New-York tribune., 1876-06-30
ROWING AT SPRINGFIELD.
YALE AND HARVARD ON THE RIVER.

1 TIE TWO CREWS IN PRACTICE FOX fhlDhi hH''
-HApvARD's MIN IN COMPARISON WITH YALEs.
| fFROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TPiBuNh.l
SPRINGFIELD, June 2S.-Events 90 on here
! rs quietly possible. No signs worth mentioning OF
regatta excitement yet appear In the town II one wants
ary boating excitement he must to the river for IT,
There tie crews pract cing in thorough ahd pans
tainc wel scientific wav, which bids fer TO make
this The best rOwei in American aunals The custom
is pull III the morning before 1t becomes very hot ana
! th.n about o p. hard ting over the course
! in the cool OF the evening a Summer
| tempest Of wind and rain yesterday afternoon
did Springfield a friendly turn IN laying ~ dust, aud
aftert over, about p. betooS myself tn the
river in spite of some dubious looking clon"s ami ar
rived just time to Yale come under the railroad
bridge and steadily and mdcsti"llly force her way down
hecose. The Yale boat has always been ccnsured for
want Of life Their very careful, deliberate recovery
gives the appearance of ~ the beginning and end
of tho stroke aL denyco tlc boat OF mt sp nS ana en-
ergy which the quick dash forward impariS. rhlS pc
culilrity is conspicuous in an eight than In n
sxoared the great length of the boat making the
men look smaller aud less predominant over the boat
Bu before | round the one point Yale Il out OF
sghf around the aud from appearances at the iar
ward house, they also out, and while ani LOOKING
round for them. rlpap rain ont OF hall sunny
sky and in a minute the whole classy surface about Is
roughpoined with the shower II Is rain in earnest so
steer the Dolly Warden the cool cavern Of rail
road bridge. In few minutes, pulling III the
light rain, before it actually stopned, Yale swung
deliberately around the point, and Immediately
atter to my surprise, almost near enough TO
he racing, came Harvard both heading IN on
toe Agawam side aud not ten lengths apart. But
they were not racing of course Yale WIS cxhaus
from her recent racing pull and Harvard was NOT sons
To lose the benefit OF her precious evening practice by
any ind scrcon But it afforded an unexpected Oupor-
IN To scfutu'ze and compare crews, md pa ri
to the Ar1wam side with all the speed circumstance
rermittc uDdisurbcd by the ycs of Harvard" Iiar
vard.' and Yale" YALE" which up above from
900 800 spectators scattered pong the city bank as
the rivals hove In sight in their exciting juxta
position.
The red oars were falling three -four to the minute
quicker than tie blue, and the Cambridge boat by
'qr The prccr picture. the spring forward at the begin
n " the giving appearance OF life. ycor,
and activity while Yale tugged smoothly and patiently
along like day laborcr going homo roui work Bnt the
slow tug seemed do the business ~ ra-t ~ well
the snap and the gap between at least no less
the two sped up their The r-i distinction drawn
between the two n To personnel b, Ia" difference
IN O. aud style which to chime well with the DIFF
ference IN rowing II Is cy and country crew over AGAIN
The Harvard fellows dcbonlr city -trpiin-s avoag
ir fraction 2D years of lgr, hut seemed To Take
naturally 10 their HpIing living stroke. and To pm IL
with a will, while Cooks men are hiS country I'o"--
Of pxi.e strength, Of th'n, and averaging not
rd.r % years Of agewho drag steadily at their oars,
"a though they were there work, anI did not care
whether they looked stylish and springy or not The
Uarvafds we're brown and round, and uniform and hand
.omc but the other LOOKS most like The long pull
NOT the strong pull.
THE DAY BEFOEE TIE C1NTrSr-YhLE HOPEFUL
1Hr BOATS hND THEIR MAKERS.
IrRoN \ SPECIAL CoEEgsroEDENr 90 riE rrIBuSEl
SPRINGFIELD, June 29. Tomorrow comes,
or should come the null ,Jg,e In the contest between
Harvard and Yale for 1876 I say should come" be-
ran.r the time having been fixed ,or 1880 y. NJ there
Will be nothing 1t but adjournment TO another time
should thrrc happen Dc clpul Of wind at that hour
Bat the iiycr H. pretty w" sheltered, and the cnauc's
are that Tomorrow setting run viii see the race. Ar.
~, .srucnt- not now completed not likely To- De.
Those which depend upon the Springfield Club
seem TO have been well carried out The course
b,, been well Jagged aud UuOyc1, the fast little
steamer for referee &C. Is here, aud found no d'uy
las, nlght in keeping ny 10 Harvard some Kind of
,t,af. scow accommodation Aa, been procured Tor the
ugoss which appears 10 be the best that can he had.
Arrangement, have been made for reception at The
rooms -. tl, ub after the at which both crews
VIII bc present though s!N OF c ii.rvards VIII take the
train 'r irato.A late IN the snns. - o the outside
pullr prn-,li sccl- 10 be awake to the extent Of
much ribbon hut II tire i 10 be large college crowd
IN attendance 1t Will have 20 come IN suddenly s after
noon and tomorrow morning. and suppose II VIII do
,o the large towns vii.n Few hours Ie are al iu
of Nalr and Harvard men.
A.to ia, crs they seem e. DE ready both have im-
proved very much daily durirg the week under their
skilliu coac1c, Tho men, l believe, are a Wen, and
both boat. took their evening pull night This morn
ng Harvard did appear, hnt Yale on some time
padding about. praeticng starts &C. frrhap, Cook In
tend, thi, for h, last appearance. Il was surprise 10
-cc him out today The old custom j. ipr q tp liz
OF ana DO no Iing on the day before Mr. Cook
has been almost mogbidy afraid Of oycrruins his crew.
think DE feels pretty confident that hc has been
cr-,l IN ,hnt direction this time, though some of the
men, intending himself nre down to- light weight.
AELIvAIS Al NIGHT-YtLE MEN F"Es1 FROM Cou-
NrNcrNGNr pAY-POoLs oS TnE GACE-YALE
niE FAVOHITE.
10y rELEGPhru TO THE TRIBUNE
SrrIyGFIrLp, Mass, Juno 29.-Thc college
,,, las begun to come In at last hundred and
-ixty.Ay, men came down on single train from New
Haven this evening Al tine conclusion of their Commence
Ia mt exercises. Yale quarters st the Haynes House,
which la. about 100 students tonight, against about
800 on the ni before the lart general regatta Iiar
yprr. headquarters are at the Massa-o which enter
t,lns 100 Prof wheeler of Yale came down ih!s after
noon lie is probably the Hrst college professor who
ever acted referee In boat race. The two colleges
tossed cuD for choice OF referee. and Yale winning,
named The professor.
Springfield &. very auict this evening many students
Appearing hc streets ia drs- coats their 10
parties and receptions Au effort was made sell pools
If one or two places herr. but there bidders.
few poo, have been SOLD, one 100 Yale to -
u.r,urd and another AT 20 on Yale Ia 10 Harvard.
IA i, rnmDrcd that Yale has made better time by many
seconds on the tran Harvard has made which
account, the advantage of Yale in the betting Even
Harvard do not seem very confident Tonight
They say their crew IL good, hat young AND lucNpc-
l,rucc,I while Yale men, though confident that their
ttftr Itrt,t It.tf- far IA tI