St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-28


excitement and
| u1,cur~pD the men are
hard at work
| in conditioning themselves for the af-
Tray. The club has not sent out invit-
| ations, as has been the custom for some
| years past. but has deposited with the
St. Paul Book and Stationary company
complement of cards of admission. for
| which the friends of the club are invited
TO apply at all times until the Fourth.
Ihe druggists, corner of Western
and Selby avenues, will issue the same
cards to persons who find it more con-
Venlent to procure them in that dis
trlct. Cards can also be procured from
the members OF the regatta committee,
composed of Charles w. Gordon, 0. NJ.
Nelson, b. Haywood Wright, Herbert
w. Brown and Harry w. Wack, or of
the captain, A. II. Paget.
The programme cannot be announced
on this date, but that it will be ample
there can be no doubt. New men, new
boats and seasons excellent training
will declare themselves. Besides the
single. double and crew boat races,
there will be tub and swimming race.
One OF the fastest boats made, new
f0ur-oared shell, will be christened with
wine, the bottle to be tapped by the
hand OF member Of the fair sex. The
new shell will be named The Schur-
MEIER. in kindly recognition of the
valued services rendered to the club by
Theodore l.. Schurmeier. The new
craft launched. the junior crew will
board and display their speed in mile
dash: Michael j. Boyle and w. S. Get
ty Will act as timekeepers. The judges
are William II. Hyndeman and E. A.
Jaggard.
John A. Kennedy will start the races.
The medals are rich. appropriate and
elaborate in design. The cup and Corn
ing u Jilson prizes will be up for con-
test.
The island will assume its brightest
and most varied array. A new club
pennant will toy with the breeze. Sic
Derts orchestra will attend with good
music, bunting will lend to and relieve
the effectof foliage, and the stroll and
chatter OF numerous company will set
the isle in merry whirl during the last
two hours of the forenoon.
The first race will be started at 10,
O'Clock sharp. The entrance from the
bridge Will be open to guests with inyi-
tations at 9 o'clock.
Science of Rowing.
For the benefit of all amateur oars
men Trainer Kennedy chatted over the
science as follows:
In matter of rig, have always main
tanned that it is an error of judgment
to give all men the same measurement.
No sane person would try to get No.
IL foot in a No. 3 boot. AS much care
should be taken with the rig of a boat
as tailor would take with fine suit of
clothes. A man six feet high of proper
proportions could row with his Stretcher
much nearer than could a man five feet
five OF six, with short arms. So should
the roller seat be rugged higher for the
oarsmen with long legs. For this rea-
son it should not be an uncommon oc-
currence to see crew boats with three
or more different rigs. But it is much
better to have four men the same size.
Should you have three men of
the same stature and one much
taller, the one with the longer reach
should be much stronger than the bal
ance of the crew to be of any great help,
for the reason that he must cover more
space in the same time than his shorter
companions. To do this faithfully he
must be stronger man. Whatever
size your crew is rig them so that all
the oars will have the same angle at the
catch and finish, don't copy some pro-
feSSionaPS rig just because he has rOWed
fast with it. No two of them row the
same rig. If you do copy do so after
one that is near your build. A low
seat for man with long legs, the
strain will be too great on the
abdominal muscles. The higher seat
will throw more strain on the back and
legs. 1t will also keep his knees from
striking him in the face or pounding the
wind from his lungs. l have seen tall
men with the slides so low that when
| they went aft for their stroke they
| could not see over their knees. Should
he spread, then he would have to go to
extremes, and get himself in spread
| eagle style and row the pumping ma
chine stroke. This style of rowing the
| weight all comes on the legs. The rig
| to given extent governs the style of
rowing. With low seat it is impossi-
| bic to get an easy style of rowing. You
! raise your slides you lower
the hands. The lower you can
| get the hands the stronger the position.
| is. Now if you place two pulleys with
| weights attached, one five feet, the
| other one foot, from the floor, you will
| find that you can lift more weight from
| the lower pulley than you can from the
| upper, and SO can more strength be ap-
| piled when the hands are nearly on line
| with the feet then when elevated. The
feet should be as low in the shell as pos
SiUlC. l. lC SlIClCuCl SilOulNi DS DIT
| tance from the oarlocks that will give
| you the least possible lateral pressure.
| If you have your Stretcher too near at
| the finish of the stroke you will lose lots
| of energy by pressing the water towards
| the sides of the shell, and if too far
away
You Will Lose
by pushing the water from the boat.
| Rig your boat so as to have the pull as,
| direct as possible. Give the stretch
! plenty of bevel, so that the muscles of
| tie legs will not be cramped. Incline
on the slides is an improvement over
| the ones on level.
| 1t allows the OarSman to finish the
| stroke with his hands down, and takes
| the strain from the arms. aDd will give
more freedom to the movements of the
| oarsman. This, as with all other inn
| provements in matterof rigging. means
| more work, for when man is rigged
! right he can row himself completely out.
| In rig unsuited to him some particu-
lar part of the system will be exhausted
| while the balance of the body is COM
| paratively fresh. This might prove that
comfort may be converted into speed,
| for any improvement that will make
| rowing more PEACEFUL must necessarily
| give to the oar Sman more endurance,
and also greatly improve the speed of
| the shell.
In sculling. the idea Of having one