New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-08
CREWS READY FOR RACE
LAST WORK OF EIGHTS.
Monster CrOzcd WI See HarTard-
Cambridge Aquatic Battle.

London, Sept. s.-Harvard and Cambridge
will meet to-day on the Thames River in
what is probably the most interesting eight
cared interuniverSity shell race ever rowed- AT
the last minute the betting seems 10 he a trife
in favor ot Cambridge, but there is nothing but
the absence Of Harvard money that justifes this
There is Il great pre- ponderance Of English BET
tors. and this alone accounts for the fact that.
while the majority of English experts regard
Harvard the better crow those desirous of
risking their money on the Light Blue have had
10 offer OdCs. Most Of the bets made by Har-
ward men have been at even money
Light work was done to-day by both crews
simply 70 timber up their muscles. Tho rnan are
I'll Tor the struggle. and there seems 20 he little
fear thot either crew is overtrained or stale.
IN fact. Vivian Nckalls the English critic,
maintains that the Cambridge men have taken
things too easily
Wray, the Harvard coach, IS satisfied with the
condition of his crew. He says the men will do
their best. and that il will be a good race no
matter who wins Americans who saw him be-
fore the race with Yale say. however that he
shows much moro confidence to-day than on the
eve Of the struggle that made The meeting Of to-
morrow possible FIney. the pIucky Harvard
captain is cheerful and confident and feels sure
that his men win give a good account of them
selves
II. NJ Goldsmith. who rows No 3 in the Cam
bridge shell and is president of the Cambridge
Powing Club said to-day that the Harvard
crew seemed 20 him n much better one than the
oxford eight that Cambridge beat last April.
hut nevertheless expects hts crew 20 win by a
small margin after grucling race
The times of the trials made in practice by
the crews are distinctly favorable 10 the proc
poets of victory for Harvard. The crew has
rowcd two full trials. ore in ~ minutes -
seconds and the other in II minutes - seconds.
between which was sandwiched a trial by Cam
bridge in ~ minutes seconds. The form os
the Harvard men is different from that Of Cam
bridge. but there is more power in the stroke.
according TO the English critics. and they favor
the Crimson's chances for that reason.
The race will probably be rowed at o'clock
in the afternoon. when the tide viii Ne az its
height. only seven launches viii be allowed 20
follow the race in addition the boat % the ref
cree. one launch will be assigned To the friends
os the two crews and on this Whteaw Reid the
American Ambassador. and Mrs Reid will fol-
low the race An hour before the race the
river will be cleared under the direction os the
Thames Conservancy. No boats win be allowed
to move once they have taken the stations
| assigned TO them.
The American crew plans 10 sail for home on
September ~ on Monday the members OF the
crew viii visit Ambassador Reid and Mrs Reid
at their country home
Both crews finished their practice this al
| ternOon in the presence Of thousands Of rowing
| enthusiasts gathered on the banks ~ the river.
The Cambridge men out first and did a
two minutes at the rate of thirty-eight
Harvard later had spin Of a minute and
! half They started at the high rate Of forty
strokes to the minute but soon slackened their
stroke For a full minute they rowed al the
rate Of thirty-six strokes.
Each side apparently is quietly confident but
among outsiders and riverside oarsmen there Is
an entire absence Of that self-cOnhdence regard
ing the result which Is almost always present
l.fuu week before the annual Oxford Cambridge
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