The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-15
Principles of Rowing.

prcnsiples Is wilzl. makes Flle boat go ahead
fastest One principle IS that the oar does
work only while its blaSls. is in the water
and the power applied. THIS power must
also be applied I'm a direction az right
ansses 20 the blade and parallel with the
surface Of the water. Power expended IN
any other way wiTsse the blade Is In the wa
Der. viii make the boat rock and roll from
side ITO side. The rolsang of the boat VIII
cfeaine unnecessary friction and trnpsde Its
onward motion Whatever rhe style of
rowing the object is always to send the
boat forward az the greatest possible speed
with reasonable amount OF power.
Ano.hsr prarcfEsse. ard ono which is fun
GsE1fensal. - 70 make the boa. advance as
far possible while the car IS out of the
water. Here great 6ffferabcas asfsa among
rowtng authorities. Some say tlat because
tire only work THAT sacnkls the boat forward
ts Done by the Our white tho blade is an the
water. II nSfst follow that the more time
the blade aS I'M the water the faster the
bont must be going. Sapch authorities eose
sight OF the second principle above stated.
II ~ true that the longer the blade Ia In the
water and thu power applied. the greater
So tina asnoasrt OF work done by that oar,
but u docs niot follow, therefore, that the
boat is goaEsg faster.
The Various Strokes.
The divisions Of the Different ssnhs,css Of
rowing as represented in England, on the
continent. In Australia. Canada AMI the
United States are the high and Cow stroke
on the one hand and tho short and sons,
sssie ON the other. For example, tho Ding
gxshnen. tire rowing mentnas of the whole
racirag world. firmly believe an the .nfaEI-
brasty ar the long. comparatively low stroke
and the short ssisle. which enas,.es them
10 nsairstasn fhe speed of the hast Isrt cf
= course at the minimum expenditure OF
the physical power. Followers OF this
school Of rowing ia it's general theory are
the German crews. who ave lately reach
oi sssch n high degree of TTsofirSenssy as 10
NanoLsy defeeat their tutors aftna- years Of
dsfaaf ait their hafEfS. The Australians
copy IN part tho En-sllsh nrelzsod but as q
the case With all Australian aslIra5scs. GER
tain new sieas have creTst sr. principally
brought about by the devices and man
fser OF rigging the boafs and the leaning
toward an inGfavtfnEssity such as was dia-
played In their professional scti.34ng cham
pions. Scare. Beach and Mckay. The
freraci until bate years have rDxei n
stroke Of their own 1lo,t4ceahly charaefcr-
tstar of the temperament Of the Gallo rtlce.
quick. dasfftne stroke. which has now
given place for t1e most Tsaant IN the more
sober, but none Tho fess effective English
atyse.
Strange 10 say, Canatsa alone. OF all the
British csnlonteS. has not followed 70 any
arprectabie extent. tho snetsspfs and teach
tnFs of ting mother country Tho Cana
dan stgoi<e With that ~ ag the general
rowing cesltess of the United States Gsait-
stSfe of the universities Of Yale Harvard
Columbia. Pennsylvania and thAsir feeding
schools and the few clubs in which tho
college tnffuefpce IS rcccgrszesD Sc in d.
rest confralS' 20 Tnrsish kfras adri British
frincSpsss. II - t'Ge quick. aisgh stroke.
~fech nothing can ,inTit but tire hong sls!e
used and the ability Of the men TO r0SF>ond
10 the cadence.
The Long and the short Oar.
The two nottneahiy- sstfresv~vnt Characters
ties OF tsle American ard elI.> Canadian
sercke are tho aength % tslss Guardian car
afsf the s'for1SeSs ~ the American while
zhs blasie OF tfse Gar Is s1 tl,s water This
csTeS~nce was NEST ss.xsl1.nzgy evsgf,sn,,ed
ss1 the eva trans Atlanus, crews ~ Hesr,,ey
this year, ilsslrts.,y the four 81 the Aryra-
rzalst Rowang Ciah. 90 Toronto Canasla
and slse elssstt o. Corneg University. whose
ttvsans~, cots'tsrsNr. declares thar ''aa ysyvrsf
experstssi by a crew eNoegf' v-ssen the hla.le
OF The oas' - ctslfTFsa1i Pa q scYnsG spase ~
Frpt ANGLES % shss ,soSst ~ vsarI 81 Hers,
CcfneG's Sipogv and Ve--y high stroke.
The Canadians. ever az a high stroke
fortv-nve 20 the minute. rowed astoniSh-
ingly long and timed beautifully tozcth-
er bot their high stroke told on them
and the London Roaring club four. row
ing from four t. six strokes less per
minute beat them At the finish une ~
scsnt two feet. This Canadian stroke Is
very rly1hHatc and has a long. p0wvrfsil
sweep 90 It that Is very taking % the
eve ard. combined WITH good waterman
shin and PHYSIQUE IS certainly most ef-
festive. ss tse Arronaut combine zion
most surely proved not or}y ny their
splendid showing AZ Henley uu8e~ 81
verse climatic circuuls ~ arces hut by their
last years record times for one and one
half miles. on dead water. Of inmates
ard = seconds straight away, and min
utes - seconds With turn From Maine
10 California this high stroke. ;he typical
American stroke. has been rowed for
wears. in many SasRS without a greater
foundation % principle than 10 pat the
oar IN the water, pull lt through and take
n out ard put e In again as fast as
possible and. OF course, 10 pun toecg her
The American schools.
Directly opposed e. these ideas are tns
rowing s-hoelS Or Naie. Columbia. Mar
ward. Pennsylvania ard such afhlett, and
town clubs as the New y er3x Asaletf.
Club and the Minnesota Boat club. an
- whom lean in = greater or less degree
towards Tire teachings ara methods of
thesr English cousins. Nala. WITH hr~
"Eoh" cook stroke. - more nearly Ak IN
- ne streke - the Ene}tsh university
ana graduate clubs as exempljae3 In t5a
oxford ani Cambridge crews aad sho
rasins or the I.eansseF Tham,ts ana Lon
don osrSmen. Ceiuu1lyA CagaeS aest
perEsyiVsnia fellows and the New York
Athlete club and Minnesota Boat Ct,sa
model their champion crews after sha
same general college stae8Arf.
Eara rowfug center maintains SIS can
REGULAR custom II training ard eaaf
rigging WAhoh moro or less Saect the
geacrAl s'yie sinsesf a.. hat the great dif-
ferencas liz iu the oppessta IDEAS ef q
conn ..k4yeIv low Ions ssraka and ma