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—With regard to the withdrawal of Amherst College 
from the Saratoga regatta, the Amherst Student of January 
81st says :-— 
“Tt is a great source of regret amongst us that we feel obliged to take 
the step we have taken. If the Convention had selected New London or 
any other respectable place we would most gladly have entered. Indeed, 
we may say that if the evil results which we anticipate at Saratoga do 
not follow, and it proves to be all that itis claimed to be, we shall be 
willing to row there, if ever another regatta should be held there. 
But until this has been demonstrated by actual experiment we prefer to 
stand aloof. 
“We still favor the.idea of ‘A New England Association,’ aud we firmly 
believe there is no safer way to preserve ‘The College Regatta’ from the 
corrupting and contaminating influences to which it is now recklessly ex- 
posod than to form an association of our own New England colleges, se- 
lect the best water in New England, and harmoniously and independent- 
ly enjoy amongst ourselves the pleasures and the sclumpha of the inter- 
collegiate contest.” 
At amass meeting of the Amherst Boating Association, 
to take into consideration the action of the Hartford dele- 
gates, it was argued that ‘‘we have nothing to fear from 
not being represented in the coming regatta, as the rivalry 
between the different classes was sufficient to keep boating 
alive and the men in good training.” The following reso- 
lutions were adopted without a dissenting voice :— 
Wuereas, By vote of the Rowing Association of Colleges Saratoga 
has secured the coming regatta; and 
Wuereas, In the popular judgment Saratoga and its amusements are 
controlled by professional gentlemen, whose superintendence and assist- 
ance would be deemed contaminating; and 
Wuereas, The College Regatta has owed its past popularity and use- 
fulness to its honest spirit of emulation and its independeuce of such 
outside manipulations as are supposed to reign supreme at Saratoga, 
Rerolved, That Amherst is opposed to a College Regatta at Saratoga as 
hostile to the welfare of the Rowing Association of colleges in general 
and Amherst in particular. 
Resolved, That Amherst will not row in Saratoga waters. 
Resolved, That the officers of this College Boat Club be directed to ar- 
range for a class regatta at Hatfield commencement week. 
After the business of the meeting was transacted, Dr. 
Edward Hitchcock said that he was glad that the students 
had taken this manly stand, and he was sure that they would 
meet with the full sympathy and support of the Alumni. 
ORANGE, N. J., January 26, 1874. 
Epiror Forest AND STREAM:— 
The decision of the college oarsmen to row in July next 
on Saratoga Lake, it seems to me, is likely to prove asource 
of regret to those who, like yourself, are anxious to pro- 
mote the best interests of athletic sports, and especially of 
rowing, among American gentlemen. I desire to call at- 
tention to some points wherein their action seems prema- 
ture, ill-advised, and likely to prove prejudicial. 
To begin with, the disregard of their own rules is omi- 
nous. According to the constitution, all applications for 
admission to the Rowing Association, all constitutional 
amendments, the question of when and where the regatta 
shall be rowed, could not be finally acted. upon until the 
annual convention on the 25th of next March. The inter- 
val from then till July would afford ample time for the 
most elaborate regatta arrangements. The precipitation in 
forcing a decision, the evident aversion of the Saratoga 
claimants to a deliber ate and full discussion by the college 
and public press of the different places proposed, and the 
report that, notwithstanding the association reiterated last 
week its vote of last spring, not to allow the employment 
of professional trainers, a crew weil to the front in the last 
race has already engaged a professional, all seem to indi- 
cate that the constitution is hardly worth the printing. 
The representations of the Saratogians are most attractive, 
their promises truly profuse, and their offers are generous 
and seemingingly disinterested. But even admitting their 
claim that the Saratoga course, per se, is the ‘‘best in the 
world,” it is by no means certain that it is the best place, in 
New York even, for the young men of our best and oldest 
colleges to row their friendly races on. The character, 
reputation, and associations of the place must be consid- 
ered. Saratoga bears the reputation, and thrives under it, 
of being the ‘‘summer capital of the fancy;” it is the 
stronghold of gamblers and betting men. The landlords 
and the real estate brokers, and therefore Morrisey, longed 
for the college regatta as a new sensation. They have got 
their desire. The Rowing Association is willing ‘“‘to defy 
public opinion,” if need be, to please itself and Saratoga. 
‘In order to satisfy public opinion,” if possible, it will ac- 
cept no prizes nor favors from Saratoga, and from such as 
may be included under the term “‘hospitalities.” The next 
regatta surely bids fair to be most brilliant. Doubtless it 
will be witnessed by a greater concourse of spectators than 
ever before. I believe that Saratoga is so far away from 
the principal colleges, and the expense of getting there and 
staying there so great, that very many collegians will be 
prevented from witnessing the races. But the gamblers 
and blacklegs will flock to the regattta. 
