Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-13
AQUATIC INTERVIEW.
4 Talk About the Annual Regatta ss
Fre<3epsrh sburx

"Will the Richmond crew win at the
regatta next MONTH" was asked promi'
nent Virginia Boat Club man yesterday.
"Win tho Richmond crew VIM" ne
echoed. "welI, II pluck, determination
and earnest preparation are worth any
thing, IT will. A crew OF our Club won
the race at the last regatta, anc we want
10 win this year"
"whai other places have clubs enter
ed?"
"Norfoik, Petersburg. Alexandria,
Portsmouth, the University, Fredericks'
burg, and Richmond"
''Give me o description Of the Rich
mond crew."
"Wen. n. b. Hay (stroke) ia twenty
three years old, six feet tall, and weighs
1872 pounds; q. W. OIdGeld no. 81, twenty.
seven years old, five feet eight inches, 10
pounds; W. +. Meade (No. p, twenty-five
years old, five feet ten inches and half
high, weighs 173 pounds; Randolph Pey-
ton bow, aged twenty-five, six feet two
inches high, weighs 16S pounds. These
are now in training for the contest"
Glow do you pick out the crew and
how do you train it?"
"The first thing that II done when a
crew Is 10 be gotten IL 10 find some man
who is capable OF choosing the men. This
man Is usually the trainer. He tries NIL the
candidates for the crew and chooses the first
or six whom he thinks will suit best Then
comes the easy training; that Is, easy work,
plenty OF sleep, aDd not much attention
paid to fare Easy work consists OF run
ming mile or so slowly in the morning and
rowing slowly two or three miles in the
evening. After this system Of work has
l..... ,.or, tLro,,ch ,pffh for "a noOfh nr SiN
weeks the real training work Is started.
HARD TRAINING.
"Tbe men are now placed at q hotel,
where they can be under the eye OF the
trainer all the time. Rowing in the MORN
ing is substituted for running; not rowing
easily and slowly as before, but rowing
with all the power you can possibly mus
ter. No smoking or drinking is allowed
now, nor can the men eat green vegetables
or sweet things.
DAYS PROGRAMME.
a days work for u crew may be put
down rs follows At A. NJ. row four
miles. : A. ~, breakfast, consisting OF one
glass cold tea, beefsteak, cold bread With
out butter, and two eggs. Then to your
business until . +. NJ, when dinner is
served. consisting OF one glass cold tea.
beefsteaks and lamb, small dish each OF
stewtd tomatoes, old potatoes, green peas,
and cold bread. At 6 +. M. row six miles.
At s T.. NJ. supper OF one glass cold tea.
cold bread and beefsteak. After supper
walk about two miles. st . =. VI. 90 TO
bed. This programme must be adhered to
entirely by all the men. The ten miles OF
rowing is not such a. one would do for
pleasure, but is real work. The trainer
sits in the stern and corrects the men con-
tinually.
81 wonder how many of your readers i'm
agine tina; such work as this Is being done
when they see a slender, graceful race.boat
skim over the water at regatta!
THE effect OF this severe discipline has
been felt by our boys in hardened muscles.
hearty appetities, and reduced weights.
some losing flesh at the rate OF nearly
pound day. But they don't mind IT, and
they should be encouraged in their ef-
forts to give Richmond the palm"
docs it cost you much 10 get up crew
snd train IT."
eyes, great deal. You see we have TO
board the crew al a hotel while trimming
ours is at the American-and a large fee has
10 be paid 10 entertho race, besides numerous
other incidentals. The Boat Club has been
at considerable expense, and is ont OF
pocket. hope II it becomes necessary to
appeal to our citizens for help that some OF
the Iiberal-handed ones will respond
promptly"