The New York herald., 1876-07-18
Condition Of the Contestants on the Eve
Of the Struggles.
T O-DAY'S EVEN rs
The Single Soul and Fresh
man Races.
PROF BABLE RES Its.


the red wnite and blue OF Wesleyan The crimson of
Harvard. and most welcome feature is that the
single scu has at last to be something like
what II should have been long ago. 1t
really close aud exciting struggle Whether this is be-
cause OF the prospect of the winner having to
meet c ose and Walker, OF Cambridge University, and
La Bait, Of Dublin, and perhaps moro university men
from the ocean, simply from honest emu
ston strike good blow Tor ones institution, IT,
is in any case the fact.
REPRESENTATIVE scuLLERs
The four principal colleges here--Harvard Columbia,
Princeton and Cornc--cach have o representative
sculler, and each looks ht win the George
d. Parmly, a Princeton Senior will be remembered
the man who puckly keeping to himself last year
the fact that for i've nights before the he we'll
nigh sicepless, owing TO painful ielon his hand,
went into the and fell in the boat in faint
ing condition Hc has improved greatly since last
year. aud is almost the largest and burli-
est man the lake. He Is very spry
and handy in his trail little paper boat and
gets her along very lively. While there is reason to
think he Will row with marked power and will stay
well he seems scarcely quite at home at tho
work any OF his rivals, Of he
outweghs by seventeen pounds, another he outwcghs
by thrty-iour and another by tory-six pounds--an
enormous difference. He stands SIX feet one inch IN
height III these large men are coming INTO favor
this year. Trckctt the Australian, who recently beat
Sadlcr far and easily, and made himself champion
scuer Of tho world, is reported tn be SIX feet four
inches in height and to weigh 2l0 pounds trained Mr.
H. q. Danorth. Harvard JUNIOR, and the nearest in
weight to Trickcit is clean cut, stringy, healthy
old and pulling long, clean stroke One OF his rivals
thinks he can beat Danfoith, that Danforth Will be
beaten by parmly, but that
LITTLE y. WEEKS,
Columbia Junior, who stands but five feet six and
halt s only twenty-five years old and down the
dangerously low weight oil l2s pounds will beat them
bolh ut q n Ia IN
these very small men are likely to be better at short
distance like mile or less, and he may find two miles
rather fatigulng. Familiar as he doubtless Is with
the Harlem River, he could In practice good
rowing than any Of the others, and get the advantage
OF brushes with plenty OF good men, The water oil the
lake here though may prove less lively for him. hav-
ing very often two or ttree-inch ripple, while the
placid Harlem is usually quiet and smooth But the
man who will in all probability cut out work nicely
for all OF them is The next 10 shortest next ghtest
and the Oldest Of them all,
S. FRANCIS,
q Senior from Cornell He here last summer for
the scucrs race, but injury 10 his boat the day
before prevented his entering. He has rowed nine
events on Cayuga Lake, Lake Ontario anu other
in the central and parts OF tho State
Ho has scored several victories including among those
he has beaten SO good man as Lehman, OF the Nep-
tunes OF Staten Island. The number would doubtless
have been larger had not the redoublabe Courtney
the we'll known Robinson been in the way. He is a
thoroughly well built man, deep chested strong in the
back and legs and having the round, pump,
solid look marked in The fast professional
scullers George Enelchart He looks ht for
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CHEEKY, buoyant aad jolly air beget confidence
Yet good hc IS, and likely 10 win the race,
scucr but thoroughly formidable one, better even
tnan Kennedy, oI Yale, TO meet the Two unquestion-
ably last ones now coming across the broad Atlantic
THE LAKE
was too rough for shell work for some hours this
morning, but little before eleven O'Clock SIX was
seen swinging down in western lane, which proved
be the Harvard freshmen, while steering pair
with Mr Lorng, the university COACH ana another
pulling ss. Mr. r. Clifford Watson OF
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OF tho 1865 crew, the fastest that ever sat
in Harvard boat He has been most faithful
strive bring back the reputation of which old
timc Harvard was justly proud, selecting crew
aging .o,oay, wnsn en- rs,ned, over ios pounds and
that here talks about the winner OF this
without giving Harvard respectful consideration
They Kept their stroSe up this morning even down
the last quarter TO 81 y, and looked they sped
the three inch waves, with the wind driving
along behind 10 roach out farther feather lower and
pull loss the OR than the University crew.
Every order cf the bow passed by numocr
four to the men aft Of him. and tho ono which
came oitenest this morning was to 'stcady her -
Though she certainly did not roll badly They are re-
ported TO have shown In private excellent stay for
freshman crew. aud they are said to SO like thor
roundngs here that, especially should they win tho
race. they will be back again next year ant cnd the
detection OF Harvard which months ago It was voted
should take place right after the close ot this week.
contest
coLrNBAs FRESHMEN
still maintain the public confidence IN many quarters.
and II Is believed by some who have been here Tor
weeks that the morrows will be close that the
third and last will be ten seconds behind the
than either os their rival pesms thew A so 'fss fss
make II up In "go' that It will never do
to ignore lhem for moment in tho iorty five
seconds handicap with their university. On Friday
that they were not passed alter all though it
began to look like II. The danger tnat If their
more powerful opponents get away with the lead they
may in trying TO catch up furry and comme nee squirting
when they should let IL alone until the last half mile II
they Will not do this but keep steady they may by
flu thnp s.os,
let their powerful antag onist each other to
pieces and then the Rutherford b. hayes plan come
UP and walk by them at the finish. But neither they
their university crews should ever allow another
to pass without careful and constant coaching
from some one outside hcb And this
SUGGESTS a PLAN,
which is hero respectfully submitted. As is we'll
known Captain Cooks tutor the art of rowing Aft
the fashion OF the London Rowing Club Mr. T. q
tuiston to sail Tor this country IN a few DAYS with
good crew OF tour. We shall probably soon know what
Mr. Cook means by the English stroke better than hc
knows himself Tor we can have II straight from the
fountain head. When the Centennial races are over
lot Captain GLlston be urged TO remain among as ill
winter: Let all who beieve his is the stroke to win
prevail on hun 10 SO cut his time to get least
Two hours day for week with each, when he will do
much good and quite set at rest much doubt mat
ter relative to which all American oarsmen would like
dchnite and Trustworthy Information.
CoRNELL's NRy
hardly talking rmiy abou. their younger crows
chances as day or two ago With a tremendous re-
ectiug telescope, kindly loaned by their profcs
sors they have from their perch snake Ill doubt
done on this by any crew during the past three
weeks. Marked as ihcir respect Is tor Columbia s
freshmen, they evidently have Of for farvards
Indeed. there Is little doubt that they think whatever
Harvard may do in the other races she in way
10 win this one II so Cornell would likely be second
aud Columbia last and this looks ike good way 10
leave IT,
Al the captains meeting this afternoon II was
agreed that II majority OF tho crews vote tho
water too rough NJ quarter TO eleven O'Clock to-
morrow morning, the hour set for the race, then
II snail be postponed to twelve o'clock; " still too
rough then until i've in the afternoon II the Univcr
sity teams for the cause 10 postpone
on Wednesday 1t will be- hrst till twelve, and then II
necessary, TO Ave in tho afternoon. ANY postponcmcn
can be promptly tccgraphed the stations al snake
HILL Of the start, TO the grand stand the nnsh anc
tho crowd need not be lett Ia doubt to what they
had citer DO IL Is reported that special train vii
be up IRON Albany on Wednesday morning, u
bring up passengers from the tight boats in lime 10
to the lake and see the race.
ROCKAWAY REGATTA.