New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-21

science OF rowing. Mr.. Roper has q good reach,
feathers properly and catches and finishes with some
skill couple of weeks of proper coaching ought to
make him first class oarsman.
No. is Mr.. Peek, who stroke oar of last years
Freshman crew, and who did good work all through
that He is tough man Of nearly six feet, and
is at present Sophomore. Mr.. Peck is a good and
conscientious oarsman. and 1t is to be hoped by the
friends of the College that he will make good use of
his opportunities to learn the fine points of rowing
this year at Saratoga, that he may help hand down
sound boating ideas in TIE College.
Mr. Lee, No.. ) is one Of the best men in the boat.
He and Mr. Peek rowed together In the race OF last
year and did splendid work. He is tough, brown
fellow with regular racehorsc temperament, bright
eyed. elastic, with a capacious noir OF lungs.
When saw the boat he was pulling bow, and
do not think the boat could have a better one
But he is to pull here at No. s. Mr.. Lee is in mag
nfcent training, handles his skllfully, and on
the whole, is one of the best men of his weight
have seen. II will be pity if such efforts as he and
some of the other gentlemen are making lndivldu-
ally should he nulited by want of discipline OF
Of uniformity in the crew AZ whole. Inc
utmost attention should be paid to the IN
structons of the coach, and during the IN
tcrvals when he is away every effort should
be made TO practice in accordance with them II the
gethcr, they cannot expect TO be among the first.
After reaching Saratoga little observation of the
method of drill pursued by Yale Columbia and other
fIst-class experienced crews would be useful.
The stroke, Mr.. BrowA, is a dark, lank man OF
nearly six feet, who, without very large muscles has
the appearance of great strength. He pulled in the
Brown boat, which was beaten at Springfield III
1871 and was considered the best man i'll it, He
pulls good steady stroke Of about SO to the minute
squirting 80 and 40. The recover is made briskly
but the stroke is not peculiar in any respect
A firm of English bOatmen have their quarters in
the oat-house which, though large and roughly
constructed, answers all purposes for the present
They are building both the racing shells. The
length will he so feet and the width 20 inches
both cedar. English oars will be used
The Freshman crew of Brown presents much
better general appearance than the University crew.
although the men are not skillfu individually. IL
is q great thing for "A crew to have bow and stroke
definitely selected and both good men. The bow OF
this Freshman crew is not large man, but he isvery
well built and very muscular, fine oarsnan though
of short experience, and evidently full of determine
ton to win. This spirit pervades the crew. and they
tram and practice in the pair-Oar with perse-
verance that deserves success The stroke is South
Carolinian lean and muscular, with small limbs
but tough and dark. He is natural rover. He
pulls careful and pretty stroke, and his
crew seem to fall in with him remarkably
well. Mr.. Goodwin of this crew is an
excellent Oarsman also, and Messrs. Whitman
and Weston are both men of great size and strength
The material of these two is like that of Wes
leyan-tough strong plucky Yankees. The University
want more discipline, more life and purpose, more
uniformity of action. With this they may do very
WE'LL without it they will surely do very i'll. The
Freshmen, if they retain their present crew and keep
wellinformed in regard TO what il going on in other
crews, will he sure to reflect credit Oh themselves
The crews will probably go to Saratoga about July
and the they 90 the better; so that Brown
which now enters the University Race for the first
time in several years, may have all the advantage to
be gained by observing those colleges which have
trained crews continuously year after year.