New-York tribune., 1876-04-10
OPENING or THE ROWING SEASON.

RETURN or THE ARGoSAuTAs CREW PROM FLOR
IDA-TIE KILL yoN KULL IS \ BOATING CEN
TER-pRoPosMs OF THE NEPTUNE AND OTHER
CLUBS.
The first ripple of excitement in boating cir
ces this has been stirred by the return to Bergen
Point Of the Argonauta Clubs racing crew from their
novel winters training in Florida. The crew is COM
posed Of men who have previously reputation In
amateur college clubs 1t was first constituted as 1t
now stands last Fall, and has been hard az work all
Winter upon the most thorough course OF training ever
adopted by any sOcaed amateur crew, ana ono at the
same time novel and interesting They went TO Florida
last Nov ycmber, and campod out on the 81. Johns
River, 80 miles above Enterprise, ana after
ward moved occasionally from place TO place.
fishing, hunting, and rowing, pursuing 10 strict
system Of training but gaining wind and muscle IN the
course OF nature. They shot deer IN great quantities.
and venisou their principal meat, varied by wild
game of all and fresh fish from the rivers oil OF
ich constituted agreeable variation from the estab
lshcd methods of training and seems to have been at
tended with satisfactory results. The cIew ia
follows comprising two veterans in the boat ard two
new
Edward smith, bow OF last year. retains that position
as he well deserves He is relative Of the extra
ordinary family OF Ward brothers and takes after them
not only IN being excellent oar but in appearance
bearing an unmstakable likeness To Es.Ward. He fret
became widely known bow Of The Atalanta crew, that
went TO England and bore away the only shred Of laurel
gathered by any American on that istarred expedition
winning heat in the English single scull race at Henley
Alter his return from Europe lie joined the ArSonauas
and has been with them since, always pulling as bow
NO 2 Is John Gunster, long known as bow Of the VIII
Hams College crew and last year of the Ataanta
crew. that surprised everybody by winning at Saratoga
He ia new in this crew. and probably the most muscular
man it, perhaps III any other his arm having been
cast plaster as an unappIoachabe model OF size and
Charles Dunbar, No 3. was stroke of the Buffalo Row
and which second in the Saratoga regatta last year
This Is Dunbars fret appearance III an Argonaua crew.
Frederic Eldred the stroke, is the man who wen for
the Massachusetts Agricultural College al Amherst its
first and only victory IN ISL Since leaving College he
las stroke Of the Argonautas and under the
guidance Of Smith and himself perfect museum OF gold
aud silver utensils has been gathered into the Argo
nenta house IN the shape Of prizes. ..,.., ...
pa gn, brown berries and IN splendid health. The
March g. however by triing accident which has put
temporary stop to rowing as far rs Eldred Is concerned
OF the Club and while Man standing waiting for
shot. the boat ran on snag Man tubed over and the
pointing directly at the ia Edreds hands, dis
charged tearing off the handle of the oar and carrying
away tho first Joint OF the thumb and second finger of
the right hand His excellent health, however, has stood
as well as ever The Will appear on tho Kills
soon as the wound is sufficiently healed;
The XIII ven Ku likely to rival not supersede
tie Harlem River this year as rowing center, the
Neptune Club, which has by present reports the most
club viii also have its practice ground there Rnmor
has il that King Cornell Rees, Simpson, and Goodwin
OF Columbia, and Kennedy Of Yale are possible aud prob
abo members OF the Neptune Centennial crew. The club
~ IN fine condition, with new house and active mem
bershp and will be heard OF than last year The
Ataahtas expect to have Eustis Downes, and Rodser
all Old Wesleyan College oarsmen and all mem
bers OF the victorious Atalanta crew OF last
year with a new member. who may be expected
| To DO IA Wesleyan also, reasoning by analogy.
II Is somewhat early TO speak In detail OF the clubs IN
| general except the abOye-named which act on long
formed plans. The Athletics and Gramercys OF the Har-
lem River viii probably send crews to tho Centennial
Others.
wear are much better than before The Centennial
would awaken much unusual enthusiasm, even without
the interest be awakened by the promised visits from
crews of the London Rowing Club, Leandcr Of London.
Norwich and Kingston clubs and the College clubs from
oxford, Cambridge, Trinity college, Dublin, and else
where
With the OF April the floats appear In front OF the
boat houses and the rowing season begins The cam
pagn the viii rapidly shape itself from this
tine and VIII be possible TO gather definitely the
tennsl regatta, which VIII &ayk tais prom,pept as
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