The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-28

Coxswain-Charles f. Aidrich.. -. 10 III
After passing by Cooks float the boys were sent
away for spin, but they mad no thought OF working,
as sob would let them the course, think
ing would inure ths boat, the water In his judy
with the crew. Ho told tnem That tue
recover was aitogotner too qu'cx and jerky,
This style would. OF course, make the motion OF
the boat rather uneven, and tend to check her prog
rcgs ssrakc your oars out OF the water slowly and
carefully ne shouted, land let her ee tho force OF
your stroke more. Let the oars take themselves out
the stroke. - But notwitnstan ding these other
warnings, there seemed 10 be- Improvement In the
style; certainly none that The most careful judges
of rowing could dscern Tho BOAT instead OF shoot
ing ahead IT should, seemed rather to he Retarded
Dy the The crew pulled away, rolling apart
rather badly In the boat instead o. swinging forward
ana back IN perfect unison Keep your shoulders
strslgnt" Shouted the excited Bob. .'and then sue
oil Yale seemed disappointed at tho prac-
tice Of the crew, aud some were heard 10
iusinuae that tho preliminary practice and coacnng
now going ought to have been gone through win
months ago. And yet the crew has good metal Ia u,
ana II ~ stated on good authority That the boat went
over the last night ia 22m Sos, which con-
sidcfed lar time IN the Thames water. Themr-
son pulls a strong steady strose, very even,
as becomes his position, but no does not swing
straight forward ana BACK, a fault common To tho
whole crew, IL IT be considered n iau coupled with
their style OF rowing back Is curved signify aud
Mr. Cook complained oil his sliding away from MS
work. He rs a very ocky man, catches with much
power and Is conscientious as any man IN the boat
Irumuu rows good form, but is not very heavy
man. Rogers. the only Massachusetts man la the boat
giant IN strength, lnchcS IN ulh stOck-
ines. and does good deal Of work; his Conspicuous
fault ng his head rather awkwaraly,
Jerks IT back on beginning mis- stroke mewnat AFTER
the sly OF Brigham OF the Harvards. He Keeps his
elbows and rolls outward IN tue boat while rush.
ing his oar through the water anu pulls a little bit
ahead OF time. TAFT Is young ant pulls we'll Living
stone III excellent form as TO his BODY, but dips
rather lightly the water. These are the principal
faults OF Yale. III she WINS morrow her victory
will surprise, Tor all the chances are now against
her
Both the crews were out ight tor a 1nal pull
Cook folio wed the YaIes IN hts launch ana watched
Their stroke closely. There was ittle imDrov cment
notccabc in their style; the came uneven move
ment was Observable, but their boat made good head
way IT pretty generally unders tood mere Tonight
that W ght, who lett the boat ON account oil sore
hand viii appear at his post IN the race to morrow
that lrumbull mo. ~ VIII be retired. Heater
has practised white Wight was indisposcJ, has
pleased Cook much that he mas DECIDED 10 keep
MIN dispose oil TrumbuL
rnc crimson boys TOOK about fifteen minutes prac-
tice about sunaown. They did not row over he
course but spent baif their time in practising starts
and spurtngA lhs highest number Of strokes re-
tnem and gave them some sharp oriIiing the
town Is lively Tonight The usual street
scenes of noise and rowdyism that take
place the night before regatta are not
places were opened to accommodate the betting men,
but the patronage was small Harvard sells tor $40
to 50 for Yale There were some sales OF ~ 10 50 aud
81 to 30 but they were few ana far between. Every
BODY iecls convinced that Yalo will lose, and Gomez
queutly she finds lew packers. The Harvard men
even very rusn with their offers, although
they Ieel confident OF winning
Professor Wheeler OF Yale will act umpire to-
morrow, and has invited Professor Agassiz, oil Har-
ward, ~ be present with him on the umpire's boat.
George Roocrts and X. =. Watson for Harvaru, and
Robert j. COOK and q. ST. John Sheffield Tor Yale.