The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-24
PRACTISING ON THE THAMES
THE COLLEGE EIGHTs ALMOST READY
FOR FRIDAYS RICE.
A Hot Contest Anticipated, although the Caw-
bridge crew h Beneved TO he Able TO
Lead the New Haven Boys at the Finish.

A Hot contest AntIcipat ed, nith ouRh the Caun-
bridge crew is Beneved 20 he Able 60
Lead the New Haven Boys at the Finish.
NEW LONDON, June 2l.--The university
crews OF Yale and Harvard have arrived here
and have settled down to their practice on the
Thames preparatory to the great race on Fri
day next. The preparations OF the New Lon
don Regatta Committee are being very rapidly
completed The grand stand has been put up.
tho flag poles on the line buoys have been
erected so that the course Is plain through the
avenue Of tagged buoys. Tho Yale boats ar
rived last Thursday afternoon and were towed
across the river from Montvile at +. NJ.
Three gravel cars carried the shells and closed
freight car contained the oars. ouiriggers. bag
gage and incidentals OF the seventeen men for
whom quarters are provided. crew is not
easily moved. especially when In addition TO
tho eight there are the coxswain. the coach the
cook the steward the janitor Of the boat house.
the bontbuilder. the President OF the navy the
treasurer, and four substitutes
Harvard got into quarters the same night. a
half mile below the Yales. The quarters are In
the same places as last year. a half mile apart
Both are distinguished by the coors Of the re-
spectiye universities floating from their houses.
The boathouses are made permanent this year
we'll rooted.
Yale took little pull on the river the evening
they were both out in the morning, Yale Mt 40
and Harvard Mt l0:40 Harvard rowed her
paper shell. whose dimensions are: length. So
feet; breadth "a inches: depth 81 inches (;
weight 260 pounds.
Yale pulled in Il cedar shell made by Keast
her boat builder This shell was made after
| the two colleges had received their new paper
| shells from Waters 1of Troy. Ii is built on a
model different from the paper ones which Is
copied from the shell used In the last EnRlis
| university race. The English shell has sides
| running straight down and a fiat bottom.
Keast thinks there is too little hold on the water
in this style. His cedar boat has sides sloping
toward the keel and n rOunder bottom. Her dt-
mensions are: length 80 feet inches breadth.
25 inches depth. 81 inches weight. 25O pounds.
II hns more elasticity TO IT, jumps tho start well
| and will probably be used In the race although
| the new paper shell OF Wnterss Is with them at
| boat are rlgged somewhat lower than on the
| cedar boat, and both outrigRers appear a trife
| lower than Harvarls,
| The temperance OF the two crews as they went
| of this morning for their pull was in the nrst
degree promising of good, hot race. All the
| men are sound. and II anybody gives out be-
| fore the race there are three or four good sub
| stitutes at each boat house Yale has the taller
| and hrowner crew and appears the stronger.
| and catch at the beginning that gave her the
| lead last year. Yale has too much OF the hang
| on the beginninR-a bad pause that causes an
| unevenness throughout the boat as she NOV g
| along Yale inherited this fault, and the coach
| ing Of even Mr. Wood Of the '76 crew cannot
eradicate II. Harvard has for coach a Mr.. Wat
| son. who should have graduated II at all. In 90
| His crew have minor faults and general rag.
| gedness but In the essential catch they are al
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