In Single Scull.

The tricks of watermanship, or of rowing the boat "on an even keel" as it is called, that is, without its inclining either to port or starboard, can most of them be learned only by experience. It is a general rule, when the boat inclines to port during the feather, for the starboard men to lower their hands and for the port men to raise theirs, and vice versa. If the boat rolls to port during the stroke, the port men must pry her over, done by lifting, as it were, their oar-handles, and vice versa. Every muscle should, of course, be trained to be under absolute control, so as to adjust itself to the various conditions of wind, wave, and current as they appear, to anticipate, and, by the necessary motions, to counteract their effect upon the "trim" of the boat. Power must be applied vigorously at one instant; at the next, it must be taken off so as to maintain the "beat" or rhythm of the stroke.

A Turn to Starboard.

It is best to teach a novice the motions of the trunk, legs, and arms upon a rowing-machine. The muscles are then accustomed to many of the requirements of the stroke, so that when, later, the beginner is seated in a boat, there is not so much to be learned at once. Before he is allowed to row with a crew, he should be taught first, in a pair-oared boat of sufficient steadiness not to roll, the proper method of handling an oar. From the pair-oar, the members of the crew should next be seated in a steady barge, and there be taught to row "together." Lastly, the shell should be entered. In the meantime, the way to lift boats, to carry them, to put them into the water and to take them out should be taught; also the way to get in and to get out of a boat; the way to turn a boat without straining it, as well as how to "hold" it and to "back" it. A shell must be used with the greatest of care, in order that its lines may be kept.

In placing the crew in a boat, care should be taken to select for the stroke oarsman a man of quick motions, clear head, and self-possession, plucky, and of endurance. He should be able to set a long stroke, the pace of which he can regulate without throwing the crew out of time, and he should have power enough to "drive" the rest of the crew in a spurt. The next man behind the stroke oarsman should be a stronger man than he, and one who rows a stroke quite as long, and who can keep in perfect time with him. The weight of the crew should be so arranged that the boat will never "trim down by the head," that is, sink lower in the bow than in the stern; and, as nearly as possible, the strength of the men on one side should equal the strength of those on the other.

There are two objects in training a crew,

One to enable it to acquire an effective stroke, the other to enable its members to be in the very best physical condition at the hour of the race. The first consideration should always yield to the second.

One enable it to acquire an effective stroke the other to enable its members to be in the very best physical condition at the hour of the race The first considertion should always yeild of the second

A Practice Row.

(By permission of Pack Bros, New York, Cambridge, and New Haven.)

BY WILLIAM A. BANCROFT, Captain of the Harvard Crews of 1876 to 1879.