ENCOURAGING CREW PRACTICE

Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 12, 1908.--The main feature of the practice of the crews today was the race of a mile between the University and Freshman eights this afternoon over the last mile of the course. The two crews started even, and the University crew led by about three lengths of open water at the finish. Both boats went at a fairly high stroke all the way, the University eight raising it to 38 to the minute on the last few hundred yards. The University crew took the lead at the start and gradually increased it till the end. Both crews rowed well, but some faults were made evident by the work, and the rest of the afternoon was spent in trying to eradicate them. The time announced for the University boat was 5 minutes and 35 seconds.

The rest of the work today was fairly light for all the crews. In the morning, the boats averaged about four miles each, and the two eights each tried some racing starts. This afternoon the University eight rowed two miles in addition to the mile race.

Walter Alexander '87, captain and stroke of the 1887 University crew, watched the practice of the men from launch this afternoon. Assistant Manager G. P. Denny '09 returned from Cambridge this afternoon, and Dr. W. E. Ladd '02, who is in charge of the physical condition of the crews, went to Boston. He will probably return tomorrow.