New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-29
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
VII.
THE WILLIAMS CREW.

THE WILLIAMS CREW.
THE H0osIC DESERTED FOR THE CHARLEs-A rU1L
WITH THE CREW WITH MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT
GOOD SCIENCE AND POOR PHYSlQUE-A
STRANGELY ASSORTED CREW.
TFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrDUSE.l
CAMBRIDGE, June 24.-If the casual wayfarer had
Glanced to be on the bank Of Charles River last
night about the hour of 6, he might have been sur
prised to see two gigs set forth from the Harvard
Club float bearing the purple colors OF Williams
One was four, with Mr. Gunster of last years crew.
at stroke and Parker Chandler coach of the crew. as
coxswain and the other q six, pulled by the Will
Hams University crew of this year. and steered by
the writer. The wayfarcr might not, perhaps have
lsen so much surprised to the latter vessel come
to grief at the first bidgcbut that disaster let
us draw vail.
1t may not be ont of order to explain why Will
lians was in these foreign waters and the explana
ton must be Typographical in its nature. Charles
Aston Bristed as We sat one commencement MORN
ing on the Hotel piazza at Williamstown. compared
the country folks focking over the ridge OF high
hills around to hear the hOneyed elOqucnce OF the
graduates, to ants climbing into sugar basin. Inc
valley is really q basin. The college buildings are
hidden in their foliage at the bottom OF 1t Ike eggs
in deep nest, and but for the clean white village
steepc, which shoots bravey up to heaven, and an
befry seen through the vista of trees, an observer
at the distance of mile would not know that any
town WIS there much less famous Williams College
All around rise the hills in apparent unbroken walls.
The oosic River has either found or made for itself
an entrance through these hills but it has had such
q very hard time doing it that it is only broken and
distracted remnant of a river after 1t is through
Bryant described the neighborhood 90 years ago In
Thanatopsis Here are doubtless the identical
Hills rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun,
The wales that stretch In penslye qnletness
Rivers that in majesty and the complaining proohS
That make the meadows giccn
which he then had under his eyes. But in refer
ring to the HOosic River as "moving IN majesty"
the Young bard employed an extensive poetic IL
cense for a meaner, shaower, more mggcd-edged,
snacsided rocky -bottOmed little drain does not
exist.
And this is the reason why the Williams crew is
found here on the prosac Charles instead OF on the
romantic IIoosic at W.lliamstOwn. The Hoosic
course is about mile long, crooked i'll It's DISPOSE
tiOn with five distinct quiiks in the course Oh
mile. Last year they damned it and 1t dried up.
This wear they damned it once more, and II sweiied
up inches and tore the bottom out OF Their barge
So they gave I'D the contest and here they are en-
loving the hospi,altes of the Charles; so much so
that that river would think, have taken the entire
crew 10 its bosom under the bridge last night but for
skillful maneuyering on the part OF the coXswain;
but as to that perhaps it is not worth while
TO speak. This Charles is good practical
kind of stream, running peaceably between
its low, marshy, trecless banks. Apout
the College, it is ugly with dock mud and coal
yards, though farther up by Watertown ana MOUNT
Auburn Cemetery, which border on 1t, 1t Is more
interesting 1t is broad and deep enough for rowing
purposes-not so deep in most places as TO be dan
rerus. though being brackish, it looks as if it were
Freshman tipped over not long ago. Just oil the
the float He bawled for help in great fright, and
struck ont, splashing and foundering for his hie
Somebody told him TO stand up and he did 80, ana
found the water reached just above his knees.
From the Harvard float down the stream toward
Boston there is capital stretch of two miles 70 the
Union boat-house. After passing bridge or two
tho river xpands into bay, where the College races
arc usually rowcd on excellent mile-and-a-half
course But this is broad and exposed, so last night
the wind being pretty high, we turned our psows up
the river toward Mount Auburn. The course Ill this
direction is about four miles, and by disembarking
and carrying the boat round an occasional dam 1t
may be indefinitely extended.
Notwithstanding an overnight reception at the
Honorable Emery Washburn's in honor OF the Will
liams and Harvard crews, the men, with single
execution were in good health, and we had out
the full crew as at present organized The pull was
q heavy aud hard one up the river and past Water
town ut speed The tide against us made u hai' ana
detractcd somewhat from the style i'll which we shot
the bridges going up, but it helped LIS much III
coming down.
The crew sat of present organized, TWO changes
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