The New York herald., 1876-07-03

J. +. Thomas, rs, stuyvesant, N. Y. Age, 81;
height 5lo'. weight, 100 Guest natural, 49, Inflated
S95a upper arm, l3is; fore arm ia.
HOW THEY
In age height and weight these men average better
than last years six. Mr.. Jaeger, bow oar, had
considerable experience in rowing as compared with
some of his comrades. In 15s crew he occupied tho
scat next to bow and acquitted himself fairly. Much
Improvement is noticeable In his this season. and
it is believed that he will fail to his part in the
contest Mr.. Jaeger appreciates how much the for
tunes OF crew largely placed in tho hands OF the
bow oar, and will be governed accordingly hes from
Albany, and whom not rowing has always taken the
livclicst interest In that pastimc.
Mr. Babcock is one OF the recent additions Ho is
tho Oldest in the shcl and is not large
OF his companions, yet he is tough and will prove
slayer HIS loins fairly developed and though nc
is exactly the model build for an oarsman there is
no question about his beng valuable man.
Mr. Vcddcr is another oil this years acquisitions He
nineteen years old stands nye feet eleven inches and
weighs l64 pounds There Is no cumsness about this
Schenectady lad and 1t is fortunate that he has been
for the racing she'll Broad loined big chested
and well made all over he looks Just the individual to
meet the pitess test the great race Will demand and
acqut himself splcnddly
Mr. Bold one bf the two substitutes OF last year.
and Captain Frear thinks that in him no has secured
good man Almost any Judge OF rare physical qualities
would be OF the same opinion He looks blocked out
for hard work. and Is pucky, determined fellow Mr.
Bold is from south Carolina. twenty years old aud
little. as he is at all times hrst class hx
Mr. jenkins, also from South Carolina, will pull
sarboard stroke. The Captain can depend upon him
In the struggle TO como and there need be fear Of his
giving out. He has an excellent physique and MUSCLE
also pluck, nd trains TO follow the swing OF Frears
stroke II he and all the others do this in a success
ful way tho Union coors need be ashamed of their
place at the end of the
Mr. Frcar stroke oar, pulled starboard stroke last
ye,r. miid-manncrcd gentleman this leader OF tho
crow, but in nim the men possess eager, energetic
and enthusiastic captain. Frcar halls from New raltz
in ths MALL Vail and l.a
takes of the characteristics OF its early settersthe
Huguenots and Hollanders Though not tall he has tho
square shoulders well developed chest, arms, back
loins and legs which make good oarsmcn lie has
made an excellent captain aud done much SINCE tho
courage the crew and keep them In good humor with
each other Erear's duties have proved OF
nature, but he ras been watchul aud at all times
cosnizan OF the faults the crew possess To eradicate
these and prevent the development Of has
been his ann and object He has thus far succeeded
quite creditaby AS whole the Union boys look well
and are very hopeful True the shell may not ap-
pear Is formidable OF the others that will he
on Saratoga Lake next month but then oarsmcn will
bear in mind that the victory lies not with those who
possess strength alone, but with those crews who in
detecting faulty STYLES and mendpg them, advance
nearer and nearer 10 the true principles OF rowing.
During tho past month or two the Union oarsmcn
have been greatly troubled with boiIs. ''Ioo much
and too little vegetable food has been the OF
these visitors said Captain Frear; 'but, then.
dong nicely now, and hope the 'comforters' will dis
appear altogether IN aiew days"
The matter OF diet Is an important one. Stringency
of rule should be applied more to The ends Of regular
ity in hours and temperance In quantity than
bltrary and closely exclusive system OF choice
and rejection OF articles The great points
TO insist on is the reduction Of nuids
aud the exclusion OF unwhoesonc solids.
A generous and varied diet is far more conducive
health, even IN severe training, than very limited
range continually repeated. On such, men get stale,
and will even come 10 lose relish for their meals and
sit down TO them with resigned aud silent duincss.
Nutritious food of the heavy and solid kind, when
combined with hard work. brings the body into
highly wrought condition, and cversh state Is likely
bo induced 1t is better, therefore, TO keep the In
tcrnal kitchen IN order by judcious mixture OF tho
juices fabricated IN It's laboratory THAI have
course to medicine 10 sraghtcn obstinate bowels and
reduce lever aud promote sleep. Men ought not TO
take medicine IN rowing practice. Yet IT IS often
needed by some members oi boats crew, who have
been fed for weeks upon everlasting round
OF steaks, chops sIrloins and mutton legs, poia-
toes and beer. This Is what produces boils,
and wounded skins heal unkindly. Discretion
and experience alone decide upon each thing that
Is is 10 be admitted. " 10 impossible
all down. but II mercy bc shown by captains and
mems tastes habits without contravening
medical laws or running into indulgence by all means
they Will be better for IT, 80
UNIONS STROKE. "
The Union men.haye been pulling in their practice
about thirty iour minute The style adopted Is that
OF quick recover the hands going forward before the
body swings The slide Is long, starting from well bent
The men swing In good form, but there Is a tendency
to cut the stroke and no. row II out, which might DO
improved The feather Is not as It should be- ana ndi
vidual faults OF action OF the body exist but then all
these may he noticed fortnight OF sharp
rows on Saratoga Lake IL rs Jut well to say, how
ever, IN general way that men who row very hard
with their arms seldom stay such long distance as
three mics.
The Union crew Will be here on the Fourth OF July
and enter In the regatta 10 take place under tho
The crew has Just received a new paper boat in