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...Cornell University crew consists of Ostrom, '76, captain and stroke; Lewis, '76, 2; Jarvis, '76, 3; either King, '77, or Smith, '78, 4; Pourto, '77, 5; Waterman, '77, bow. The crew has gone into quarters and is hard at work. Four of the men were on the winning crew of last year...
...subscription-list of the University crew shows, up to the 4th May, the following results...
...What the crew of this year needs particularly is endurance. If they are to hope for success, they must be as ready for a spurt on the last quarter of the fourth mile as on the first quarter of the first mile. It may be of some advantage to review the manner in which our crews for the last three years have rowed their races, especially the last part of them...
...after admirable rowing and steering, the crew made a beautiful spurt and saw all their competitors behind them as they ended the race. The next year happened the unfortunate collision with Yale, almost at the beginning of the race. When our crew was away again, they began a spurt which lasted to the end, though on the last eighth of a mile they were much used up and allowed another boat to pass them. It was well done and deserves praise, though, if they had been trained as the crew of this year has been, and will continue...
...whatever may be the result of the race with Yale and the regatta at Saratoga, it is not too much to say that we shall send out a crew better trained in every respect than any that has been seen here since we began to row. Whether they win either of the races they take part in, we must be ready to learn from their experience and to apply, in future years, the lesson thus learned...