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Watkins Glen. - This so-called "Grand Amateur Regatta" is now a matter of history, and the usual amount of fault-finding is going on over its body. As a test regatta it was undoubtedly rather a failure, although the crew that had been the favorite before the race won in each race; the failure consisting in the fact that not one of the crews which competed is now qualified to row as an amateur in England; indeed, Lee, the single-scull winner, has been under suspicion for some time in this country. The "Sewing-Machines," as they are called, proved...
...Athletes. - We see by yesterday's New York World that an athletic meeting is to be held at Mott Haven for school-boys only. Each boy entering must show a certificate of good standing signed by the master of his school. This scheme, properly carried out, should be a grand success, and will prove to be a long step in the right direction. If such schools as Exeter, St. Paul's, etc., would make more of a feature of athletic outdoor sports, - make it a part of the course, in fact, - and provide proper instructors in running, walking...
...RUMOR is current that the "pocket athletes" - more generally known as Lawn-Tennis players - are to open a grand College Tournament. The event will doubtless make a great racket...
...that there is no purpose or wish on the part of the college to change their seal. The most that can be fairly said is that the college has not hitherto been called upon to discuss the subject. That the restoration of the original seal, in its grand simplicity, would be favorably entertained by a considerable portion of the college we have reason to know...
...would send fours to compete in the other race. Since the disbanding of the Association of American Colleges the smaller institutions have been left out in the cold, and although, doubtless, ready and willing to row, they have found no suitable races in which to enter. Here is a grand chance for reviving college rivalry and rousing the boating interest, which is fast becoming dormant...