The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-27
The Rowing Prospects Of the New
England Colleges.
RAPID DECREASE or SARATOGA ENTRIES
Relative Merits Of the Springfield Con-
testants Considered.
THE BETTER STROKE And NUMBER on STROKES


ing the course carefully surveyed. NO diagonal lines
this time, the miles tagged the railroad trains looked
TO and all in readiness
TME RACING or THE FUTURE.
A question which must come up shortly for consd-
Grafton Is What are the New England colleges going 70
do 10 the Of racing in tho future: or the thirteen
crews IN the university at Saratoga last summer
Now England sent those from Yale, Harvard Dart
mouth, Wesleyan, Williams Brown, Amherst and Bow.
doin while Trinity, OF Hartford. was kept away only
by the death Of young Cameron OF these eight bu,
three propose rowing there this year-Harvard, Dart
mouth and Wesleyan while Harvard does for tho last
time. Should the contest this week provo a clear
success Il is highly probable that Yale and Harvard
will, for long time 10 como, n not always row In
Fights. Everything tends this way. Already they
have great numbers Of students, far moro Of whom,
proportionateiy, know how TO row than formerly.
They have plenty OF money commodlous boat houses,
direct encouragement from the college authorities
prestige Of quarter OF century's growth and they
never willingly remained IN the Rowing Association OF
American Colleges, even though Harvard founded IL
By rowing the plan their work ncarlv resem-
bios that Of the English universities that 1t becomes
much easier the latter In friendly matches.
But what Is to become Of the many smaller
colleges? Though loss favored in numbers and wealth
Il will do to think them Al all inferior on tho
water. The Amherst agricultural crew, with Eldred,
the present Arganauta stroke at Its head mado this
very plain in 1871 Amherst did the same IN 1872, and
Wesleyan good second out OF eleven in 1873. and
Of nne In 1874; while Williams for timo and Dart
mouth steadily last plan suggested here seems
to meet the case Let all but Yale and Harvard unite
in . fouroarcd race without coxswains. All have
already proved themselves equal getting together
and providing the requisite outnt OF boats and
other requirements But the expense OF obtaining
ouroar aud training four are far sss than that Of
a ak and her crew, while even important mat
ter, four good men very often be had when six
out Of the question All other amateurs also only
in iours sx.oared shells having been discarded here
long ago, while they almost unknown abroad Time
then be compared with that made by the amateurs
not Students and good rowing will not stand In danger
Of dcteroratinq, as the drawing on OF many good
crews would tend to makc Lot such four-oarcd
them open to oil colleges In New England be rowed here
hour before the meeting Of the eigh,s thus largely
enhancing tho attractiveness OF the programme in
creasing tho number OF spectators and giving all stu
dents a chance.
WHICH rs THE BErrRR srRoKKs
The difference between the two strokes here IL very
marked great fact that II either beats the other
badly Il is question whether the winning will
be promptly adopted by both sides hereafter. Both
will be presented Friday II nothing prevents in
our waters Mr. Cook may have one or two men who
have prominent faults, but It can hardly DO that q
whole years careful work has materially improved
tho rowing OF at least Messrs Kennedy, Kellogg and
Wood Nor two, atleast or the other four be poor
oars when such good and noticeaby powerful ores
Msssrr. Fowler and Chandler tboth OF whom are still
available, and the former OF whom has actually rowsd
in university raccl have to give way TO them. Mr..
Cook has had unprecedented experience in uni
versy racing, this being his nn appearance in the
nua struggle Last year he and several OF his did
not look be In good condition when day came
having CHARTERED Al place where they overrun
both with visitors and mosquitoes causing them TO a
pear worried and thin. But now they appear hearty
and strong, report annoyance from an old
enemy IN these parts, still be looked out
for, which 10 laxative 70 strangers-thc water and
though OF almost exactly tho weight OF their rivals
and that even better distributed; aged Two aud
i've cighths years older, most desirable qualification
While the Harvard work Is moro accurately done,
showsg fewer faults for that style Of rowing there
noticeable improvements In the Yale boat Mr. Cook
himse holds his head lar better than last year, his
neck being very eroc In the Saturday row, while II
used to droop. Tho catch Ia very clearly defined; In
fact the difference between the strokes nowhere
more marked. Harvard purposey dsrcearding any
thing like . labored effort TO catch tho water very
weight is well thrown on. individual faults
hard TO find, being prominent than the bows
proncness 10 throw his elbows on, he finishes not
high 70 be sare constantly amone the New
York boatmen OF the Battery, but stii being Clip
ped close and fast to tho sides, they ought TO be- Will
lam 0xfords bow the with Harvard, did exactly
the thing, but the trouble at least for Harvard 10
that instance was that he did II with uncommon vigor
the fourth mile ~ vol on the FIRST Padding up
stream, perhaps not pulling with their best care,
Mr.. Kennedy did far TOO much OF Il with
his arms his body not getting on nearly so well a. Mr..
Cooks There was frequent meeting. also, among tho
forward men, and tho whole do not come so far
back At tbs end BY several inches Harvard
This latter they very likely regard a. advantage,
holding with certainty good show Of that
latter method catching heavily as u must upon the
abdominal muscles the cndcavor TO get forward
promptly must earlier wind the man. Tho answer 10
probably 10 that especial attention has been paid 70
these muscles and trained them I'll they have become
equal TO the strain Is probable that the estimate
IN yesterdays letter OF
rsx ErsSxa or srRoKss
which each will the presents TOO great .
disparity. Harvard ~ thrtyseven instead ef thirty.
eight In the steady rowing, and the
squirting, and Yale thirty nve thirty i've and
half instead Of thirty being the mark. One
thns made very evident lest year was that Yale, Al
thrsythrec could not win in that three mile uncox-
swained She has II last succeeded in making
. race this time lar better Tor herself Indeed
~ she only wins by length or two
the actual Winning done In the winter wnen The
bargain vas made. With four OF her old men, for
years trained 70 stroke and style Openly claimed 20
have been copied from crews whose principal
over more thAn oar miles, instead Of three, crews,
zoo, winch Invariably carry coxswans she asked and
prevailed on Harvard 70 row four miles instead or
three. with coxswzin instead Of without one, and
year, when, ~ u turns OUT all Harvard Offer 70
meet four Of the best men who ever n . Yale boat
and Two Of she remaining four a. 70 GUST two other
good Ones only one man who ever rowed IN univsr-
sity race, three more who beaten last years
Freshman race and four Nor did Harvard
vigorously oppose The plan. In fact Ar. Cook says
that the proposition TO row in eighs came from liar
ward. No blame attach 70 yale for this but one
thing Ia highly probable and that 10 that Harvard
would BE- more likely the Friday alter
noon n were rOwed In without than
In eghts WITH II she manage 10 do 10 10 then
she may justly claim the most credit One thing
clear, by her willingness 10 row In eixnis she has
put the public who enjoy seeing ine race greatly
her debt For IL Is astonishing what difference there