Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-23

cnner your skill or physical well being.
 This is the rule I observed when went to England the year after won the cham pionship of America against all corners at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876. l was over there four months before rowed n competitor, and he was not champion at that-only "rising" man, John flaw dons of Delaval. Two months after that, however, I met and defeated William FL liot, the champion of England. How I met and afterward defeated in succession Ned 1rickett and E. c. Laycock, both of Australia, for the worlds championship is now a matter of history pursued exactly the same methods of training and accli- matization with them as did with Flaw don and Elliot.
 The first defeat I ever encountered after had conquered Charles k. Courtney, Wal lace Ross, Eph Morris, James H. Riley, George Hosmer, Frenchy Johnson, Warren Smith and host of others, attribute to n divergence from this rule. That was when Beach beat me in Australia when had the victory all but won. had not been in the antipOdes long enough to be ! acclimatcd, and also departed somewhat from my system of dieting, owing to the peculiar climatic conditions of Australia. I had got away from Beach at the start and had good lead up to q distance from | the finish Tho Paramatta river where we | rowed was filled with craft of all kinds, and grew nervous as we approached the | winning line lest l collide with one of them, the more so as Beach hung on to me with bulldog grit, and could not shake | him. Suddenly huge vessel lowered over | me, and that gavo me such a shock that I almost stopped then and there. For the | first time in my life my nervous system 1 was out of gear. l attribute that to my departure from the rules have laid down.
 Anyhow Beach drew up, passed and beat | me. have no excuses to make. was | beaten fairly and squarely, but it nearly broke my heart then, the same as Beach's s | was broken q couple of years later when Stansbury beat him, and Stansbury's in turn when the late Henry Searle rowed | him to standstill at the historic course | on tho Paramatta river And what a race of giants those Australians are, to be sure! 1 Trickett, LaycOck, Rush, Beach, StanSbury and Scarlc among the oarsmcn; Peter Jack son, Bob FitZsimmons, Paddy Slavin and Him Hall among the boxers. It would seem as if our boys on this side of the At lantic as well as our English cousins would have to look to their laurcls if they would keep aquatic and athletic supremacy be- tween themselves.
 | 1 may state in conclusion that Wallace Ross, the gallant New Brunswicker, follow ed the same course of action that did when he went to England. He first got acclimatcd, then tackled an easy mark Frank Emmctt-dcfcatcd him and then mowcd down q long list of good men, in cluding tEo great Australian, Trickett, whom 1 had defeated some time before.
 The Cornell boys arc not the only fcl
 lows who erred in the matter of acclimati
 zation. The famous Harvard crew which
 went over to England lE 1868 did the same
 thing So did the ShowaCccmettcs ill 1 1877 and the American champion amateur
 oarsman, George w. L,r ill that same
 year. These examples will be of advan
 tagc to other ambitious OarSmcn who in
 tend to tackle the British lion in his den
 All these boys have got to do is to livt
 and learn.