The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-03-26

and, consequently a very long reach His style 4
his strength, and. II | am not mistaken. be Is a |
much better oarsman than his rival IN the Oxford
boat
has tolerable beginning but he rows too light at tho
end cf the stroke and finishes badly He is strong,
his muscles hard, but he does not make all the use
OF his legs he might
rows too far back, is very slow and awkward with
ms hands and slow In recovering. Hts body Is IN
irghtiully screwed up position at the end of each
stroke, the right shoulder being at least three inches
higher than the lett HIS right elbow sticks out
akmbo his lett elbow sticks up and he ends the stroke
IN h's stomach MT Close is totally Out o. ioIm ana IS
without doubt the poorest oar IN The boat
X. G. GURDOS
has recently been changed from 10 4, to the improve
ment of the boat because good work was sadly needed
forward. He gets beginning but sometimes very hight
and his failure to let his shoulders go well back spos
his 1nish.
has stuck his practice we'll and has developed INTO
fair oarsman His good qualities far exceed his defects
He gets more catch The beginning than any OF the
rest. but goes trife TOO FAR BACK The right elbow
occasionally iorecis cunning goes trnc far
out resulting in difficult recovery aud some ieatherng
under water.
is strong heavy man, but his style is full Of small de-
feels which may be rubbed oil at Putney The secret
OF the catch is evidently only dawning upon MN, but
he works hard the middle OF the stroke and helps
the boat much. Hts out 'slobbery,h seldom
clean, and his shoulders bad one notceably higher
than the o'ner THIS gentleman has one glaring fault
about every third stroke he gives a sudden forward
lurch his shoulders either TO ovcrtake the sliding
Despite all these Mr. Hockin promises we'll
eR H. r.. RHODES
IS rowing in perfect style, but has superiority OF
flesh, weighing exactly a stone more than he did IN
last year 3 He COTS good beginning aud finishes
well; has plenty Of brute force, but lacks vim The
Rhodes work. He and Close (No - are the only 'oid
light blues" IN the boat
or MR. C. d. sHAFTo's STROKE
| have already spoken lie rows long, steady, even
swinging stroke but he fails To &c, the catch as do SIX
out OF the remaining seven because they take their
style from him. He should got his inside wrist littlc
higher up that he can feather; as II Is his wrists
Thus II viii be whist strangely diverse styles OF
rowing there this one boat. l followed the
lvht blue crew down to Baitsbitc Starting from
Scarls Just before three O'Clock they rowcd straight
away, never resting their oars during the three
miles. After indulging in good rest and fcw hum
dred yards Of walk stretch their limbs, they en-
tered upon some hard work coming home from
Grassy Corner they rowed 10 Charon's Terry with
will, less than SO being maintained all the
way up Long Reach The boat maintained good head
way against a strong current Mr. J. Is. Close, well
known American rowing men, coachco from
horse.
Cambrdgc's training is not rigorous Al eight In the
morning all the assemble the bridge behind
Trinity College and walk mile They sit down TO
breakfast half past eight at tho Rcd Lion Hotel the
consisting oil chops and steak, tea, cocoa or water
and marmelade, but no potatoes Regarding the lunch
halt past twelve the men trust cacn other entirely
Ii Is taken in their rooms and consists OF little cold
roast-becf anu not more than pint OF beer from
half-past to three the men are exercised IN tub
pract,cc-that is rowing fat bottomed boats with
a coach. Az three the goes out Tor two hours
row, IN which they are worked continuously and
severely Upon their return they are sponged on, and
al half past six they dine the Lion of the traditional
leg OF mutton and siroin OF beef, with lew potatoes,
greens and rice pudding They drink pint Of beer,
and ancrward 20 10 Captain Closes rooms, where each
man given glass OF port or caret and an orange.
