The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-19
THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE RACE.
THE MEN COMPOSING THE CREWS WHICH ARE
TO RACE ON THE THAMES ON MARCH "a.
from the Pail Mall Gazette.1

TO RACE ON THE THAMES ON MARCH "a.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.1
It Is seldom If over that tho two university
have presented unsettled shape long after the
commencement of term. 1t Cambridge most Of the
men who are liKely to row havo already up, and
have gone work. but the expected stroke, Shafto,
of Jesus who filled that place last year, has still to
rive and until he takes his place the cannot be
considered much than scratch. II he going
any other seat than stroke, the would be
acquiring uniformity behind such other stroke as had
boon selected and when he joined the swing would
be changed But since he Is to come in AZ the stern
the style will have to commence almost de when
he takes his place. However, the practice meantime
cannot be considered altogether lost time. for at all
events the other mon are all learning. or should b
learning, correct tbcir personal faults, which II
cured will make them all the ready TO fall into
swing when their regular stroke is installed.
The crew Is at present made up OF four old and four
new hands. Tho latter are not always the same men.
THE LIGHT BLUE cRRw.
Ferraf, OF First Trinity, has held the bow seat
tho beginning, and is not unlikely to retain It to the
end. He Is a winner Of the Colquhoun Sculls and has
shown himself other occasions capable of doing
good work for light weight Holmes, Of Clare. has
been pretty constantly at No. In the trial Fights OF
December last he did not shine as very brilliant per-
former, but hc to havo improved little since
u
about IL St bs or less when trained. he Will not be
such great burden tho boat II no fails i'm
provo as much could be wished No. place has
been alternately led by Allen, Of Lady Margaret, IL
st. lbs and Spurrc OF Trinity Hall, IL ST. lbs.
These men rowed respectively 0 and in the winning
trial eight OF last December. Hoskyns, Of Jesus,
brother to tho quendam 'blue" of the namc and
now and then taking No. 4, whenever the. president
has gone OF the boat for the purpose coaching
Tho Stroke has been taken for the time by Prest OF
hn n n ObQp nd pvnd frOt
OF the winning college tour In November When
Shato comes. IN Prest may be found in OF tho
places more forward in the boat. The four old
who are already rowing arc-Hockn, OF Jesus. No. q
last year. rowing I; Gurdon, Of Jesus, No. last
now in the same place, and Lewis, OF Caus the prcs-
dent, No last year. and now rowing when he does
coach. The coxswain OF lS76-Davis. Of Clare
will again available, and is above tho average OF
university pilots for skin and nerve II We may judge
from his performance last Faster. rho three absen-
| tees who rowed last year are:-Brancker OF Jesus
who rowed bow, and who was at time supposed 10
be coming up again. but who seems by report to have
changed his mind W. Close, OF First Trinity, who
rowcd B. and II. Rhodes, Of Jesus, who T. There
water than usual IN the Cam, and this should
tend to make the rowing livelicr than that usually
in Cambridge crews while on thoir own river
| THE DARK BLUE EIGHT N
| Oxford seems likely for the present to be much
| plagued with floods they were last season. How
ever with this hindrance, they might have begun
work earlier than they did This term commenced
| week later than that OF Cambridge and when the
president up be found very few hands ready TO
| go to work with him. At first not single old oar
besides himself was In residence al the beginning OF
last week. 10 man an eight with lot OF men Of
! whom only half at most would IN the long run DO
wanted for the would have been almost waste of
| time, and the president not unwisc In dcvoting
his first few days to coaching some OF his new
| pair oars Marriott OF Brascnosc, who is counted
as the probable stroke, was not up and when at last
| an eight was manned the stroke taken by Miller
Of hxe,eT who ora mot ROW IN line Inc any more
| IL not unlikely to row bow finally. Tho
men who have been tried SO far have been. besides
Miller, Grencll, OF Ballot, IL. st. lbs-about the
best VINO rowod In tho trial Fights, and
promising oar; Pelham. OF Magdalcn. ~ St lbs.
Stanton, Christ Church. 2st.1 H. Cowcs, ST. Johns
II St. h. and Burno, Of Keble and Findlay OF
| Balol but fancy that tho latter used more
temporary warming pans, and that the choices
| will lie with those first mentioned. Mulholland of
Bahol has been rowing on and OIL but he is supposed
to be no, strong enough , h In the doc.
old who available are, besides Edwardes-Moss
the presidcnt and Marriott, stayner, of ST. Johns,
who rowed and Hobart OF Exeter No 3 last year.
Hobart the next to come up after the president
and Saturday Marriott took hts place ut stroke
Miller went 10 bow when Marriott came In, Cowes q
Stanton g. Grenfell Pelham at 8, and the other two
places filled alternately by Stayner, Hobart and Mu.
hulland There was strong and very rough heavy
weight in the trial eights-Booth or Pembroke Is ST.
. IDS; put ne docs not seem to have been tried
yet. The material Of the two crews seems pretty
we'll balanced, so far be Judged at the
nrst outset Cambridge mas aIarger number Of 'maden
oars TO begin with, and If the were rowed in q
fortnghrs time would have for this reason decided
advantage but there plenty Of time to work up the
now men IN the oxford boat. and they have plenty of
strength, without being rough lot We have seen far
more uncouth oars turned in very decent form
alter six weeks coaching There viii he iust e,oSt
weeks OF work from the day when Marriott nrst took
MS seat TO that OF the the fixture should DO on tho
usual day There has been some talk of the day being
changed on account ofthe time OF high water on March
~, when ~ the regulation Saturday week before
EASTER Twin be high water at London Bridge at
81. ZIinn that morning. and the tide Is fifty min
ues later nj Putney, start must be made mt 20
$3.50 ut latest To have the food all the way to Morake
rms Is earlier than the has boon Tor
year&