New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-19

with trup, like schwartz's and with massive legs ana
thghs IN beating Pa5acTT noI come adsens, tall and
squarey bnt; Clark and llainm0ni intn y, LIZ Lar
Sr S Sawyss ~ Sea NG 10 ' OCCUPIES tue
siroke ia a familiar to those VINO nave Wachc, "o
nar' s,n,o tS"t Bnnc off the best boating man
known AZ Harvard for years, taught M, ere" ~
and woh the Harvard crew pulled in their VIGOROUS
races OF N '7S and 70. The feature OF inc
stroke is still the hard catch AZ inc DesniunA h,,
ir Win The egs while the arnB nOs used In the rst
part being kept straight until the hands are aDpNo @
fns Then Inc arms are bent and the oar handle drawn
well i'm TO the chest the hands are quickly shot
out over the knees. and the BODY IOtlo"s III tuo
soy recovery The swing Ia of fair length, aud geas
point Ia for the to swing up and get tneIr JUGS
I'm " on the beginning u the stroke ooI1I9 sioy
nse their sides The members Of the crew believe ~
scientific rowing they have stroke that has been re
quently tested and as whole they row IN novneps
make their rowing something be admired, whether IL
1t brings them victory OF NOT
FAULTS TO REMEDIED.
There are however some faults remaining which 1t Is
pos.ibe may be eliminated before their races. Speaking
of the defects of the crew, Captain Hammond sau :
The general tendency is ragged catch, especially
with Clarke and myself while tie time IN
y ycril who is habtnaIly SLOW on the shoot
of the hands and Occss ouay Hudgens's Looking over
the men in detail several individual faults are eVieat
to CAPTAIN Hammond whO from MS position Is pfOo
Csroke is apt slide before he swings Az the begin
ming OF the recover he owing TO not turning Ma oar
Cha fat % catches a6ead of strike times, although
- -, ~ in he main cxcelleut HIudRens (J is lttle
short on his swing Clarke 90 reaches too far forward ana
swings back, which gives MIN Tue appearance OF
etrinc Canaan Hammond "a mas his oar of the water
on the full reach and is apt not to swing FAR enough
back The only trouble with Perkins 90, WHO IS mn
isaed oarsman IA that he meets at ules, 1"!eI -,
draws mis- hands In low and consequently rUiis 10
port In order get his hands away al all CaDos loNJ
is short his reach aud does not cover ms oar tgo
These will bc seen, minor fatS Wnloh 40 ho uo
tract rem the style and would not handicap
them In race.
THE DAILY ROUTINE
For the week the crew has been Tor ther
TWO miles race this afternoon with the Narraganset aud
Freshman crews. which has made necessary temporary
abandonment OF long Their usual daily
routine is follows: ten minutes
walk at o'clock, and then breakfast conastlng oI
frlit oatmeal chops steaks At 1880 leisuIey pun
OF miles, aud ~ dinner, which include" soup, =
roast and Rdn a %n o C ons oP sS Sr d miles
row, usually pulling time. substantial supper loi
lows tns pull about a39 ana tue mon %re oS
cep that the htte more careful aoouS tH' use
Of water, butter, sugar, mix, etc.
PRELIMINARY TRAINING.
Tho training for the coming was begun on octo
Der 10 last when four began rowing, consisting OF
Hammond Cnrtis Perkins and Clarke. Cabot was
member Of the Harvard football team After Christmas
the men began work the hydraulic rowing MACHINES
pulling from 600 to 800 strokes, beside running
from three to five miles daily and doing
some miscellaneous work In tho splendid new
Hemingway Gymnasium On March they began row
ing on the river I'm barge with stationary seats under
Mr. Bancroft's supervision The first rows were Two OF
three miles daily the distance being gradually horesPa
until sliding used and the pulls onsthened 10
six miles, with stroke OF not more tsn 20 or IS 10 tho
minute. On May the men began rowing III cedar smell
ana In about Nv o weeks transferred to paper boat
The new paper tried May 81, but as the rs
was faulty IL was laid aside alterations and has only
been placed in readiness for within the last week
The Harvard crew will start for New London probably
on Wednesday next
THE CREW STATISTICS.
The statistics Of the given to-day by Captain
Hammond are appended. From the names it will DO
seen that six OF the men rowed in last years crow.