the Cambridge men laugh the that rice induces
boiis The course OF training will be somewhat moro
rigorous when the crew goes to Putney
OXFORD
Although Cambridge is, matter OF historical rec
ord the place where English college rowing originated,
there be no doubt that oxford is to-day the home
OF the university boating spirit par ercehence whether
this is because OF the better training facilities Afforded
by Isis the CAM or whether the Oxford boys
take to the water as ducks do, cannot guess out the
fact remains fully nird OF the members OF
the entire university belong to tho association and /
know more less about rowing The Isis is nowhere
more than 100 feet WIDE, but It's bends are long and |
graceful offer obstacle 10 an eght-oa she'll
the present time the recent showers nave caused the
overflow its banks, 80 that IN places the low
path is moro than foot under water
WATCHING THE TRAINING.
The great trouble America that the boys do not
begin early enough in the spring; they seem TO be
afraid OF liitle cold water thought OF ms especially
Yesterday afternoon saw 500 strong hmbed fellows
rushing up the towpath from lney, sometimes knoe
deep water and utterly unmindtul OF The icy blast
which was blowing In the torpid cights"
which have been progressing now Tor several days
have seen each time twelve eight. crews "bump
ing one another When remember the fact that these
are all slow second eight men, see what "A
fund of oarsmen Oxford has 10 draw her university
crew from Although Cambridge has considerably
over 900 students and Oxford more than 40 less the
lauer develops by far the greater number OF rowing
men The injection seems To have spread TO the ccrl-
cal students especially much so that when candi-
date Tor the degree OF Bachelor OF Divinity was asked
show many persons are there IN INC irlniyF
promptly responded Eight and n coxswan.
Tux STYLE or oxPoRD's srKoKE
The stroke which the oxford eight pulls Is gwen by
Mr. Edwards Moss from the bow or 'starboard" side
he cannot port as usually scotland is In tsei
the perfection OF simplicity and artistic grace The
catch is as sharp blow given by Saadns scimar
There noticeable quickncss of recovery and dash
into the stroke again which makes one THRU as he io
lows the movement from the bank. some slight
details will bear Improvement but, as whole, The
shows good form throughout ana, WIN Tue
exception OF No. T. who was put in only a lew days
ago there Is not the least sign OF weakness IN the
boat With less than six OF the victorious crew of
1873 oxford starts with an advantage which she has
possessed only Overwhelmingly, IN 1858
THE ''oxoNIANS"
The representative eight as at present constituted
and IL IS not probable that there Will be any change
although No. ought to so TO NO :, where he would
back IN the stroke much better than It is now-are
lbs
BOWL McD. Courtney. Pembroke College. 100
2-F. X. Mercer. Corpus Christi College. l62
al. =. Marriott. BrasenOse College. Ill
"A. " Mnchison.* Pembroke collegc........ lsI
81 Al. Bonstead.f University College. lis
6-H j. Stayner,* 81. Johns College. lISh
~ Williams Corpus Chrsu College l!S
Stroke. C. Edwards Moss, . BrascnOse College. ia
Coxswan-W. D. Craven, Worcester College,. l05
swere OF 1873.
The individual worth Of each only be judged
by singing HIM out ard observing HIM closely.
Mr.. COURTNEY,
the new bow. is a better man Than Mr.. Burne whom
he succeeds but he hardly as goou as he should be-
His back baly and his elbows out OF the boat
too often. lie Keeps his head well up however, slides
promptly and sure, and viewed end on, excepting his
elbows, presents good form lie appears 10 bc OF the
kind OF stun that will improve nj Putney.
MERCER
Is rather clumsy and deficient in point OF ply
siaue aud stamina He abors much the mid.
die Of the stroke. with apparently real heart In his
work lie throws his head back with jerk Taken all
in all nc scarcely beucr than No. J. Many good
ridges doubt his staying qualities and say tnat he
win weaken when he comes 10 Puncy aud begins
to over tho four and one hall mile course IN prdc-
irc But TO tins point looks very deceptive,
tho English pedestrians arc hndne, who sncercd at
Weston rs a 'sickly overturned fellow, don't you
know" when nc came here so Mr. Mercer may not