The boating element in our colleges can iil afford to 
please and conciliate sports and the riff raff, for by so doing 
it will inevitably alienate the better class of undergradu- 
ates and the alumni. The disapproval and hostility of the 
professors and the ‘‘governors” will follow. If the oars- 
men can command neither the sinews of war from their 
fathers and classmates, nor the moral support of their 
teachers and friends, they may as well give up the battle. 
In view of the fact that there is still a large and influential 
class in the community of those who are skeptical, to say 
the least, as to the benefits of boat racing; that there is a 
decided feeling against Saratoga as a gathering place for 
young men; that the Amherst College boat club has unani- 
mously voted not to send any crew to row at Saratoga, and 
that other clubs are greatly dissatisfied with the decision of 
the Convention, I can but feel that, with the Hudson and 
the Connecticut rivers at their disposal, the Association 
made a serious if not fatal mistake in voting to row on 
Saratoga Lake. H. 
CoLuMBIA CoLLEGE, January 26, 1874.4) 
Eprtor Forrest AND STREAM:— 
The Convention is a thing of the past. The next College Regatta is 
to be rowed at Saratoga Lake, on July 16th, and Amherst has with- 
drawn, while Harvard and Bowdoin are said to be contemplating the 
same step. But, if they are not willing to rowa fair race on an honest 
course, letthem go. There will be enough without them to make the 
regatta of 74 the greatest event in the history of American colleges. I 
wonder what objections these irritable gentlemen have to Saratoga. No 
one denies its advantages in the matters of a fair course, good accommo- 
dations, and comparative easimess of access. In every particular it is 
superior to Springfield, which, in the opinion of students, is merely a 
synonym for extortion and fraud. ‘But what of John Morrissy and 
Gin Mills?” says some pious deacon. I don’t intend to defend Morrissy 
but he will not hurt you if you leaye him alone. And concerning Gin 
Mills, allI care to say is, that the Saratoga bars will not sell more than 
was sold in Springfield, and it will be better liquor and cheaper at that. 
Last summer there was a bar not one hundred yards from the Massasoit 
House, that was crowded day and night,and sold its villamous mixtures 
without even a pretence of secrecy, and no attempt was made to 
close it. 
The action of the Convention in refusing the liberal offers of the Sar- 
atoga Club has effectually silenced the slanders that they 
were to be bought by generous offers of prizes and 
financial assistance; and to all such proposals we say 
that we go to Saratoga to row a race for the championship of 
American colleges, and care for no other prize if we cannot win that, 
and we intend to senda crew that will make the winners work if they 
come in ahead of us. B. F. Rees, stroke of our crew last year, is cap- 
tain and stroke this year, and we can find acrew that is worthy to row 
behind him, which is saying enough; so if yougo to Saratoga next July, 
as I have no doubt you will, look out for the ‘dashing white and blue” 
among the first. 
Our New England friends were on the right track when they proposed 
to make some limit to the membership of the association, but their pro- 
posal was slightly too selfish. What we need is to confine this contest 
to the real universities of the country, and not leave it open to every 
high school or mushroom college, and we must decide upon some stand- 
ard by which to measure each applicant. A great university cannot be 
created in amoment by any one man. The nearest approach to this is 
Cornell, but then Cornell is swé generis, and we are not likely to see an- 
other such for some time, and we may almost say that it requires at 
least a century to clothe a college with that garment of tradition and 
learning which is the great essential of a true university. But to de- 
scend from the abstract. We are having dull times at Columbia; foot- 
ball is over and forgotten till next fall again revives it, and boating will 
not engage much attention until spring brings softer breezes and milder 
weather. A. 
0 
—We are requested by the Saratoga Rowing Association 
to print the following card: 
SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION. 
It is necessary for the Saratoga Rowing Association to have the ad- 
dress of every amateur rowing club of good standing in the United 
States and Canada. The Association propose to issue soon its circulars 
concerning its annual regatta, which will be given some time in August. 
Therefore it is to be hoped that all rowing ciubs will send their address, 
giving name of President and Secretary, so that none may be ovyer- 
looked, nor fail to receive circulars. Address 
SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION, 
Saratoga Springs, New York. 
