The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04
Yale, Harvard,
Cornell.
TRAINING
CREWS FOR THE
BIG RACE.

the fare Of the students varied from abun-
dance to scarcity, according as the donations
were in the form OF "meatte, porke pullettes,
cows, 4 quarters, hide, his suett and in
wards" or perversely insisted on being chairs
or tomahawks. The boys of 1850 had for
fare two sizes Of bread in the morning, one
pound OF meat at dinner, with sufficient
sause, and half pint of beer, and at night
a part pie and also half-pint Of beer
The next generation came in dry season
and did not fare so well, for breakfast con-
sisted solely Of coffee hot rolls and butter,
except when the members Of a mess had suo-
ceeded in pinning to the neither surface Of
the table by a two-pronged fork some slices
OF meat from the previous days dinner. Tea
and cold bread formed the evening MEAL and
there were Welsh rarebits and Pillsners
after the theater in those days.
The storage needs of the modern Harvard
athlete would have ruined the quaint old col
lege steward. But, withal, the little Puritan
students, with their black stockings, bloom
ers and solemn visages, were good men and
true with the tankard.
When their descendants Of 1897 sat down at
their training table a couple OF weeks ago.
instead of first being inflicted by an agoniz-
ingly long grace from some grimfaced old
Puritan, each one began proceedings by ap-
propriating to himself a half-dozen oranges
and almost as many eggs. The latter he
broke raw into a glass and then squeezed
into 1t the juice Of the oranges. Then he
drained the glass dexteriously. This was
merely to sharpen his appetite.
Next in order came plates of oatmeal with
plenty Of cream and milk for a chaser. Fol-
lowing the oatmeal are thick, juicy slices Of
tenderloin. Having CALAMITY slowed away a
pound of this our young Hercules is ready for
light dessert such as Indian pudding, bread
pudding, and occasionally ice cream.
The purveyor finds that each man in the
crew will average two pounds of beef and
ten pounds of oatmeal. three gallons Of milk,
half gallon of cream, a dozen lOaves of
bread and other items Of aggregate daily con-
sumption. When the crew gets to Pough-
keepste more eggs will be used. as each man
then will consume twenty eggs per day.
Meat is served three times a day, lamb and
mutton chops supplanting beef at the noon
meal. Oatmeal is served at breakfast and
luncheon. but, not at supper, which is the
heartiest meal of the day, and Is always
ready for the men when they get in from
their long afternoon spin. The vegetables
served are potatoes, white and sweet; spin
ach and sweet corn. The bread is usually
and water are the drinkables coffee and tea
never being used.
Other articles which are eschewed from the
diet Of the crew preserves, except Eng
lish marmalade; also bananas all products
Of the frying pan and pastry. For the pie,
the king Of New England dainties, the crew
while in training has no use, unless It be
when in need of durable quoits in their light
games at breezy Crumb Elbow on the Hud-
son. However lofty the place occupied In
American life and letters by this succulent
dainty-and history records that New Eng
land hterateurs and Harvard sages gloried in
pie three times a day-it is certain that de-
spondent minces and leaky prunes find no
warm niche at the Harvard training table.
Custard pie, whose component parts are
| presumably from milk Is tolerated occa-
| sionally. Ice cream also is partaken of only
sparingly. Not more than once during the
week does 1t ice the heated palates Of the
| oarsmen.
Milk is used in large quantities, as shown
| above. With chocolate 1t forms the chief
drink. Water is always placed on the table
| but the men are urged to drink as little of 1t
| as possible. All kinds Of fruit are eaten ex-
| cept bananas, and these never. Oranges
with the beef and eggs, form one of the feat
! ures Of the fare.
| No liquors are allowed, except an occa-
sional bottle Of ale at supper. The doctor In
charge allows ale only when his men CON-
! plain Of not being able to sleep or show In
their faces that they are being overturned.
When the crew gets to Poughkeepsie, about
June 8, claret will probably be served at
meals during the three days preceding the
race. Liquid bread or Liquid food is used
! In large quantities
The cost Of bread at the training table Is
| 50 week, and even at this price little or
| nothing is made by the caterers, because the
| consuming powers Of the men usually sur
| pass the most optimistic calculations. After
| the crew gets to its quarters on the Hudson
| the cost per man is raised to S14. This is
! because of the great increase of cost caused
| by the transportation expenses of the sup
I plies from Cambridge All the raw ma
terial, even to oatmeal, also the spring
water, has to be shipped from Cambridge. The
cooks also remain the same.
1t is only in this way that the crew is sure
Of the same diet after leaving Cambridge