Outing . were overtrainedand four undertrained. The crew was coached by turns forshort intervals of time by Mr. Cook, and Captain Flanders. The stroke rowed by the Harvard 85crew, which is at present the stroke be-lieved in by Harvard oarsmen, was de-vised by Mr. J. J. Storrow, 85, assistedby Faulkner, the professional. Mr. Stor-row said that his stroke was a combina-tion of the best points of Meany, Ban-croft, Perkins and Curtis, but it is prob-able that the better part of it came fromFaulkner, who is a man of long experi-ence and good rowing knowledge of theprofessional sort. Its cha
Outing . were overtrainedand four undertrained. The crew was coached by turns forshort intervals of time by Mr. Cook, and Captain Flanders. The stroke rowed by the Harvard 85crew, which is at present the stroke be-lieved in by Harvard oarsmen, was de-vised by Mr. J. J. Storrow, 85, assistedby Faulkner, the professional. Mr. Stor-row said that his stroke was a combina-tion of the best points of Meany, Ban-croft, Perkins and Curtis, but it is prob-able that the better part of it came fromFaulkner, who is a man of long experi-ence and good rowing knowledge of theprofessional sort. Its characteristics werethe slow, controlled slide at the catch andfinish, the stronger pull in the middle ofthe stroke and the general blending to-gether of all the details of the stroke, theelements not being accented as in theCook stroke. It was a beautiful and easy stroke tolook at and a fast stroke, but in the opin-ion of Yale oarsmen would stand littlechance against a crew that had masteredthe Cook THE NATIONAL GUARD. In this number Outing takes a new departurein its publication of Lieut. W. R. Hamiltonsarticle on the National Guard. The paper—which is the first of two—is a critical view of abody of men who occupy a most importantplace in the community. While the standingarmies of Europe are a great tax on the na-tions, America is content to rest on her citizensoldiers. The attraction possessed by the Na-tional Guard for young men—apart from themilitary and club features of armory life—lieslargely in the opportunity afforded for regularexercise, and the subject is thus an appro-priate one for this magazine. But the charac-ter of the paper and the moderation combinedwith knowledge shown in the treatment of thetopic make it one of the most important pub-lished for a long time, and one which willcreate a profound sensation. THE ATHLETIC SEASON OF 1889 : ARETROSPECT. The season of 1889 has practically closed—that is, so far as track athletics are be s
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