Atational Zlastimes. 
ta” Will our University correspondents kindly send us their most recent 
catalogues, 


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—There was a grand gathering of gentlemen athletes 
at Wood’s Gymnasium, Twenty-eighth street, on January 
31st to witness a wrestling, fencing, and sparring exhibi- 
tion. The gymnasium was crowded by the pupils of Pro- 
fessor Wood, and the members of the athletic clubs of 
New Jersey, Chicago, and Brooklyn, who believe in the 
exercising of the various muscles in order to bring them- 
selves into aa state of athletic perfection. The sparring 
match between Fred. J. Engelhardt, of the Turf, Fiela, and 
Farm, and J. E. Russell was particularly effective. Mr. 
Pennell’s display of what a gentleman may do with judi- 
cious exercise and careful training was astonishing. He 
lifted, in fifteen minutes, dumb bells from 45 to 180 
pounds, and finally succeeded in putting up 201 pounds. 
This was the most successful gathering of indoor sports 
that we have had this winter. 
—We are gratified to learn, from personal interview with 
leading members of the ‘‘Athletic Club” of Philadelphia, 
that this pioneer of professional Base Ball clubs in the 
United States, is moving earnestly in the cause of reform, 
and that it is its earnest purpose to squelch the spirit of 
gambling out of the fraternity and its pastimes, and to re- 
move any unpleasant taint that may attach itself to profes- 
sional cor.tests in the “field This ancient and honorable 
club have very select quarters in Philadelphia, and their 
rooms embrace an elegant parlor furnished with piano, 
paintings, &c., a billiard room and a chess room, showing 
that the members devote attention to the esthetic, as well 
as to physical culture in the professional arena. 
Prinotton, N. J., January 26, 1874. 
EpiTtorR Forgst AND STREAM:— 
I have noticed in various sporting papers articles written in direct 
antagonism to the recent organization of the National Amateur Associa- 
tion of Base Ball players, and urging the calling of a convention of col- 
lege organizations to frame a constitution and code of rules, which 
shall be binding upon all amateur organizations throughout the United 
States. 
The only argument which the author has endeavored to advance, and 
in our mind we are very much ayerse to giving it the dignified name of 
argument, is “‘that afull representation of all amateur clubs cannot be 
had, and therefore no set of amateur organizations ought to assume the 
responsibility of codifying rules binding upon all other clubs without 
this association.’’ If we do not organize a National Amateur Assoication, 
what are we going todo inthe matter? This writer says ‘“Why, calla 
convention of college clubs. wherein all may be represented, and where 
the best legislation may be secured.’ Now, the author of this lame sug- 
gestion is one who, from the experience which he has had in base ball 
matters certainly ought to know that in the first place no country would 
issue a callfor aconvention of that nature, and in the second that the 
amateur clubs throughout the United States would not subject them- 
selves to the legislation of sucha body. The point made that all amateur 
clubs cannot be represented in the present association, is equally un- 
sound, for no restrictions are placed upon membership, and any and 
every club so desirous has the right to send, and can send delegates who 
may represent their especial interests. 
Having shown wherein the author of the article zeferred to has most 
egregiously erred in regard to non-representation,and still further, where 

he has committed a double error of judgment in imagining that either 
any college would be so disposed to undertake his proposed measures, 
or that the amateur clubs would willingly submit to any such unauthor 
1zed convention to legislate for them. 
However, before long there willbe a conyention of college clubs 
called, when legislation will be entered upon, which shall be binding 
upon college organizations only, and that for purposes effecting ana- 
tional tournament of colleges to be held at. Saratoga this summer on the 
occasion of the annual college regatta. 
We think that the present Association of Base Ball players is on such 
a basis that articles of this nature have no deleterious effect upon it, but 
only go to prove that its opponents are actuated by anything but the best 
interests of amateur clubs. CHAMPION. 
CURLING. 
—The grand match, North vs, South, which took place 
at Central,Park the{day we went to press, viz., January 20, 
resulted in the success of the Southern players by a score 
of 416 to 317. Seventeen Rinks took part in the match, in- 
cluding members of the clubs of New York, Brooklyn, 
Paterson, Jersey City, Yonkers, &c. The Caledonian 
Club of this city bore off the honors and Mr. Templeton’s 
Rink lead the score, 

SOUTH. NORTH 
Rink. Skip. Shots.| Rink. Skip. Shots 
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2. Mf Baxterv ee. eae se oe Zalelee DOW DIC aeerieo ete ne meen 82 
