The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-13
THE. STROKE THAT TELLS.
n BT0 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN sCrEN-
TTF1c ROWING AND GO As YoU PLEASE

Athletic Clubs Spiendld Erhybit,on-
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The many supporters OF scientinc rowing In
this country have found u new field to work
In. Tho victory Of the New York Athletic
Clubs crew over tb. Atolanta CHM man A. IN.
&C.,, 80 o .,"'.nts LUZ hieu ~ '"'
National regatta. lately held at Washington.
over the po.as.vou.pia,ss stylo -, rnvinc
nil , eN'0 o,''o VI i'"s
demonstrate tho significance of the principles
land in 1872. At tho Honley regatta, which Is
.onn,ry sciontiS, rn,vne ,raaan't"o y" =" Ths
s.i.aa.,,,s ' D.A'u".o'' no
there and aanars to sscrs GOOD 's sbars Of
the open , prizes Tho pa,r,oarca races have
the single seulls for ilfteen years. since slid.
Ing scat. wore adopted tho eicht.oared rnc.,
Of twenty 20 that the university oar,m.n
hold prominen; position in tho English row.
Ing world. and their methods arc followed By
In America the professional stroke has had
Wy p!o.i,hehes' anu .he sc'ehtihc
stroke until lately has been confined to a lew
nrODl9mS
OF rowing have b,sn s,n,,,,.l and IN, nractina
sfrowina has bson nn-s,.b Win more s Sssa
At colleges than eisewher, and III is the co
lsce mon who have rnse IN, standard ~ nm,
stsur rovInc in mia country ns IN Tra,ond
This TACT ha, boon proved more than once
since 1871: wn"n. The Ala antas deloa eli both
>, Al the Intern ationai itega,ta held on tho
Schnyikill liver. at the ttmo Of the CSntenuia;
Exhibition In 1876. the Yale four were by far
AMI inn
The best time at the rSsat,a. minutes III
seconds was made in Their race with the
worst station, they were beaten by one second
only This English crew was made up ,o Of the
the Thames. though they roweI undor iha
colors of ono club. 1t was a very strong crew
Wycks Of Albany on tho iInal hent hut thar
victory was chiefly due to their having
The surremacy at this regatta Inv hciws oI,
Yale and London. but the test OF Iale's scicn.
tinuei. Last year a bet ar onportuniiy vo ou.
Cured whom hey accepted the challenge OF
an interval OF twenty yenrs. The Ataiantas
suffered an overw h lming deieat. although Tor
only seven men in her boat That VICTOR victory I hns
borne fiult In the adoption by The Now YnrS
has secured for them Tue ehamnin ns Tnic ~
America. "a
In cr,ier to understand a comparison be.
tween the national repattaS OF InViand ond
conditions Of com ettion ThtcS prevah In en-
citation OF Brtain 'e is an S oErss.z ass9
fimllar to the National A ssociaIioa Of America.
fna s sHP:'s sry das S e.
sa unGsr IS rules Ths mas anh are re-
these are he laws ., boat racing. whlrh die or
only siHst Hi from tho drawn up s2 By
ana which we're aiopte MISC hv the
American Association ia the same year It
the difference between The two co ,u,.
tries is shown In England the mauual
gagged in mental duties are inc ,I r hh
d,sc,im nation nat naturally meets with criticism.
sbmsa a aps L 10 rs ws .nas Eng
G paI
ARTISANS ana others IN p Tsh in
Tbs rules reeas!ns profess onai oarsmsn u are
AGAINST in the Amercan dention. is NOT NO.
Te emf I rsssa 81 was established in ,sao
and has grown yralua!v in the mmmbsr 81 oi +:
;SS% ,Is se ts ILL., race sn hsys
death. such as the Town Cup for local crews.
ard the Public Schools Gun for four oars:
SIGHT oars aud oars arc iu Mo- t tSr tbs his
eieit oars and four oars, ana ara ronnsd ' or
students OF colleges a al schools in Tho IfHitsj
Kingdom The four amor rncaa ara Tor ainStt
Ga 5 four oars. pair onrs. AMI singles Thers
are no quarter-mile dnshes Tor Sin Ges and
no double scmlls. as in America, The form mar
of these races does OF tent 10 exc,llaScs in IT,
Art OF rowing II practises n scuIiar IN raniS
starts only. ami the winners OF this avsnt
often get lett In longer races Tia domhls
scuIl race Is NOR. in e es,ins. The American
programme di tfers also in having n IN ninr
race for ngles. and ono race only for eirbt
oars Taken altogether howeyer the i mari
cnn programme is far better suited to The
need. OF the amateur rowing world than the
OF tlity-three races for the chamnion aiobt
oars Oxford and Gam bridea hava WIN NV tw ASH
seven one has be- Won hv nrov Wnn cIn
the Royal Choste an d the rest By clu bs stnatsi
on the Thames River within n shnrt Gistanca
Of LONDON. Dublin University is the oniy cIub
which has a tourney OF any iistancs 70 maka
The entries this year numbered forty.four,
there were flity.one entries from tweniy.six
clubs. TIL SO wers from six States and the
District " COLUMBIA, and there we're tbrae
from Canada Twenty Lime OF the American
entries wero for single sculI RACES comnaraH
to three ut Henley. whilo four were Tor the
eight cared race to eighteen ut jienIsv Wv
Until 1896 the course al Uenisy wns az mr.
ranged that n wide bend q ,cllrreI within a
".shIA q