agreement and it was no to grumble. Aside
from the matter of expense the distance to market
is so great that fruit and green vegetables are far
less common on the tables than they should be, and
WESLEYAN is suffering more from this cause, 1t
seems than any other. This crew has been gen.
era favoiitc but in the face of this embarrassment
her chances must be considered very much dimin-
ished.
A sINGULARLY HURRIED STROKE.
Columbia preserves her excellent form, though
some of the men are ailing little, Williams is
milling pretty fairly and improving though it must
he admitted that there is still much for this to
do Gunsters excellences would be less conspicuous
in some of the other crews. Dartmouth pursues a
somewhat eccentric course having her stroke oar
on the starboard side instead of port the latter
being the position according 10 custom immemorlal;
while heavy men and light scattered miscel-
laneously through the boat The great pecullarlty
of this crew. however, is its stroke of A and ~ to
the minute, as average. On squirt to-day at
the end of a pull evidently made on time, the stroke
ran up to As to the minute. The powerful crew keep
up this rushing stroke astOnishlngly and get their
boat along apparently pretty WELL They make
soyeny appearance. however, and the stroke Is not
regarded with favor Trinity and Princeton are
down the lake together, three miles from any body
else.
The colors of Brown have at last made their APP
pearance on the lake, The boys are strong and eX-
hibit the delightful confidence in themselves which
characterizes the operations of the young and un-
worldly. They pull, however, on stationary seats,
and, unless they grease the seats of their panta-
looms and slide on them as the Wesleyans did last
wear. their prospects will be regarded with doubt
by believers in the slidiDg-seat principle.
THE MAGENTA AND THE BLUE.
The absorbing question in all mouths at present is
the comparative merit OF Yales and Harvards crews
The Yale crew as at first constituted appeared TO be
the favorte but the change from Mr.. Fowler who,
notwithstanding considerable improvement, has
been superseded by Mr.. Hall, shakes confidence.
Should, however, Harvard change Mr. Taylor,
their No. 2, for Mr.. Devens, the Harvard champion
for the single scull race there will be counterbal-
ancing uncertainty which may send Yale up again. If
Harvard does not make this change which is not yet
decided upon there will still be weak place in the
crew, as Mr. Taylor in spite of indeiatigable labors