The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-27

ruuner lines make altogether grand sight, snd enc
lar more Impressive as II sweeps past you and shoots
away down the river than this nmbic ghtheeicd and
more fragile
WHICH Is rHE STRONGER cRrws
Or the two here to-day there is little question that
Yale looks ~ Tor tue harder work IL needs expert
10 detect this, u IS in every mouth The Harvard IS
thoroughly developed and powerful Both will abjurc
any dress above their waists possibly the ghtcst
turban or cap and their trowsers come only To the
knees or the three essentials for winning, skin,
power and stay, II Harvard clearly excels In the
nrst 80 Yale is almost equally sure OF the second
Not that the former have not improved since
last year. They have done excellent work looking
rsctiy At the parts brought into play; probably more
But the difficulty Yale had the start OF her in having
more old and seasoned timber and she has wisely made
the IL l; Captain Cook can 60 out OF college
this year winner, he will have, beyond all question,
done more for Yale rowing than any other man ever
did And II the victory Is very complete, then all the
pans the ocean, put himself under tho bcst
masters and bring home 10 his counrymcn the secrets
OF their art, and spend years In carefully intoxicating
them Now, as to the other Ingredient
WHO Can THE BETTER STAY?
Both are hopeful; indeed, Yale seems confident and
Harvard scarcely less SO Besides whatever satisiac-
tory proofs the former may have in This direction, her
seemingly superior power doubtless largely uudcries
her hopes One ground for the attcrs freely expressed
opinonthat she, too. lasts that her men,
last winter, ran ten miles at stretch, over
hll and valley, and were none the worse
But without knowing how last they and whether
some OF them may not be ablor In the parts brought
instance, in nearly all good runners, the matter.
after all Is, can they stay AZ their pace II isa very
common thing 70 see racing men or horses SO err In
judgment that they tho carly part Of The race at
gait at which It would be simply impossible for any
to last and then drag the last halt slowly
that any ordinary goer could there pass them Yae's
plan for years has been not orco tho pace AZ hrst,
but to row waiting race should she DO that this
timc and Harvard have the best OF IL for the first mile
two she hold her lead She to think
she But II shc could get little OF the power out
OF her rvai's boat she could more easily make ohcrs
tn In I'm nth ham lha ftnlfo nf hAp
rivaIs having her at great Disadvantage be-
tho former has more Of her old crew
Is not so uncomfortable for Harvard 10 con-
template, from the TACT that last spring APP
propriate u story from the Atlantic
oxford had SIX Of her last years eight and that win
nIng cight Cambridge had nearly all new men, But
Notwithstanding this, public opinion, which three
weeks before the contest favored Oxford swung around
completely that for days before the Cambridge
became the universal iayorite anu finally won with
ease.
oxx MISTAKE BOTH HAVE MADE
here Ia In going the often enough and
getting the coxwnins familiar with their work Har-
vard TO DO sure has been over It twice on time, but
here Is Monday now Indeed, she has not been her
boat yet TO day aud It Is one O'Clock. Even the
ter - low and quiet In 1873 there would Sill be abun
dant to learn 10 render at least daily trip the
entire four miles necessity But instead the water
is high, more SO than then by q foot or foot
and half While this makes shoals less
dangerous, It may drop during the week
and It is twell TO know whore they
II strengthens the usually sluggish current TO
make 1t element Of decided importance, sufficient
TO render II extremely questionable whether She
shorter or western course s, after all the more de-
slrabe. While IN The lower portion Of tue course be-
low the ferry, where tho stream is broad the water
runs hardly halt mile an hour. stick thrown In
from the turnpike BRIDGE which the end Of the
first mile, noatcd Saturday about l25 feet In minute
lhs would be Mt the rate OF nearly mile and half
IL 30 seep tSs. thew csnuo, 10 overlook tns
very welcome auxiliary. Indeed, II 1t would oniy
quicken up 10 tnree four miles IN the hour does
the tide the Putney course, bone estimate could be
made of the comparative qualities OF the eights here
and there allowance OF course being always made for
the laiters additional three iurlongs. The chan
mel, too, instead OF following the shorter side
OF the river, throughout nearly the whole
nrst two miles and halt keeps we'll over 10 the east
bank In places running almost close to IT, About tho
piers 10 even manages TO form little cddios, IN one
Of which the stick In question did stick and whrIed
quite who Ignorance OF these points. or not taking
all advantage OF them, may work some keen alter
regret ana may make II bard 10 keep of justly laid
blame. In the crisis Of tho struggle, just when tho
two boats neck ana neck, anu the suspense s At
its height the knowing just where the channel leaves
md river, aud promptly using that knowledge may
the race, and The coxswain may be the one with
whom the credit should lie. That knowledge these
coxswans Ia their brief three days experience here
cannot certainly sufficiently acquired, and the
practice days renanngtor II is tho habit not 10
do much on the day just before the race-thcy have
plenty TO do
which has daily occurred thus far. and which II will be
equally hazardous 70 longer repeat, Is that neither
Say sho alrved"rons over the course
anythi approaching racing pace. II Professor
Wheeler OF Yale, who has been agreed
on AZ referee he ought to- precisely
thar hour, they well nigh certain 10 catch pretty
rough water either at end OF the track at the
other Often for nearly the whole morning there Will
be but little wind, enough take the smooth
fuce of the water over largo portions OF
the river. But the gentle breeze coming up
about freshens during the afternoon Till
IL almost brisk and II there Ia much nor,hing in It.
the upper two mics, II much southng the lower two,
often rolled INTO white capped waves foot high.
While great seaworthy boats like these ought
10 turn away from foot high, II will still be
found widely different matter driving them ~ racing
pace over and through such waves, shipping
and gallons OF water travelling about In her
hold, IRON rowing the same boat quiet, almost
CLASSY water. The Argonautas showed the Atalantas
how In rough water tho Jerry swashcs Of the
Kill Ku last summer. The Ataiantas, when they
drove Columbia hard other day shove that they
had learned the lesson But neither Of these crews
have probably ever rowed rough-water race, aud
should Friday be breezy, higheahering Harvard may
win II, when two hours later might turn the tale
IL In now i've O'Clock and neither crew has yet como
up to 10 the Again, avoiding the burden
and heat OF tho day, Yale eight has been the
to-day. and they had, OF course, whois days
rest yesterday, too, and Harvard has not been
tho course vet, and, waiting till shutdown, when tho
calm, works other harm For II is found that
accustomng ones self TO row hard daily al fixed hour
and then suddenly changing 20 time two hours earlier
especially when meal times not changed
correspondingy, works anything but we'll. Our
oarsmcn have been very willing 10 copy oxford.
II they should try her on this point they would nnd
she holds very clearly defined notions and lives
them. Not only she know the exact day
which the race is to be rowed and then does she
sst, como what may, on rowing II on that day, but
she is scarcely less careful rs 10 the hour. Annually
our racing grows closer and corrcspondingy better
~Ins uetc tho ma - lv Az