The New York herald., 1874-07-10
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.

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The Universities Reprcsented-The Poo
sitiOns Assigned the Boats at the
Start-MOrnfng and Evening Practice
ON the Lake-Trsining Extraordinary.
SARATOGA, July o, 1874.
Since the last letter from here the Freshmen crew
of Brown have arrived with their six-oared shell;
but, unfortunately for them, they will have
chance to compete In the grand contest OF the
10th with the other nine University crews unless,
indeed, reconsideration OF the rules debarring
them is taken. According to the rules
OF the College Association it appears tnat any
college not represented IN the annual
regatta shall be considered as no longer q MEN,
ber OF the association, and consequently have no
vote in the convention which arranged the CON-
ing race on the waters of Lake Saratoga. This is
to be regretted for the boys OF Brown have been
training their crew for some time, and they are
now In fine condition. Unfortunate as 1t may be
for these Students and severe as the rules may
appear by which they are debarred, still 1t must
be remembered that unless there exists dis
cpine, order and regulation in these annual ex-
hibltions OF the aquatic skill Of the scholars OF
our American universities these gatherings must
necessarily de;eriorate. At the same meeting at
which action was taken in regard to the Freshmen
crew OF the Brown University the rep
participate In the great struggle had
DRAWING FOR POSITIONS.
which resulted in the following manner:-Trinity
will be the ffrst boat or the east Shore Alongside
the green and white Of Trinity the orange cOors Of
Princeton will be conspicuous. Then comes the
Cornell Cornell boat, hopeful and enthusiastic and Just
ward. Again the blue and magenta win be side by
st. w as the ssS ay Ts
Wesleyan ranges next to the magenta OF
it's emerald, and then the royal
purple OF Williams the nearest boat to the western
Shore This win be the positions OF the boats at
the starting point on the day of the great Unver
sity race, now SO rapidly approaching, 30 anxi.
ousiy waited lor, ana FOR which 80 % much prepara-
Even all at the start, but at the finish wheres Who
can tell9 How many, disappointed hopes and
every man that day VIII do his duty Tor the honor
OF his university, we refrain from speculating as
to the results and pass on to the work or
THE DAILY PRACTICE OF THE CREWS.
Yesterday they were all out for work early In the
morning and also late in the evening. Even the
the lake, pulling the 30 called English stroke, or
stroke which looked like it. They may have q
stin continues rough, ana, though it does not ma
terlally interfere with the practice, still little
rne Weather has
some on last weeks, and If this Improvement
continues we may nave the lake BY
Captain Cook and his Yale men ore doing finely,
and his crew have got the English stroke now
to discover where the imported system commences
and the American leaves of. "'Tis good stroke
to WIN with II 1t pues the boat in first" remarked
q wag last evening the Yale crew padded or
for their evenings exercise Harvard is doing
some good WORK In practice, though the crew is
when they "hit her up.'' Stu there are
four @ or Ave good days yet 70 work and to correct
thew Harlem River
with considerable snap and vlm In their work.
The blue and white viii, Judging from present APP
which worked against them last year, show up
well this day week. The wesleyans were out twice
menced the work here. The blg men OF Trinity,
away up the lake, miss no opportunity 10 get them
10, m ana nave 6~ne setea eG
muscle will tell Trinity will speak loudly
when the day of trial shat! come. Dartmouth and
Princeton no way behind the others In attention
to detail and constancy OF practice are at 1t every
day, working like Trojans. Noticeable above every
thing else just now is the quiet that, 70 all appear
ances. prevails among the student oarsmen. They
have little to say and no points to give away. II
you want any information you must Judge for your.
the the 'S %oE they are doing They viii have saeip
HOW SOME OF THE CREWS TRAIN
is marvel to the inquisltve. The Columbia boys
lnterrogated the other day by q gentleman from
the countrywide, although he is not college boy,
may be set down as q freshman II ne swallowed
the story" in its entirety-as to now they dieted
and exercised themselves. Well, he was informed
that they Invariably commenced about five O'Clock
In the morning by each man eating three lunches
country punches at that, mind y0u-Of radishes,
then they walked ten miles, after that eat O
mile pull. A rest followed, which was sue
ceeded by dlnner-raw bee1 the principal SUBJ
stantial; rest again. walk again, row another ten
miles, raw beet again. Then read the papers, sing
a song. say their prayers and go to bed. II the
day chances to be wet and the water rough the
crew rode fifteen miles on horseback and on their
return danced q breakdown to get their legs lin
ber. The gentleman who heard the story "could
not see any sport IN that kind OF thing" and in
all probability VIII never care to be one OF six
cared crew and go in training Tor race.
EVERY EVENING
the shore bordering the lake at the foot Of the
hill leading down from Moons Is lined with ladies'
and gentlemen, watching the going out or coming
take the number OF strokes rOwed in each boat as
they pass by, and explain to their companions who
is who and which Is which, with more or less ac-
curacy, no doubt. The prevailing desire among
all now Is for smooth water, not only on the day OF
the race, but from this until then, so that the
crews may have every opportunity to prepare fully
for the great day, which Is to determine for an
otner year the victorious crew OF American college
Oarsmen.
The Brown Crew Admitted to the Fresh.
man Race.
SARATOGA n. Y, July 9-1O P. NJ
Both the Princeton and Yale Freshman crews
c0nsentlng the Brown Freshman crew has been
admitted TO the Freshman race on Wednesday, the
18th inst.
BOATING NOTES.
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