THE HARVARD AND YALE CREWS.

The New Haven correspondent of the N. Y. Herald has written an interesting letter to his paper on the prospects for the Yale-Harvard race next summer. He says: "While Yale and Harvard have trained differently, and have rowed a different stroke, both as regards style and rapidity, one thing seems to have been satisfactorily demonstrated, which is, that the most experienced crew is pretty sure to win." A tie is to be disposed of at the next race, continues the correspondent, for Yale defeated Harvard in '76, '80 and '81, and Harvard defeated Yale in '77, '78 and '79. In 1876 both crews were new to the eight-oared plan. In 1877, Yale had lost some of her best men. In 1878 and 1879 Yale men were comparatively novices. In 1880 Yale had gained experience, and last year her crew was practically that of 1880. This year neither crew can plead inexperience. "Yale retains of last season's crew Guernsey, Storrs, Folsom, Hull and F. W. Rogers, also Merritt and Parrott, who trained and acted as substitutes." It will be a race between veterans. A Yale man thinks that "The present material is first-rate; the training is quite satisfactory, though it has not been so strict as in some former years. It will be a hard crew to beat.' And the correspondent continues: "This last conclusion would occur to almost any one. All the men booked for places are 'beefy.' All the places are in reality assigned except the bow. This is the arrangement as it stands: Folsom, '83, stroke; Storrs, '82, No. 7; Parrott, '83, No. 6; Hall, (captain), '83, No. 5; Hyndman, '84, No. 4; F. W. Rogers, '83, No. 3; Guernsey, L. S., No. 2, and either Bourne, '83, or Flanders, '83, bow. . . . The present position of Yale's boating interests is satisfactory to the undergraduates and to the athletic graduate supervisory committee. The work is now all in the boat," and in regard to the standing disagreement as to the date of the race: "The Yale authorities think there was an agreement made with Harvard last year, which would cover this year satisfactorily, but last year's Harvard officers have left college, and the Yale men have had correspondence with them, which is withheld for the present."