New-York tribune., 1876-07-08

COLLEGE REGATTA NOTES.

COlLENE hLOh L n NV IO'
Six univer ity crews-Harvard, Columbia,
Cornell Princeton Wesleyan and Unionare now on the
lake, likewise -four Freshmen crews, to Wit: COLUMBIA
Harvard, Cornell and Princcton
The water has been very good for the last
t6o weeks only two days has the lake been so ex
ceble "a make practice pulling difficult OF which al
hands have taken due advantage.
The Harvard Freshmen attract much atten-
ton on account of their weight averaging l67 POUNDS
unframed. Three gentlemen are anxious TO reptessnt
Harvard in the single scl II is TO be hoped that
Kennedy may 20 into this race for Yale again
The Union crew for the college regatta Is
quartered at John Reys Grove Hotel on the west shore
OF Saratoga Lake. where the weseyans were last year
Harvard viii the cottages at Sulphur spring. anu
Cornell will be at Snake Hi! again
The athletic attractions of Saratoga Degln
with tho college regatta July Is and 49, THIS ouo
cceded by college athletic sports July 20 aud Il foufh
annual grand International amateur regatta OF the sara
togo Rowing Association, Aug ana ., ana ny sne III
ternstiOnal College Regatta, Aug II.
Union sends q crew this year of 157 pounds
average weight good medium hight, and some expert
encc and stroke having been III last years crew
They have worked steadily Gnd ntegenty, and there
appears no reason why they shouiu ho' oo"' 'oni"'
this time.
The prevalent opinion up at Dartmouth now
Is that the greea coors first in the regatta last year
lor two miles and that nothing but the 10" oursgers
OF the shell which compelled the New HAMPSHIRE crew 20
cease their tremendous excrtons enaUIcu haf'"uI
Columbia ard Cornell 70 get by them
The fact that the Irish graduate crew which
expects TO race American graduates az saratoga
were so thoroughly beaten at Huxley by English crews
win diminish the interest IN that event at saratoga II
Eustis and his Weslcyans should peat tncn
would only bo fourthrate victory after al III Lhsnsh
eyes
Williams falls out of the regatta from sheer
fatigue. The college Is small with no outside schools to
draw from and, except when an exceptional enthusiast
in rowing Tile GInster comes along cannot be expected
to pre- luce and support 30 entirely has the
regatta rnthuasm gone out n ere that they are a. loss
what 90 do with the git Of $4,000 made by mr Syfus
Field last year dredging and stragnte ming or the
very bad rowlng course furnished by tie HOoslc HiVer
With the arrival of the crews Saratoga has
put on her high fcsta aspect The Windsor House. the
new hotel Of this is 10 open soon 1t Is situated
on South Broadway, and Is large enough 20 accommodate
a goodly number, though not as many as the United
States or Grand Union The Congress Park the only one
In the village, being turned into pleasant Garden
nrrhougcs have been built, and Ower-Deds I&id out
The Wesleyan crew this year is the smallest
college six that ever rowcd In regatta The heaviest
man is only LAG pouuds and the Hghtest down to
l30 pounds. The is l35 pounds There was one
gentleman in the Trinity crew OF 1874 who weighed
about l3O, but the pecullarty OF the crew was tat
another man weighed 10 pounds which brought up the
average TO about the usual point OF light crews-about
~! The Wesleyans from feet Inches to , iect
10 ucb in hight and are from 90 to 25 years Old,
That ,hey ac remarkably uniform, and as they pull
nratt yM I'll torefECr tey NAV notwithstanding four OF
incmaIc new men, and that nobody thinks they can can
possibly win, show the world that small Inen are the
pro.er ones 10 pull boat race a!ter all
4 strong effort was made last Winter to
sdont NeIondon the location of the regatta. II is
sa that Brown, Dowdoin, and Amherst would all have
rowad at that place. ard Dartmouth Harvard, and Yale
have all been Influenced in Withdrawing largely by
dislike for Saratoga. It is claimed By opponents OF
IA. viz fulu
ton in favor Of Saratoga have been favored most uuu y
in all arrangements by the Saraj0gans and IN some
that who are members OF the ASSOCIATION nave
Ir other words that sort Of RUG" has formed in
the Association in the interest OF the simnrr business o
every Kind OF ii, preference aud courtesy from the
Saratoga people.
II Is a great pitt that Yale does not enter
this regatta People do where men come FROM
They want 10 the finest and aocst young Americans
who can be got together. The glory Of yOung man is
his Strength and wherever young man or young men
have stood manruly 10 match himself or Themselves
a;s, al comers open athletic encounter there peo-
Ole have aocAcd 10 them. From tho time 81 the
Olympic games down 10 the college regatta L has been
TIE same And TIE laures Of the auceuts and the silver
pos AID kettles ~ the moIerus have been alike the gym
hvs 81 the applause OF men. Bat there Is no ErheiiI en-
ih'tsm nm race Nh're, NitIes e u.,ts ia'I ~ 'i' o
Harvard b.ats Gdie people believe that there atc tO or
three the general regatta who can beat both OF
tHeH 1nu ." ~ lle -gl' ~ c,S t, i'h bay boyn bn
clear pair OF neels had Yale only been IN the field
IL look, a little as il there would either be
no COLLEGE Regatta at all next year, or IA II
tho Na.'e States crews would be Obliged TO
kcap up among themselves OF the New E.s-
III crews entering thIs year Wesleyan Is oons'd-
.tci ~ TIE experts as safe 10 he driven out OF the
contest Tor while after this years race, aud Harvard
las decided 20 enter again, be The u29t tdis year
what j: may. PU,sibly Dartmouth may come In once
iore to bell the With Columbia and Cornell and
princeton and Union for the honor Of Down East; but
Oi empire IN the regatta has certainly taken its
yIy westward. The Middle states mcn have not only
me Victories Columbia and Cornell ~ DE proud Of, out
inr uiur' ul Princeton aud Uni H. VINO have
yH.p. than Iar or Dartmouth or Harvard, nut TEO,
Tistelt OF go!ug oil to sulk IN corner want 20 light
soule more.
Following is good description of the Dart
mouth crew. aud heir style of rowing: They arca
s2eudld-lookug sct OF fellows. brght-taced, iuuUs-
c, aad not one OF them less than six feet tall As they
sit in ,hc boat with their backs burned brown nuts,
and With dark green silk caps their heads they afford
am1gunccut spectacle. At the word ready they slide
forward with arms thrust far out 70 catch the water as
far forward as possible. They then strkb the water
hard with Kind oC vicious dab and the oar is rushed
through w.,h all possible speed. The stroke IL
only prolonged until the body Is perpendic.-
lar the body not being thrown back"
The Dartmouth have this year sacrihoed tho best
chance they probably will hayo for many years OF win
ming in A college regatta. Trey would have Edd strong
coIlpettors this year. bur with crew OF magnificent
mold Dartmouth would have Lad grand ch"n c ol WIN
ming Only one man OF last years crew Lau iSit coz
the o 1870, with tn" addition or last years SUD
sttute co,d have gone thus year If proper management
Lad been enploycd The trouble with Dartm )uns crew
s il has been bossed 10 death Every on tnte,l 10
interfere and direct things, and the old crew i"connS
agtuient. dsban led The new crew, formed OF the al
hcIcuts o. tie civil power could not comnSni ire conn,