New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-04
PREPARING FOR THE BOATING SEASON.
WHAT THE ROWING CLUBS ARE DoING-hAhD "ohA

WHAT THE ROWING CLUBS ARE polNu-"A WV"
ny THE COLOMBIA COLLEGE CREWS.
A great deal of hard work has Deen zone on
the Harlem River during the past week. uospie '"o D
veather The period Of bstcrs. which Is as necessary
mart OF the opening OF the boating season as ne" sno
and freshly paned oars pretty well passed. ana tnere
"a marked decrease in the demand for nimehts bro
arms aud snnburned faces are the rule ana auipoo VIZ
sue is beginning 10 disappear
The hardest workers the river are INC Ooiuni''~
College crew. They have como IN WIN
oet.rr,paton 70 do or die and Harvard shows aheao
On the varsity race # will be by sheer superiority IN row
ing and because the better men VIII oe IN VI" 10 aud II
boat The class races viii DC rowea ou Iii he definitely
fixed The freshmen in the boat from the ~ ia abo1t
and the school OF Mines are greatly oA''''"
The Nonparei six cared shell crew Is In actVe r h
Inc They saw that they have the strongest siI on the
,g, ND vb their new racing sangune that
for the ne II wear they will carry the
nar for that class at her Prov The Union %
s o re srsdnaly reducing their average weight down
TO I56 pounds at which weight ey ~ Zen hard al
Nav 30 Captain Van Zandt Is keeping hs men hu ,cb
p and saYs that fife ten pounds Weight when
they are now laboring under mas goI W ~, ttn,a
keeps them ut work day and night until ihat L,u a.
At the New-York Athletic Cln6 good Solo N To o,nS
doing Dayy Roach going out with inc or" III
them points The English stroke VIII not be
Ph ps Hard developing speed III tne oT ~ 10
sou shell which will pnzzlo all their % ~ ~ cb tbis
doubtful II the Newlork Rowing Gun wiz uo t very
season I'm 10 this time while II has some men ~
the crews have not been selected Inc ~ ht
cInh which heretofore has taken leading place III poae
ing matters Il doing little or nothing TINS year. a.
ton of the National Amateur Rowing Assoeh'son III
barring James PlkingtOn ana PerclVa Magic % i,b
amateur contests account Of their eohheeton VIZ,
Oak Point has broken mp the eshtoaTea ere" ,b
the pride tho club. and large proportion 81 '
ing men have left the club going over 70 tnv osS
Reagan has gone to NewOreans where ne w ~ @
pate in the amateur regatta. shaw, Mah0hey - .
GOepfert are rowing naTd. and the cnb VIII enc. . u
crew i'm the single scu II all events anu may enter
double scul pair ana four-oared crew. lhis h'o Ia
been definitely settled, however. Ihelr elsht an
barge took a pull to Oak Point yesterday anu WIZ
In ali probability keep the practice up All thuusn
season The Atalanta- VIII strive 20 kerp up s TSov
time reputation OF the club with regard 10 lHy
will have eght-oared crsw aud Tour seW ~
the regatta AT All events The honor OF the cluD WI" DO
upheld la the eight by ssgnnn, steSnan, nA.tpn,
EuStis, Donnes, Dorcher, Thornton anu ie W -
Ross and Barnes among the probabilities shOuu my
the others fail Captain Eustis has boon re-eeoeu anu
will keep the training The Nassaus nave uv
cided not TO eght-Oared crew THIS year anu WI
prohably nav attention TO their series OF races
with the New-York Athletic Club ~ 10 ths Ies"..a
seulOr single aud try and bring back the nla1'"Hu
soulls to the Nassaus. The Eaxe AthIsho "iu
Rowing Club tho emily club on the rlNrr ths 80
m AXES the place OF tho old ENcelor Nhch
practically has ont OF existence, " NOT hpMh
definitely part the newcomers viii take ia rowing:
The Friendship. WYanok- and Gramercy cInbs 40 mo-
intend TO In the races and VIII CONNIE lheH i4Nh
10 their membership. ~ a.
familiar figure the river ovcry morning j. alIase
Ross the pro- ession4 About 10 a. M. every uay ne
take long pull sending his boat through the water az
rate which ills tho breast OF the young amateur Win
envy. He Is getting himseft Ia tfm 70 20 mo
for the In August. Ii Will be some weeks orIur'
he gets down 10 hard work Among The ainau iIy pro
fessiOuals several races have been made Mitln D9p
Ian and Konout1 Will in about two weeks Tor S-V
side Billy silver making new shell Tor pgoian iit
has also made single gig for ByrnFA. OF lne Nohpdts
which weighs only lhtty-ciabt pounds