Ba RUSREI on wa cee eee ee “20| Ac RODETEBON ee eae teen eaer ee 17 
4. P. Kirkwood HG, Butler anc cscec. eee ree 29 
5. James Nichols Ou McKenziety, 2h ive vevsodev eee 19 
CoD held... sme mee oe ceniie: As PHY DS « pslaioreaan aaa satsiets 16 
7. A. McKnight GUE razer ioc oot css eto Oars: 
8. James Peacock. Wil Brander). anaes Pees os 
Od eCllOCKS: Seat ae Bee nero =e John Thompson 
LO Fie Smiths en ee eves. a8 balk DD: HOWE id. ak denser eeeena nes 
11. G. Cleminson dames) Stewartiwena).ouecdest anon 
12s 1G Grieves sae iams oeetneshe Pi COUb srr saisare 
43. A. Dalrymple S. McIntyre....... 
14. G. Everett... James Dingwall 
15. D. Johnson Ki MCPHerso pc -nns. tere ee. 
16. J. Dunlop Je) Wit ENOSOPSON ye eee cee a cena 16 
AlN irvel 2 Voy sp capers eee os ewe A A Ri. PAle MeKinighttech sscctpestee nce 12 
Tovalias. sens ite at ee 416; Total sca te cee Sitar cee 317 

Mr. A. Hoagland presented the medal to Mr. J. L. Ham- 
ilton, who received it on the part of the Grand National 
Curling Club. 
—The grand match in playing ‘“‘points,” which took 
place at the Central Park Curling Lake, on Monday, Feb. 
2d., was participated in by the Caledonian, New York and 
Burns Clubs, of New York; the Thistle, of Brooklyn, and 
the Paterson Club, and the several prizes won were as fol- 
lows :— 
First prize, J. R. Smith, of Paterson Club, eight points. 
Second prize, James Anderson, of Burns Club, seven 
points. 
Third prize, 
points. 
Referee, D. Faulis, of Caledonian Club. 
—The Caledonian Club, of Brooklyn, played a match 
with the New York Club at Central Park on Feb. 2d., 
which they won by the score of 87 to 84. Two rinks on 
each side were played, Andrew Kellock’s rink of Brook- 
lyn, taking the lead. Mr. G. Everett acted as referee. 
—The Central Park Lakes were all crowded to excess 
with skaters of both sexes on Feb. 2d., but at night the 
heavy snow storm drove all off the Lakes. There was also 
grand skating at the Prospect Park and Capitoline Lakes, 
Brooklyn, on the same day, and at the latter resort on Feb- 
ruary 3d. 
G. T. Addison, of Caledonian Club, six 
BILLIARDS. 
—The two great French artistes, Garnier and Ubassy 
played a match game at billiards on January 80th, in Tam- 
many Hall, for $2,000, the champion cup, and the cham- 
pionsnip of the world at the three ball carom game. The 
number of points was 600. The table used was a5 by 10 
carom standard American, with Collender’s combination ~ 
cushion, Joe Dion acted as umpire for Ubassy, Mr. New- 
hall, of Boston, for Garnier; C. B. Hubbell, the ex-cham- 
pion of Connecticut, was selected as referee, and Mr. G. 
Stone marked the game. The playing on both sides was 
brilliant in the extreme, but as we have before remarked, 
Ubassy seems just alittle too sure of his shots, and the 
astonishment depicted on his countenance when he misses 
a shot is one of irritability and surprise. Both players 
have their admirers, and the applause at Garnier’s massés 
and Ubassy’s inimitable draw shots amounted to amaze- 
ment. There was certainly an ebullition of feeling on the 
part of the auditory which must have been very gratifying 
to the brilliant experts. It was quite noticeable that when 
the audience became tired of applauding, and in order to 
show their surprise at the marvellous play the audience, 
one and all, laughed outright. The following is the 
score :-— 
GARNIER—0, 19, 2, 1 
40, 33, 3, 4, 3, 0, 0, 4, 5, 14,1, 0 
One leline WigutOS scree des Ob Ormuli( a Osu Oy 
OR UI OS nore yey Ly Ody Le 1— 
Uxassy—2, 7 " 0, 2, 7, 0, 80,3 
2, LOO Oe: wild Ge 148, 2, 20, 24, 
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2° 3,10, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 4, 11, 0, 22, 12, 0, 9, 50, 
20, 35, 0, 4, 2, 18—459. 
Average of winner, 8 48-69. 
Time of game, three hours and twenty minutes. 
—Daly & Larry’s Spingler House Billiard Room has just 
bee improved by having its tables thoroughly repaired, 
new cloths, cushions, balls, cues, &c. Daly, in conjunc- 
tion with Dudley Kavanagh’ and K. E. Willmarth, will 
give exhibitions every Tuesday and Thursday evenings. 
—Cyrille Dion and Maurice Daly have made a match at 
French caroms, 600 points up for $2,000, to be played with- 
in thirty days in this city; the game will probably be played 
in public. 
—David Pulsifer, a Boston expert, who was on here to: 
witness the championship match, offered a purse of $250 as 
an inducement to Garnier and Ubassy to give an exhibition 
in that city. 
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