New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-13
OARSMEN ON THE HARLEM
WHAT THE CREWS ARE Doing ~ PREPARATION
FOR THE DECORATION nAY MEGATrA

WHAT THE CREWS ARE Doing ~ PREPARATION
FOR THE DECORATION DAY REGATTA
tn" oarsmen In raining for the Harlem REGATTA.
who make THY sluggish stream such a bright and
gay resort every sunday were early astlr yesrer
day. 1t ~ getting close now to Memorial Day,
the day set for this exciting battle Of the SOULS.
that everybody who has any hopes at all Of making
"A good appearance before the thousands who viii
throng the shores ana crowd the bridges during
these races. Is row working with great diligence.
The members Of the Nonpareil Boat club. who. as
told exclusively In The Tribun" have secured The
Columbia Boat Clubs house. will not. II IL said.
tow their float down 10 where II is to be placed
until after the Memorial Day races They .''efer TO
leave 1t whore It Is TO witness IN" races from
II. The columbias missed sadly by weekday
frequenters OF the Harlem They rowing now
or the Hudson. a necessary practice when 1t Is re-
embered that the thrcc-corncred struggle between
Cornell Columbia and the University OF Pcnnsyl-
'dna Is 10 be rowel the Poughkcepslc course
Harlem River people beginning TO think better
OF the chances Of Columbia than they did Pcet
has got the "'NarsIty" crew to rowing well again
In this he has becl aided again by his mechanical
genius II has already been told in The Tribune
how Pcet rugged contrIvance for gaugng accu-
ratey the angle OF an oarsman's stroke. The
invention Is "A machine enable the coach TO tell
when his men either Sinking or not pullinga suf
icentIy long stroke. II consists OF little red guide
running along the white paint Of the boats gun
vale. and telling absolutely just what sweep the
oarsman whom IT Is set Is taking.
Ellis Ward out early yesterday with his new
Manhattan Athletic Club four-oared shell crew.
Ward has also a Junior ana senior four entered for
the Harlem Regatta. and is hard AT work with them
In the boats that he lately rugged. The I5o-
heman Boat Club men. whom Ward Is working. are
doing irst-rate work These .ast-named are set OF
big and strong fellows. 90 course that indefatigabe
pair. Hawkins and Maggie. Of The Harlem Rowing
club. out early yesterday. These athletes. Ike
many others Instead Of resting. do double work on
Sundays Prominent among the spcciier rowers
that shot up and down the stream yesterday was
the Meropolitan fOur-oared crew. which may also
be seen out every afternoon AT abOu; O'Clock. The
Dauntless the Union the Nassau. the Atalanta and
the Lon. Stars were also noticeable the river
yesterday by the number OF men they sent and
[ by the good work of their representatives.
The talk of the river for the momcn, Ia that tho
Triton senior eight Of Newark is about to Join the
New Manhattan Athletic Club. This will, be A
strong move for the Manhatt for the TIT
tons swept everything before them last year. Az
other b of spraw from the SOULS ~ to the cff.c:
thar the Van Vlcci double vii. not come on from
! PnladcphIa 10 row In the Harlem Regatta as cx-
pected The Crescents new eight-oared barge
which is nfty-three long and carries nifty peo-
pie is giving good satisfaction. This club has had
| lis scow lowed TO Wards. In Astoria for recalling
| and Is to have a new two-story house built It.