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SEVERAL articles in the recent issues of the Yale papers have argued very ably for some radical changes in the management and arrangements of the eight-oar races between Yale and Harvard. A review of the advised changes is given elsewhere, and states the main points succinctly; and boating-men will feel much interest in the theory, which is that of a graduate of some years' standing, who has studied carefully the English system in comparison with our own, and decides in favor of "turn-about races...
...cannot be made. For instance, Harvard and Yale wished to pull with coxswains, but Dartmouth and Cornell are too poor, their delegates say, to make the change; so Harvard and Yale must yield to the necessities of the others. Harvard and Yale, again, wish to row with coxswains in eight-oar boats; but so far is such a proposal from being acceptable, that some delegates came to the late convention wishing even for four-oars. Yet, since Harvard began the Association, she must now forego her wishes; and although of enormous resources compared with some of her fellow colleges...
FROM the Captain of the University Crew we have received the following information concerning the relative merits of eight-oared boats and six-oared. He considers the former better for the following reasons: The greater weight of the eight-oar makes the stroke longer, and although as much force may be expended in taking the stroke as in the six-oar, yet the quick motion of the body is avoided; and since this start "pumps" a man and drives the blood from the heart, it is an advantage not to be estimated too highly. Again...