New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
BUSILE on THE HARLEM.

ACTIVE PREPARATIONS IN TIE boAi-h"oSFo NM
LIVELY WORK on The RIVER.
The warm pleasant weather of the last few
days has wrought great transformation in the boat
houses along the Harlem River. Active preparations
are making for the opening OF the rowing season OF
1885, which bids fair to be the busiest and most brill
liant that has been the river for many years
Houses are being renovaed shells and gigs oycrhaued
and cleaped oars painted and rowlocks polished ana
the whole river above Harlem Bridge ia rcdoent OF
paint.
The annual spring regatta Of the Har-
lem Rowing Association has been appointed
for Decoration Day and the backwardncss OF
the has given the boys little time for prepare
ton that they took advantage Of the first break and
ever since the pleasant weather set In the river has been
crowded with athletic young men In all sorts Of racing
craft The captains OF the clubs now exer-
cised over the composition Of their crews aud have put
many at work they can possibly induce to don
their suits 80 rs to have ample number from which
20 chose
There ia more life about the Columbia College Club
house than any the river The collegans taking
lively interest rowing aud every afternoon the float Is
crowded with young men of all sizes md degrees OF
Muscular development The competition OF the Varsity
and Freshmen cichtoaTel 5 the burning question
and there Is great competition among tue young
athletes who ia training for place ia tue
Mcssrs. Cornell aud Reid. the inter al cXmcmbcr Of
captain Jasper GOODWIN will take thea In maud later
aud VIII select the crews which are 10 represent the col
legc during the Among the M training FOR
The Varsity crew are Mekieham who II the captain OF
OF last years crew. Whitman. Nho rowGd In the Fresh.
of $50. and Lockwood. Ward ,nd Riehsrs of
viii be rcappontcd Rice and simmons
of last years Freshman crew. DeMitt,
Edwards and Bacon who have not rowcd yet are in
training for the fouronrci crew. The Frr-hmen OF
aquatic tastes are p,p'ng for place m ne D1nt whch
will represent Columbia In her races with the Freshmen
Of Harvard and Cornell m preIim9a, race between
Wl be r0wed shortly, and then tue regular Freshmen
crew will lbs made up The candidates Tor Tue h2nor ora
place In the school OF Mines boat are Parsons foiklnH
WOODWARD, Dlmmock. Ediltz. Vasquez, Gould. Pairo,
D'scbours, and Colender. Eight men WI 9c picked
IN training: Tutue Moore. warren. Bunz
For several days the ooe=ans have taken long pulls up
and down river under The direction OF tho coaches aud
doing good work. They are confident Of making a
line showing In all their races The Columbia boat
house has been moved about mile up tho TYSr, aud l.
now above the Eighth ave. bridge next to tho ATLANTA
House.
There a marked revival OF interest In boating
the members of the Sew-iOrk Athletic Club tia
ton boating. and the club has Ia training
Sehuylrrs the captain OF the club and the veteran Davy
Roach has been engaged ~, trainer The club VIII GER
Dared she'll double scull she'll and several singles for
the Harlem Regatta. In the eghtoarcd she'll will be
Deglin, Walter schuyler. g. wainwright. 4. Cur
ry A. wilson. stroke. and J. G. Elgcrton. cox
In the pair-oarcd gig. The four-oared Will be T.
has been arranged between the NcwY0rk Athletic Club
and the Nassau Boat Club, which will take up pretty
much all the season. The series will consist OF Ia
SIDgescull shells centipcde fOur-plir Dared shells
fOurOared shells PAIR cared gigs and eightOared shells
will be rOwed every two weeks, aud the prizes will
be medals and flags. They also have match with tho
Palislde Boat Club OF Yonkers for clght-oarcd shells
The Nassaus have not begun work In
nest yet and their have not been
made up. Captain Richard O. Morse IL troub-
led with suporabundance Of good material and has not
yet decided as 10 the personnel of his Among
those IN training Badgely. Schcslnger Page Peter
son, Wells the two Appletons and the two Duancs
these the eight will In all likelihood bo
chosen The Nassaus will enter for all tho OF
Harlem Regatta except the eight-Oarcd shell race.
There Ii great activity In the Nonparcli Club j. Cana
the captain and has already selected some Of
his cre~s Like the Nassaus the Noupareis entered
for all the regatta races except the eght-Oarcd
Captain Caravan feels confident OF being the top In
the sxOarcd and has selected TO represent
George Batos, II. Beck f. kpp, II. Kruger J. Canavan
and j. Johnson. The rOurOared II. Schneider
j. Murphy, T.. Perry and u. Seelchcr Thomas Wade ia
actising for the senior singles.
The Union Boat Club is In better condition for rowing
than IL has been before. When Pilkington and
Nagle OF the Metropolitan Club. barred by the Ma
ona Association the rest OF the metropolitan Champion
Eight Dared Crew to tho Unions that club mas
OF the strongest the river consisting
OF Cody Schiee, Jackson. Kaeschc. Wilson, Berger and
Waters. Patterson will row In tho senior single. Tho
Unions are entered for all the rtsces.