Yale-Harvard vs. Oxford.

G. H. Hosmer, the professional sculler in commenting on the probable result of a race between the Oxford crew and the winner of the Yale-Harvard race, gives a very interesting review of the English method of rowing compared with that adopted in America. In speaking of the training of men and the style of rigging followed out in each country he says:

"Their system of training is much the same as that in vogue at Harvard and Yale, only that the English oarsmen take considerably more road work which may be accounted for by the fact that they also take a much larger quantity of ale, which necessitates additional work. I have paid much attention to the coaching system in practice at New Haven, and I fail to see any system better than that employed at Yale. While Mr. Cook makes no claim to originality he has nevertheless improved on the English stroke, which he introduced in this country several years ago. To my mind the Yale oarsmen pay a trifle more attention to form than is observed at Oxford, and I see a marked improvement in the recovery, something very essential in crew rowing.

"I have seen nothing on the other side of the water that would lead me to believe that our boats are in any way inferior to those on the Thames. The rigging of eight-oared boats in both countries is radically different, but there is not the slightest doubt in my mind but we are many years ahead of the Brittishers in this respect. To begin with, the Oxford and Cambridge crews do not row with their seats over the keels as our crews do but the men are seated much the same as in Boston working boats, the starboard and port oarsmen sitting apart, outward and much nearer the gunwales."