WIND, RAIN AND TIDE SLOW UP CREW IN THAMES TRIAL

Red Top, Conn., June 10--In the face of a driving rainstorm Saturday afternoon, Coach Brown's heavy Crimson crew started out from the New London Bridge with ten racing strokes on the first official time trial of the season over the four mile course.

With the tide against them and the water unfavorably rought, the oarsmen settled down after the opening burst of speed to a beat of 30 which was maintained up to the three mile mark. From this point on, Captain John Watts '28 lifted the stroke to 35, quickening it gradually to 38, and as the shell neared the finish to a fast sprinting 40.

The time for the full distance grind was given out as 23 minutes and 13 seconds. The second University eight did not participate in the trial but followed the Watts crew in one of the coaching launches. Several speed boats from the Yale 'training' camp also trailed the time row in an effort to gauge the average racing pace of the Harvard eight.

The same seating for both crews has been maintained throughout the week.

The morning workout on Saturday was very light with the two shells paddling downstream to the submarine base and back at a beat seldom exceeding 24. The Thames was quite rough, with a strong southeast wind whipping up white caps before the rain started.

Today the entire Harvard crew corps went aboard the yacht "Corsair" at the invitation of its owner Mr. J. P. Morgan '89, to be entertained with a cruise down Long Island Sound. The weather was bright and warm and in the forenoon, the "Corsair" anchored in a sheltered bay where the oarsmen took advantage of a quickly rigged diving boom and indulged in an hour of swimming and moderate exercise.

After luncheon aboard the yacht, the crew men were given their choice of sleeping during the return run or of studying in preparation for tomorrow's examinations. In the evening, the members of the first crew attended a dinner given by Mr. Robert Herrick '90 and General W. W. Skiddy for the combined Harvard and Yale oarsmen.