The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-28
TO-DAY'S REGATTA.
The Racing Preliminaries on
the Schuylkill.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE CREWS.
The Ward-Biglin Crew Allowed
to Row.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE CREWS.
GULSTON NOT TO row IN THE SINGLES
PHILADELPHIA. August &c, 1876.

water prominent oarsmcn may be seen almost wherever
you turn Dublin out this morning, with Mr.. HEX
stroke, the two Barringtons in the waist and
Mr. Ferguson bow and this Is evidently the correct
arrangement of the They scarcely look tine
enough for men proposing to very hard race
within the next two days. and, while they get along
very fast when in squirting they rush the stroke up
forty, they do not seem to keep their pace well rs
when the thirty at which they propose to row
the race. AS in tho graduates four
appears against them they feel unwilling to
allow the ATLANTA and Yale tours
tend in it, and propose making 1t walk over
and claiming the prize. 1t Will be remembered that
Eustis, Lyons Rodgers AID Downs the ATLANTA four
all Wesleyans and as two have actually graduated
and tho other left college shortly before gradua
ton It thought that there is no graduate crew
ready Dublin might permit them and the Yale tour,
part OF whom are graduates, to row them instead
But Captain Darlington says that graduate crews are
uncommon with them as with U.S. that he had diff
Guilty in getting his present together, and hence
feels that this the they are mainly in
tcresed in they ought to adhere to their purpose AS
above stated Thus OF the three great four cared
races is to be won without hight Not a very CON-
fortng fact doubtless, to the graduates Of Harvard
Yale or Columbia Still the open amateur fours VIII
show the relative merits each and tho week is to open
O'Clock Monday afternoon, with the trial heats
and Argonauas of Bergen Point, and the Dublin four
q fine race expected between the two latter crews,
opinion here Is still, much divided to the winner.
The stroke oarsman OF each has had succLmb
what to the heat and to the water Eldred, of tho
Argonautas vomiting profusely within the last twenty
four hours and looking haggard and thin. But both
he and Hickson the mend and may be all right
by Monday
THE SECOND EEAr.
At quarter OF three, in the second heat, between
Yale the vespers and Crescent Citys Yale the favor
e owing tho fact that the Vespers this week made
the iaster time. But if Yale does poorly Monday
it will be mainly owing the change she
made at the eleventh hour; Wood at bow,
whose steering criticised the other day. giving
way to Cook. Whether this will mend matters is
question: because Cook is as unfamiliar with the place
Wood Kennedy, too, while most valuable man in
the waist slow stroke, lighter quicker man.
like Cook, being what they need. With tho latter
there in his old place and Kennedy in his next bow,
they would then need only good steerer at bow to be
all right. Now, when they paddle they go of in nnc
form but the inmate they quicken into racing stroke
they rock and splash and go to pieces. Had they
week more they ought to have it would be bless
ing though they lose this heat and kept out of
the final they sti have another turn-namcly the
intercollegiate iour--later
THE THIRD HEAT.
In the third heat, at hafpast three, Columbia IS
almost certain make short work with the Quaker
City four, of this city, and the Ezabeths, of Ports
mouth, Va, unless the lattcrs looks belle them
greatly This will mako Columbia all right for the
second trial in which the winning crews Monday
are to compete later
FOURTH
In this heat the Beaverwycks OF Albany, and tho
Duquesncs, of Allegheny City, likely to pick tho
IN n very lori and
powerful fellows as the Beaverwycks aud though
most talked about if the Duquesnes ut their best
small men though they are this will be OF the
hardest heats Of all ard the chances look that
they may win
the Watkins four are likely unless their rivals
two local clubs better than is supposed by those
have them. THIS is the only heat OF the
IN which some OF wide reputation does not
tend, and the managers may well congratulate them.
selves that the lot tell SO iavoraby throughout.
will be the great OF the and will go far toward
disclosing who, few days later, Will be In the nnal
heat who will win it aud the championship the
world iours For here IS the famous North
team the champions OF this country the Alta
lantas, the exchamrions, who, ut Saratoga, at tho
here) were but one second behind the former
and that with their largest man. Rodgers
from his hot the double SOULS the after
noon before; and, finally, better known four than
ether--the renowned London Rowing Club men. When
Gulston the captain of tho latter heard who
with him no said, Ihat will be goriousi
and 1t Will, though from the bearing OF the latter
FOUR 1t looks as il they felt sure OF winning Guston
only the NorthwesternS this morning for tho
first tme and while he prOnounces Curtis, their bow,
the best looking man he has here and says
oarsmen have too much muscle the frame hung
on, which that Philadelphia better |
served with horse cars than New York, he says
equally fit and truc thing when he adds that
OF crews row with enough DASH
technically enough "devL" If any one does not
clearly understand what he means, let hun watch his |
fsl fnr yhnnh hard
be viii be convinced coDcluslvely. IL indeed
among us Columbia has 1t pretty wei until shc
hurres and then shortens Cornell had 1t at Saratoga
better than any other amateur In America 1t
is little short OF shame that she is not here now
the place she could soweli nh And as usual with
men who hold back when everybody but themselves |
that they ought to have gene forward, she would
jus, have laced tho very danger she seemed most to
te the Yale crew, and CATCH the httcr not at her
best, shown above, wouu have won. thus, |
indeed. beating every fast college crew in tho
country instead OF all, gave one But however justly
GustOus confidence Is placed he says that this Is not
four in MS Clue; that Playord young cl
low twenty years inches igh, and
a sashing oarsman Long. OF the old four, equally
''rcacny" man, aud lie Blanc smith, also an old
man coGld beat the present lot should London not |
now win after all 1t would throw her out the other
second aud final heats, several of the IN which
she can probably beat thus showing that this heat sys.
TEN OF racing never absolutely settles the relative
merits vi all the competing crews.
THE SEVENTH AND HEAT
bet ween the Cambridge First Trinity four and the /
Oneidas, at Burlington, j., Will probably be walk
Tor Cambridge, thus mixing her place in the sec
Qua Lcat SURF but uhicsS ncI ioOhs ucScNe HioSt
wofully, II Is equally that she will not get any
higher Tor Whine she takes good caro- Of herself aud
rows In neat form and with considerable |
dash. she panty hicks power Three slim |
men and one, President Close, fairly stout,
with ordinary looking arms and logs. " they eau get
tue ina heat, barring accidents and FOULS, they
certainly may Claim thai good rowing what dId ~.
Close is the only one who ever rowed III the Varsity
eight, but II he 10 lair sample oil the men who GET
these Tar ianed then they not carry
enough To beat the Yale eight Of this year. or such AN
Cornell might have had had she seventh and
eighth equal to her others.
HOWARD SMITH.
The public will be gratined 10 learn that Mr.. Edward
Smith, the bow OF the ArgoDautas is to be allowed to
The Qualification Committee OF the internattona
meeting thus very rightly treating with contempt de-
cision reached with such indecent haste and sucn
nnsy evidence low days ago, by tho Committee OF |
the National Amateur Association.
SURPRISE