St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-08

for his reputed wealth fear the prince
would fall rather fiat in New York.
He has been much annoyed during
his sojourn here 10y the DIGGING OF de-
tectives supposedly in the Spanish ser
vice, and indeed, has applied t" the
police for relief theretrom. But 50 long
as he refrains from plotting against Al
fonso he is not liable to he moleSted by a
country which probably thinks itself
well rid of his uneasy presence.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. =.
Some few wears ago, when the boat
crew from Harvard plucked up the
courage to test their skill i'll English
waters against the then strongest Uni
vcrsity oarsmen on the Thames the
Oxford crew. they were most unmcrcI-
fully woISted. didn't we tell YOU 50,
YOU know ?" That's what they said,
and ever since. when American boating
has been mentioned, the aggregate Eng
liSh nose is held high aloit.
Until the time of this defeat, collegI
ate. boating in this country had been
represented by yearly contests between
Harvard and Yale only until one day
the lists having been enlarged t" IN
cludc such as desired to enter, the Ia
vOritcS awoke to find that they had
been beaten by an Agricultural crew
| that had padded around the course III
training without exciting comment saw,
on their awkwardncSS. Then every
college that could beg OF borrow boat
clamorcd for entrance to the association
and thus boating has gained an impetus
/ h.,,., tI,t l. nrlISl, l.1llut
further ignore. But when invitations
were extended to the English UNIVERSE
ties with the London Rowing AsSocla-
ton, to send representatives t" the
| Centennial Regatta. knowing ones SAID
the winners could easily he named with
out giving them the trouble of rowing
over the course.
This week the laceS have been pulled
the final heat having been narrowed
down to the famous "Londnn Four.
| 10y far the most formidable of EugliSl
visitors and the Bcavcrwyck> and
/ Watkins crews of New York. On pre-
viouS days each heat had been confined
| to three crews. the winner taking part
| the following day. and 81 on until drop
! ped out 10y defeat. Yale. Columbia. and
crews from England and all pats "t
/ this country had pulled and failed
some sooner and some later. until tn,
struggle lay between the boats men
/ toned. The race WAS Il desperate one
! London tried in vain to shake of the
/ BeavcrwNcks tough, rugged fellows
/ who pulled their boats with little grace
or sclcncr. swinging over then "aIS II
Il potato h"eing fashion. hat having he
/ hind il all the reserve of strength and
endurance, 81 necessary to Il winning
/ boat.
/ over the last quarter the struggle was
/ terrific. At every stroke the boats
seemed To leap on with Il mightiel
stride than the last. Inch 10y inch tn,
/ Emgli>hmrn SAW their lanrcl> disappear
/ ing. and though they set their teeth and
pulled like heroes gaining slightly il
the last hundred tcct-up went tn,
Judges flag. and the watcrN field wa,
won 10y America with only six feet IL
spare. Where the shouting ended tn,
telegraph took ii up. and politics were
NOW here fuI awhile. Don't mention it.
but If Cornell doesn't send Il crew I,
| England next season to clinch this vic
tory the present feeling of "u boy,
will have greatly changed in the mean
time.
/ To show the general confidence il
/ the formidable London crew. it may he
said that the betting. which ran higl
/ before the oars touched the waters a.
the SchuI kill on the cNentful day
WAS 100 To against the winning crew
/ The regatta has almost cclipScd the
/ Exposition H. a matter of interest thi,
week. but still the latter continues (,
/ increase largely III Attendance. On TIA,
last - cent day the number registered
on the turn>tilc> was over % 1000. To-
day the same price i maintained. and
although the heat is unpleasant tn,
crowd Is great. Next Saturday is the
last day of this class designated 10y the
Commission. and should the weather h,
favorable there i little doubt that tn,
Attendance will reach 100. 900 for the tirSI
time since the opening. These hal
price Saturdays have worked 81 wei
both financially and in bringimg til,
beauties of the place Within the rcacl
of all that they ought certainly to l.,
continued To the close RApIN.