New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24
HARLEM RIVER GOSSIP.
PLANS OF THE BOAT CLUBS WHICH HAVE
SUFFERED BY FIRE.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE HARLEM REGATTA-NEw
QUARTERS OF THE COLUMBIA CREW
on, THE roI IrrJASS


TRAINING OF THE CoLLEGIANs.
Only about ten days ago the last cake OF ice
tangible evidence of the winter season
New-York has experienced in n long tme-fioated
down the Harlem River. To-day this stream is
alive with oarsmen ard preparations for one or the
greatest Harlem regattas ever given are gong on
merrlly. For the first time since 1881 University
crew is preparing the health-gving stretch o.
water that separates New-York City from Morris
anla and more, this aquatic contingent OF Column
ba College has what 1t has long lacked-a training
cottage where the strictest hysienc regulations
NAV be conformed to and the Youths can breath
AN atmosphere every Whit OF which is an invigor-
ator and a strengthened. go
The spring opening Of oarsmen on the Harlem this
vear has been a decidedly backward one This Is
for tuo reasons The first OF them was the sever
itv of the winter and the late date to which the
vsitatlons Of Jack Frost were continued; the sec
ond the unfortunate destruction by re or the poa'
houses of four such popular clubs as the 'rdmeicS
the Nonpareil the Crescent and the friendship
Tho o,rs,oen however are now making up for lost
time and the Harlem Regatta Association with It's
membership OF fifteen clubs, Is preparing 10 give '"e
most interesting tournament THIS MeInoi'di Dd'
that it has given. The formal opening VI NV
ship canal may occur on the same day. Ahho"s 'i''
new features of this Old association besides the
eleven regular races Of its annual schedule there
viii be a special contest in which the competitors
viii he twelve from the Naval Reserve
a
concerning the fate and probable actions OF the
four burned-out rowing clubs. For thing, the
matter of indemnites by the insurance companies
concerned has not been definitely settled; not that
there IS any contest on foot over the claims made
by the boat clubs but the proofs OF loss ana otner
rcd-tapc matters always take up more or less time
I'm affairs of this kind. The Nonpareils are GER
tan,v showing themselves the most energetic and
phoenix-llke This club has already dozen racing
boats of different Classes ordered from such build
ers as Ruddock and Billy Oliver. The rumors as
to the new headquarters Of the Nonpareii Boat
Club are rather conflicting. 1t was said little tnle
ago tina, the club would TO pieces. some OF Its
members going into one club some into another
This has been refuted by the announcement that 'he
Nonpareils were the point OF signing a contract
for tho erection of another boathouse. what kihd
Of a house? on cheap. temporary one, ana II
will probably be anchored where the Old one was
on the Westminster shore just above the Madison
ave bridge"
PLANS OF THE NONPAREILS
Perhaps the best bit OF gossip Of the river just
NOW is that the Nonpareils trying TO secure
the Columbia College boathouse, at the foot OF
One-hundrcd-and-forty- ffth-st. and that the Co
lumbia lads the lookout for location on
the Hudson River. Captain Leon Mayer. or the
Lone Star Rowing Club who is the secretary Of
the Harlem Regatta Association. says that com
mt,ee on procuring site for all the boat
houses on the new Speedway. which Is TO run along
the Harlem River from Macomb's Dam Bridge to
the Washington Bridge, reports progress n site
here would bo permanent. and Instead or having
the lighthouses built on scows anchored near the
shore they could be firmly placed spiles. Any
way the Harlem River is going TO be the same
enchanting resort for lovers OF the sweep and
shell that it always was for at least one more
season Neither the ship canal project nor the
tack knife drawbrdge OF the railway company VIII
have any eject on the hard-worklng athletes in
and
bridges or on the merry parties who make barge
trims on SUNDAYS. any more than these inroads
OF civilization will prevent the brlght-eyed sirls
who watch them from the bridges from throwing
longing eazes the sparkling stream ana us sun
Drowned athletes.
I, is not many YEARS. ago that humanity seemed
on a decline; IT was hard to believe the hear'-str-
ring tales Of Ivanhoc. OF the mighty smith VINO
won IT last the fair maid OF Perth. anu OF EaFI
Douglas to bc anything but romantic hyperoole'
\ visit - tho dressiug-ro. m Of the columbia 'o!-
l.se Boat club house about o'clock any after
noon when the score o., young men VINO are the
members Of Mr.. Poets 1875 eghts would dissipate
any ycep,icism one might have as 10 the Increase
ra her than decrease of physical perfection III this
last decade OF the nineteenth century IL taxes
no Imagination At all to believe ones SELF on '"e
very spot where Spartacus made his famous nsur-
rcctonary speech TO the gladators when one Is
among these hardy, strapping youngsters some
~ whom look powerful enough TO meet Corbett
FOR a few moments
". T. PEET'S CREW IN TRAINING
" h. Peet who graduated from Columbia in
lSS5 and has since met with success as 'coach
has two eirhts. a senior and 4 freshman crew, III
training and Of both ne has the highest eNpecta-
tons Four OF his senior crew men are Oh stiS''S
mon who can be depended upon. or course ne
cannot tell much about the others 50 soon after
beginning but he feels certain OF beng able 10
supply the place OF one or two OF them VINO may
not do AS we'll as he expects from among me sub
stitutcs all 81 whom are WORKING hlrd an" uAtiS
10 provc themselves worthy OF better place imam
that OF understudy. ,,,-,..., .,.,,r totr
new training quarters. the first the college, has
,vcr had md the first college training quarters
and table for A Harlem crew. 1t IL the Macy COY,
tre on the new Columbia grounds. where me old
Hloouingdalc Asylum was that mas pren turncu
INFO a nursery OF muscle for these aspiring oars
men The freshman crew. with which particular
pains are being taken. is TO row against fiar'Aru
and Vale at New London, the last OF Juh',. 49,.
The following is the composition OF the TWO
crews .,,,ops
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