The New York herald., 1875-10-28
DUMPING" AT PRINCETON.

AN OLD ENGLISH UNIVERSITY SPORT INTRO
DUCED ON AN AMERICAN CANAL-THE CLASS
OF T6-THE SUCCESSFUL BUMPERS"
The Princeton boys with that OF learn
ing who passonaely fond Of boating and all kinds
of athletics, have introduced feature into their
college sports which promises to be provocative Of great
enjoyment and which has in IL "reminiscences Of Oxford
and Cambridge universities
Yesterday there very brilliant asscmblage
gathered Princeton, among whom many ladies'
and some visitors from Rutgers College, to witness
'the feature"
The Princeton boys are as badly or as the oxford or
Cambridge undergraduates in the narrowness Of the
space of water which they have to on, and
hence the dumping" method. The Delaware and
Rar1tan Canal on which the 'bump" rowed, and
which the only water convenient for Princeton Col
lege is not more than hundred feet wide but it pos
the merit of still water, being in this quality
very like Quinsigamond Lake. The boats used yester
day by the four Princeton shells, and not
at all like the solid substantial gigs of the English
crews, and very little humping would have smashed
one of them in very short order So it was not
'bumpng' in genuine that done yesterday
at Princeton, but merely Overlapping" which ls an
other and very different feat in rowing. The course
mile and half in length. The Scientific School
had intended to enter crew, but failed 10 do so.
Between each boat there was seventy feet OF clear
water, and there four finishing posts, $50 feet
apart one for each boat and by the rules ad down Tor
the instruction of the crews, boat could bump or
overlap the other one after 1t had passed the
post designated as its own Each crew had
judge mounted on horseback, who rode during the
along the towing path at a canter, which
gave considerable animation to the scene. and re-
called mind the description of the boat
race in Charles Reades novel of "Hard Cash.
To-day the crew which overlapped all the others
will take its station behind the crew which II over
Tapped yesterday and next day 1t VIII be in reverse
order again, and on Saturday the crew which crosses
the line first will have the magnificent silver cup
awarded to it as victor The Regatta Committee yes
terday G. W. Kicker of '76; J. =. Campbell, Of
III: j. b. Townsend, of '7S, and w. f. Dodge, Of 10
The Judges were:-For 76, G. Goldie ~, J. Cross;
'7S, A. Marquand; 10 H. j. Van Dyke. The crews
were started by william Allen Rutter Jr, in excellent
order, and every swept forward in regular sue
cession, making quite pretty sight The names or
the four crews and their respective coors were as fol
lows:-
Crew Of '76-J. NJ. Taylor, bow; +. Markoe, No 2;
W. B. Van Lennep, No. 3; G. D. Parmly, No. 4; j.
Mann (captainl, No. s. I. Marquand stroke
sted No. 2; J. Campbell, No 81 J. +. williamson No.
4; J. Ely, No. s. B. T. Nicoll stroke and captain.
Crew Of '7S color garnetlJ O. Thurston. bow; j. II.
Hess, No. 2; J. N. Mcfarland, No. 3; y. J Van Len
nep No. 4; D. Stewart (captanl, No. o. H. Stevenson,
Crew Of '7s color, royal purple-H williamson,
bow; b. Rankin, No p +. Larkin No 3; Il. j Roselle,
No !; J. Gilman (captalnl No, d +. ). Pres6rey,
stroke.
The crew Of 76 showed most skin from the beginning
of the race, and Marquand the stroke by his cap
tai management the for his crew, and was
the boys. The to the posts in the following
order:'T6 nrst, '7S second aud ~ third The OF
1T broke their rudder by running against the bank Of
the canal and they We're put out OF the race at once
The time was not taken officially, as speed was not
sought for, skill in dumping being the main object
To-day the contest viii continues but the grand contest
will take place on Saturday If 1t is not postponed until
Monday. The committee who have presented the
prize cup Messrs. McCook, Alexander and Dayton