The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-17
THE COLLEGE CONTEST.
The Cornell and Harvard Fights
in Fine Condition.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The Morning OF Race Day--Who
Will Win?
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALD
ENsENoRE. OwAsco LAKE, N. Y, July 10, 1878.
Al Jour O'Clock this morning lively breeze from
the southeast had tossed the of the lake into
whitecaps and the auiI, overhanging haze made it
look rather dubious for tia predictions OF the lake
men that tomorrow would be a quiet. sunny day,
with a smooth lake, but as the morning wore on the
wind dropped and back came good rowing water. On
the day before day it is not generally well to let
crow do as much hard work as is usual on
other days, and Cornell has gone 30 far this time
extend the respite to the al
OF the day before. One thing is clear,
whatever faults there are in either crew cannot BIO
weeded the brief hours remaining Fortunately
all the FREQ from sickness disturbance,
aud II they quietly tonight will BIO IN shape
tor lively work The morrow. The Cornell
mon look brown and businessiKe, rather more
sedate than their opponents, and trained leaner
and finer Their table for tho past few days
has mol been an attractive one. with its limited
alone. For such severe work training for three
mile race In midsummer with the mercury where the
rowing is done often far up ABOVE the hundred, men
want the most generous diet which shall brace them
up and put the life into tnem not one dull round OF
heating lood, often but half cooked. which they soon
tire OF and often oath This whole business OF train
ing on the plan in vogue in England in the days OF our
Revolution ought TO have long ago become Obsolete,
and the wide variety OF the hardwosking but well
fed farmer, aided by whatever experience has
taught put in its place. few pounds more of hesh'
especially on men young and naturally lean, is often
. positive blessing and saves tho ugly painful and
in the Of Arnold, OF Cornell this time-disas-
bos and carbunclss, the pest oil the rowing
The fast Watkins four, for instance. the other
day Seneca lake, had, lean bone, advantage
the heartsr better fed Ataian,as OF New York.
but really OF Of tho two, and with all
the discomfort we'll more liberal system Of feeding
would have allowed Cornell to have had good pull
last night instead Of po.hng to do. As is however.
It will be from the figures below that she comes
up the Notwithstanding the rowing with Fos
ter. the substitute, far lighter than Arnod) much
larger and heavier, and somewhat older crew than
hcr wiry antagonist Over forty pounds in weight
and half year age not to be overlooked, es-
pecially when In tho thirty odd Oxford Cambridge
sight-oared races the heavier crew has usually won.
THE CORNELL CREW.
The stern four mon Of the Cornell eight abound In
power and have a pretty good idea OF how
TO use II, but there 10 an unmstakabe
weakness forward, too much lug and not
enough dash, even the strong roomy looking Water
bury at No. meeting his oar badly hopping his
In at all hot some OF the forward men will 60
OF form before they begin their third mile, ana,
certainly not help to STEADY her. But those brown
skins and set faces mean that, whether these
been power OF IL done during the last ten weeks,
period rcaly long enough, ny the way, with such
crew into good shape, aud hence 10 make It no WY
Odd that tho men whom almost all in this region wish
Svor1,ss here: shey iooS tho aSs haru,or
and the Older, several OF their opponents seeming
HARVARD CREW.
But In one respect Harvard Ia clearly ahead; that
Whch the Euglisn authorities are prone to over
estimateform. Not that hers Is especially good, but
there several points about II which eye
n once. especially as we Americans are not much
used 10 seeing good form. At The word "aItcn-
lion, every back is held sti1y straight with every
head mp high AMI then OF leaning forward over
theaoars, tncy actually lean slightly back This IL
very effective, giving a look OF military precision
throughout tho boat, while aiI the men hold them
Siauai isuiis abound Bow. with the anes, dash
OF any man save stroke, IL yet light and slender
that he cannot hold himself well enough away from
his oar, spring at he does most superbly.
No. 2, strong and short; likewise No. Z, meets
badly. sharp looks almost sluggish and does
It; still his very phegm may be useful the third
mile when the others are tired out Hawkins at four
II comes rather hard, and years more development
with the creased power will great
handy, but Witty rather than strong and not The sort
OF man for the waist Of an eight cared
his long. straight back and neck aud large frame
make him the most prominent oar the boat. He
frequently gets his oar in ahead OF s,rokes but his
reach exceptionally long nue and he gets the
good OF II all. he Is the making OF u splendid oar.
Stroke still clips his stroke meets not,ceaby yet
gets sharply In VIXEN forward and pulls his BLADE
through the water with tine rush, TAR the best in
the boat; winnie he Is SO thoroughly well built
and hearty . fellow that he is almost sure to do
good work all through the tight tomorrow AS q
whole they swing away with almost stinness, SO
great IL their getting their bodies parallel and
oars In together They win hardly 20 over ini,ty five
n minute Tor much OF the distance but their superior
catch win do much for them and DO likely 10 prove
the others go ragged Bancroft had them out
TINS afternoon he watching from steam
launch and praciiced them starts. They
have come up surprisingly under Hmm during
.he past fortnight and they all feel that could the
tell Frequent meeting by many Of the men, aud a
lack oil vciousness OF grip NJ the beginning all
be found In young and partly developed men.
tor which they can hardly BIO blamed Two years
pull well and Oil places In the University eight.
WHICH DREW WILL why
oo Now ~S SS n 81 sno 'wo can WIN An the
papers bring US word, "CornelL " Cornel's coach,
GARDINER says 'Corneli;" and hard work nnd
any man TO gainsay IL. In strength she certainly
looks much tho superior In weight she hey oud
question. She catches tho beginning with much
DASH but moro slap, and does NOT pull tho stroke
well through. In condition she is nnor; but how |
about the otner ana very important qualilies-skni
and stay la the former notwithstanainp Haryard,s
numerous faults, there DOUBT that she Is plainly
ahead. she Ia better together both In backs and |
blades and meet much she does, does her |
rival more Though the latter has moro strength aft
sue 10 plainly weaker forward, while the new boat,
Gardner says, trims rather down by head which
Is no benefit at least. Harvard ID likely keep her
form longer than CoTne sure TO II her rance Is
equal aud sue does not fooIishy overdo tho start
Aud ID u cqualY Favored Cornell would seem |
with native power oil endurance she did not |
get thu hard winters work afoot and ut the |
rowing weights that Harvard did. Once last winter
Bancroft the University captain, told the Freshman
captain 70 bring out his team Tor n rum aud wnen |
these eight youths stopped running they iouad they
had covered twelve miles, win Bancroft taking his
last fences highly he dd the nrsI Cornell had
taste OF the questionable way OF testing her |
stay Of tue nrst days she was |
here for Gardner made her clear 10 the head |
OF the lake back, ten miles or a blazing
summer heat, until her came In almost with |
their tongues hanging out II Cornell does better
on the homo mile than did the othor day she |
cannot stav m vol M Harvard. But WON'T nor |