The New York herald., 1875-07-16
AFTER THE RACE.

THE vIcroRs AND THEIR oUARTEns-coRNxLL's
ADvANTAGEs-THE OTHER CREws-THEIR
PULLING AND THErB PRAcT1cE-sTnoxEs-
wnGHTY MEN-THE OFFICIAL TIME.
SARATOGA, July Is, 1876.
The University race for 1875 has been rowed and
the victory awarded to the boys OF Cornell. Never
has contest boen so maEnincently fought out.
vanquished az well as victor have every reason to
feel proud OF the part they played In the great
struggle race for honor, the competitors all
acquitted themselves nobly, auo though the VIC
torous colors OF the intercollegiate regatta have
not, as was expected by many, been borne on tri-
umphantly BY the students OF Yale, still Captain
Cook and his men have nothing to reproach them-
selves with for having been beaten by more hardy,
II not as skilled, antagonists. A glance at the
HERALD map, published yesterday, anu the reader
will readily fnd out the location OF Snake Hill.
On q ciin on the side or this hilL surrounded with
trees, stands IH
soUTHGATE COTTAGE.
Here the Cornell boys were quartered. more
romantic spot more delightful retreat It would
be almost impossible to secure. These features OF
the situation, however, were only secondary In
Importance 10 the immense advantages Il secured
to Ostrom and bis men in enabling them to wit
ness and to study the movements, stroke aud
practice work OF every crew the lake. From
the piazza OF this little chalet they could sweep
the whole surface OF the water The course lay
right before them. the starting point almost at
their very ieet No crew over went over the
course and escaped the notice OF those Cornell
men, and the value OF suon knowledge may be
readily conceived. Harry Southgate did good
thing for Ostrom and his crew wnen he locAted
them as he did, and NO one more readily acknowl-
edges the fact than Ostrom himself Apart from
this, however there was much In the work of the
winning crew which could not Iatl TO attract at
tention and commend thought. We hear SO much
nowadays about
STROKES AMERICAN AND ENGLISH,
with their various modications, that II Is almost
impossible to detect where the one commences and
the otner leaves OF. Cook, or Yale, went TO Eng
land TO study and learn The English stroke. Two
regattas have passed over since he attempted to
illustrate It, and n We are to judge things By
results he cannot feel proud Of mis- achievement
Last year he was thrown out or the race by an un-
icrnate foul, aud yesterday he only succeeded in
obtaining sixth place IN contest In which there
were thirteen competitors.
COOKS ILLLucK.
Luck has PLAYED him sore trick. A change In
his crew at the last heur boat that aid not suit
him, and a number Of petty annoyances weak
ened and irrltated him to such An extent that he
admits himself tnat II one OF his crew had rowed
SO poorly during pFdCtlCt db ne u0 uuTluG inc
race he would not nave lot him have a seat IN the
boat There Is no installing the fact that Cook
is one Of tue best OF The University oars, and the
failure OF yesterday IS n sore disappoinTm TO
the many VINO believed him irwin cible.
THE BIG MEN OF HARVARD AND PRINCETON.
One OF The peculiar features ol yesterdays race
was the giving out OF Two OF the heaviest men In
two OF the crews most full OF promise. Not only
were these men large In bone ana muscle, but
botn were capable and reliable oarsmen. Parm-
ly, OF Princeton, and Taylor, OF Harvard. were
the two strong men In their respective boats, and
had each one Deen able to perform his allotted
snare OF the work expected from him II 10 not
quite SO certain that guns would have been fred
and bells rung IN the quiet little town OF Ithaca.
Poor Parmly iailed before two miles were rowed
over anu when mis- bual was holding good posi-
ton, and Tayler weakened at moment when VIC
tory was possible and almost within Harvards
grasp. =. L 49,
II was during the last few minutes OF the race
that the Columbia crew aid is best work. No ex-
cepti0n can be taken TO tneir performance during
the earlier part OF the race, Dut at the upreme
moment, when every strain tells and all the excr
lion that can be breugnt TO bear IS required, the
men OF Columbia proved themselves equal TO the
task. Within a moment OF victory aud wnen Cor
nell was putting AL the power her men possessed
IN their strokes to reach the goal rst, the Column
bias TOO responded TO the call OF their stroke and
made " brilliant and successful spurt, coming In
second and scarcely second before Harvsrd's
gallant men crossed the line. IL was grand
sight to witness these boats come In so closely.
DARTMOUTH,
from which little was expected, TO the surprise
OF most people made splendid race. Wesleyan
and Yale were both behind when the green oolora