The herald., 1897-07-12

on either side of the Atlantic, where one
crew beat another whose eight oarsmen
were 112 pounds heavier.
Harvard used oars made from the
English pattern, English thole-pins,
English style of rigging and seats, and
the English stroke, having been coached
by a famous English amateur oarsman
who came to this country for the ex-
press purpose of teaching Harvard oars
men the English stroke.
| The Yale crew were coached by Mr..
| r. j. Cook, who went to England many
years ago, studied the English stroke
and returned to teach it to successive
crews of Yale university. 1t has been
stated that this Yale stroke had during
the past decade gradually strayed away
from its English model, but this year
| was marked by a return to the original
methods, and by making the Yale stroke
much more like the English stroke than
it had been for several previous seasons
The Cornell methods were distinctly
and exclusively American. They rowed
| an American paper boat, rugged
throughout in American style, rowed
American oars and were trained and
| coached by man who was at one time
| amateur champion of America, and who
taught his crew the same stroke which
made him champion years ago, and
which he has taught for many previous
| years to the oarsmen of Cornell.
Nm one boat race can decide the rela-
tive merits of the various strokes. be-
cause the individual abilities OF the
oarsrnen and the vicissitudes of their
training might make a crew victorious
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but Cornelrs victory in 1897 was so de-
cisive and so free from any circumstance
which might have influenced the result,
that it may be considered as showing
| that the American style of rigging a
boat and using it when rugged, hasnoth-
ing to fear from English methods.
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On all sides of us we find our sister
states alive to the proper protection of
their game, says Field Sports. Even
Arizona, with its vast amount of un-
occupied land, forming an almost limit
less region for breeding grounds, is TAX
ing hold of the subject of game protec-
ton with an earnestness which chal-
lenges admiration, and should put to
shame the members Of our last legisla-
! ture.
The new Arizona law stops the sale
of deer, antelope, mountain sheep and
wild turkeys at all seasons, prohibits
the shipment from the state of all kinds
| Of game, and stops the cold storage or
game except during the open season. A
new feature is the protection OF camels'
This sounds strange on the American
continent, but nevertheless there are
a good number of camels in the terri
tory They are the result of a govern
ment experiment in using the camel for
desert work in the transportation OF
supplies across the long stretches OF
barren and arid country, but which was
pronounced a failure, and the humped-
| backed companions of the Arab were
turned loose in 1862 to enjoy their free
dom. Since this time they have multi
piled and spread over a considerable
part of the territory, and the legislature
has decided to protect them.
| On June 26th Judge Sage Of the United
States court at Cleveland, O., upheld the
fishing law of that state, which had, been
recently declared by Judge Ong to be
unconstitutional, says the American
Field. The firm of Crangle & Co., mar
ket fishermen, owned fifty-four gill nets,
which Warden Buntain captured and
destroyed on July 21, 1895, using the tug
Harrow. The firm sued for $222-the
alleged value of the nets-and libeled
the tug. Judge Sage dismissed the libel,
declaring the libelants could not re-
cover damages. Judge Sage claimed that
the state jurisdiction extended to the
boundary line, and that line, so far as
it has any bearing on the case in hand,
sis along the middle of Lake Erie, which
is also the northern boundary line of
the state of Ohio.' He upheld the right
Of every state to protect the fisheries
within it's jurisdiction; and further
quoted a decision of the supreme court
of New York, to the effect that protec-
tive proceedings by wardens would be-
come ineffective If in case of each seiz-
ure the wardens were compelled to ap-
pear before a court to obtain con-
demnation of the property. He declared
that the state had police powers to seize
and destroy such illegal appliances, and
that the lawful exercise of such powers
was not depriving a citizen of his prop
erty without due process of law.
Says the Breeder and Sportsman: ben
Benjamin, the popular sporting writer,
for years identified with San Francis
cos big dailies, has gone to Anaconda,
Mont, as has Professor Louis D. New
| man, the well known mimeographer
reporter and ex-track official. Mr.. Ben
jamin will do the racing for Marcus
Daly's Standard while in Anaconda, and
beyond doubt will be a feature Of that
enterprising journal. The professor
will, we understand, be the official han
dicapper at the Anaconda and Butte
tracks, and as he is an old hand at the
racing game, ought to do we'll"
MIR. Benjamin started on his career
as a sporting writer in this city on the
old Tribune eleven years ago, and was
connected with that paper during its
entire existence. Mr.. Benjamin also
started daily afternoon paper, whiclt
ran for one consecutive issue-probably
the only one on record. He was we'll in
formed on general sporting TOPICS how
ever, and on his removal to San Fran
cisco made hit.
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1t is claimed that Ohio Chief Game
and Fish Warden Reutinger is about to
make arrangements to seine the Tus-
caraWas river and the neighborins