The New York herald., 1876-07-15
THE UNIVERSITY RACE.


'YEsTERDAY-coLUMBIA BOYS IN TRAIN
ING-THE WESLEYAN AND PRINCETON sIxEs
SHOWING SPLENDID wORK-CoRERLL AND
HARVARD Squirting IN THxIR LANES.
SARATOGA, July a. 1875
While 1t is much cooler here than in New York. the
great heat the last fortnight will bring the
crews which have been quietly training here up the
noticeably finer than usual They all up TO
a good deal OF hard work, and will have IL too next
Tuesday and Wednesday. While several Of the crews
OF the half in 1875 have dropped out tho majority
the nrst half remain, and working away with in
tense vgor for the approaching nght The two favor
tes now a then, Cornell and Columbia, have almost
tho same crews. the former alone making two
changss-King graduating and his brother coming In,
and Lewis last years winning Freshman stroke taking
ellis place Columbia remains intact. II there Is any
such lack Of interest in the contests as has been
claimed, It is difficult to detect it The flags
have along the lanes for weeks the
all been here long enough to Know their lanes we'll
The Regatta Committee, Aessrs Rees, Of Columbia
Eustis OF Wesleyan have been untiring in their
aid the captains aud In way; and
their experience most valuable The track has been
exceptionally good order for rowing and the interest
The lake heightened by their being present and
for daily spins the justly famous Atalanta and Argon
fours preparing tor The international amateur
meeting the 7th and 9th OF August, and to the
London Rowing, Dublin, Cambridge and German crews
At Philadelphia later In August
CREW
on the course this morning WAS the Freshman six OF
Columbia coming down at racing pace sharply chased
by another six in tho adjoining lane The latter
proved TO be her University team, and as they darced
along, the former at thryour and halt to the lat
ter's bare thirtysix both looking hot and wet, aud
their captains urging them on until IL almost as
good as race The University men had wisely hand'-
capped the Freshmen, giving them forty-hve sec
start and having stern chase Of It for nearly
the whole way But they managed TO squeeze past ut
the nnlsh. There Is no question that Whatever she
may do in the race, Columbia not showing as good
form this morning as sho did last year Mr. Goodwin,
stroke frequently rowing across the boat instead
OF forward and ait though this is often caused by
a iurch OF the boat from some other fault Boyd
at hvc' met constantly and. ana badly; the BODY
insufficient; bow did not begin to throw himself
hard as stroke Tho oars now and then did not
strike together and one OF the waist men showed
strong proclvty for getting HIS into the water little
ahead Of his sido But on the home mile OF stern
race, with tho thermometer among the nneties and
fierce blazing down them, for the clouds had
lifted, II Is hardly possible tnat any will not
begin 10 DO ragged their backs longer stay parallel
There was, however this fact standing out upmstak.
ably-The boat was gong tast, very iast and every
man except the bow seemed to be throwing himself
into the work with all his might.
FRESHMEN
had rowed plucky and done what they could rocking
and then, however, and with onal
''steaay," IRON their leader. They very
strong looking lot and as they padded back alter
wnis number two clipped badly and sliced
the with his blade, and nves back
very crooked. The steering down the lane could
DO noticeably improved.
All the morning till then the sky had been pleasantly
overcast and the water calm at en the race hour but
II had ripped by eleven into three-lnch swell Mean
wnile and almost before the two Columbia teams
we'll by,
wrsLEYAy's NEW CREW
tearing along their lane a thirty-three stroke,
and like every Wesleyan crew that together,
working all :hey knew. II two OF the men
seemed to have chosen q different style from their
strokes they gong into 1t with glorious fervor
No. 2, for instance, pulling every ounce he had Light
they must be, as they look strngy and tough,
keep such way the boat we'll down the third mile.
Every minute or two wonld como the hearty words
"AIi together" Give it 10 her n and other compact
expressions which fire the boating heart, as all
the way the wesleyans be confined to their
old and damaged boat, but have, as they deserve.
good new one.
Hard after them, and before the quick thud OF their
on their rowocks had died away, came the hope
and prdo Of New Jersey, the orange capped six OF
Princeton. Tho stroke Nicoll giving them or
two more a minute Than Wesleyan tearing In hard
every usual but not seeming 10 bend his knees
enough, or get his legs he ought But he Is
always full Of snap, and no matter where his crew 10
Nlco aft Of him, sit low. gives the crew look that
aids one to single II out anywhere. van Lennsp, by
the way, has improved in form much since last year,
and looks better up to his work But what he wants
IS what Ostrom, OF Cornell and Goodwin, OF Colun-
10 his more viciously, more as il he
was about TO- haul his outrigssr clean of
oarsman this quality devil" the English spty
term IL, IS invariably there II would not hurt her
speed If the bow worked little harder, and indeed,
tho whole starboard side. A trim, clean cut hand
some looking crew handy and brisk In their motions,
and together better than OF their rivals they did
not as they passed cover given distance quite AS
quickly the ruder but hardy Wesleyans Their beau
tiul wooden boat looked rine small for lumpish
water, but they said that she rides them we'll From
the clean swing and sprngy movement OF Mr.. Parmly
(the large Of Prnceton's last years crew. he
shot past IN his single scuiI he certainly looks to
have improved enough TO ill place In tie University
boat and II OF the lighter men forward could Rivo
way TO him. shifting the others accordingly the crew
would look litter to win whatever the act might
Eleven O'Clock had como, and bouncing along on top
OF the little thrce-nch waves In new, neat looking
boat, that seemed II anything, too large for them,
caino SIX brown naked backed fellows, whose faces
were not familiar ones. THIS Is ono OF the
OF last year. with different, men, however--Prcsident
Potter's boys from Unon Well grown and hand
somey muselcd, they are decided avortes here, and
thought likely to prove formidable lighters Tor lrst
place in tho second brace ot crews. II they
do this or better, it IS a long stride Tor
Union and nattcrisg tribute to her pluck
anu perseverance, THIS morning while, ike
all the others, apparently going tmc they
hardly seemed be doing best to ge, the uiI
pace OUT Of their boat Indeed, their time over tue
distance question the longest OF ALL but may be
they cut It down IN other parts Of the course. But
there's "mber" there, and good notion OF using 1t,
too and the needed spirit ire, but their crying
need ike that OF every that this
day, is faithful impartial, vigorous coacning such
division OF the day that each could have
the fast little Lady OF the Lake Tor half hour
IL they only had efficient man 10 coach them all,
would better the time OF tho OF 1876 capital
promises to be- by all OF ten or fifteen seconds and the
rowing OF American students by all oil nfeen per cent
harvard AND CORNELL
Two more crews came down, one from Harvard,
which turned al tho two mile station covering the
course. the other, tho Freshmen from Cornell Big,
strong looking fellows they swung their boat along
hrythrec to the mnutc, ana drove her hard all the
time. In other boat tht re much ordering at
every sotar, stroke, the word coming up sharp and
clear, aud the men responding TO II with will I'm
less mistaken in catching their umo II was
the best maoc to-day, and they rowed well to-
gether Their University team was not out, number
Two feeling the effects Of something like overwork
yesterday; but II Tins is only their Freshman
President White may again havo 10 burst that door In
aud break that bepull down at the end OF Cayuga
Lake, and perhaps his suspendcrs in the bargain.