"THE '84 STROKE."

The Advertiser of Wednesday morning had a short editorial, written no doubt by a gentleman formerly a boating man and qualified to express an opinion, which is much the same in tone as the prevailing opinion here. It says :

"The quick stroke won yesterday in the Harvard class race. It is, however, by no means sure that the usual slower stroke, as pulled by the university crew, would not-if thoroughly mastered-have carried the seniors to a still more creditable victory. It will be a mistake in Cambridge boating if the university crew is deprived of the ability to fill sudden vacancies in its boat by drawing men from the class eight, simply because class captains prefer to try a fancy stroke for a two-mile race."