Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-12
The University Rerntta

Saratoe is gay with college colors, and
tne town is lively with visitors i'm anticipa-
to morrow and Wednesday. A telegram To
the New York Times says:-The crews on
Saratoga lake are all I'm practice Cant
1ook, OF 4 ale, has changed one man in his
crew, Hall. substitute, taking the place of
chandler, No 2. He has also taker a new
shell In which TO row the race. These two
changes have lowered Yale stock slightly
although the blue seems to be still the IA,
vortte. the Freshman race will occur at n
o'ciock Tuesday forenoon, and the Univer-
sfty race at IL o'clock Wednesday forenoon
The arrivals are large. and college coIors ara
being worn among the friends of the various
colieges. Inc course is in perfect order, and
man foresight and care can make them. II
is difficult 10 say which crews are the favor
ties, many predicting that some of the crews
hitherto set down as medium will lead at the
finish. The Hamilton and Union crews have
just received their racing shells
GOSSIP ABOUT THE CREWS
wnrid 'a saaO correspondent OF the N: Y.
mel! crew is coming up as the favorite crew
ana Yale Is proportiOnately declining Yale
is IN better trim, too, her men improving in
conultlon and CROWN. used to the new boat
quilt by Reach Il Collins, of New Haven,
but the excellent condition and remarkable
lorm OF me Cornell crew are pushing it for
ward rapidly in the estimation of evervbodv
VINO sees The crew pull. None of the other
crews have yet caught her time but few ONT
see OF the crew Know it. The crew has done
Ply extraordinary time for this wear when n
lumber of crews are not yet under eighteen
minutes. Even Yale has not yet done the
course in time which gives It's crew the least
chance of equaling last years time; neither
has Columbia.
The one chance on which some men are
baSlng hope. and it is little more than a
hope, of Curnell'S falling of her brilliant rrac-
uce time, lies in the paper she'll which the
crew uses. IL is the only paper shell used in
the race, the only paper shell which mas been
Sir1rn fhxav Vol -.,t
Nerslty crew OF 1870 drove their oars through
The bottom of their shell in disgust at the
close OF the last of the college races on Lake
Qulns1gamond. The Cornell crew pulled n
race In the boat the last week of MAY have
practlsed IN 1t ever since, and people not I'M
naturally are seriously beginning to wonder
III the lines and back of any shell. least of all
OF a paper shell, can stand such rough usage
without strain. The Cornell crew saw the
boat is In capital condition, and certainly
the closest examination of the bottom of the
shell or the utmost watchfulness of IFS sides
when the pace is forced fail to detect any in
Juries of serious character. That the crew
can stay there seems to be every reason tn
expect. Clipping the stroke is their only
1ault, and In spite of it the boat is a very
swift one. To-day il begins to look as if il
would hold the winning crew."
Harvard is rising almost as rapidlv rs
nale IL Is a plucky crew to begin with
mat is almost matter of course under the
be gooa S@e pun after PSl is showing it TO
crews out here, has not yet pulled over the
course in straight away three miles, but
me time Of the crew for shorter bursts is ex-
cellent. If the men can equal Ii in the race
the boat VIII be a good deal farther to the
'front.' IMAM any one deemed possible some six
weeks ago. The crew is. on the whole very
wei satisfied with its time. and that is more
than any other crew. saving only Cornell
can say. Some things about Mr.. Otfs'S
weight: lie l. the stroke of the crew and his
appearance indicates that he is trained down
TOO much. 1t is possible but not probable i'm
a case where the training has lasted over
tISnt months ana been of a very wise order
Yale was out this morning and shows a
marked Improvement in every respect but
nave not shadow of a doubt that q great
many Yale Detttng-bOokS would show a
quiet and persistent hedging i'm the last three
days. If the Old practice shell of the Amherst
crew can be brought here in time, the six
viii pull in il in preference to the new she'll
punt by Blaikie, which turns out to be as
Timber as it is heavy"