Copenhagen and its Free Port. Wi illustrations and maps. 8vo., 68 penhagen: Printed by Martius Truelsen. 1896, Japanese Self-Taught.° By the Author of Kelly d: Walsh's Handbook of the Japanese Lanquage. 8vo., 223 pp. Kelly & Walsh, La.: Yokohama,' Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore.
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7—A. E. Coope Cox—W. D. Little Phe Mih-ho-loong are the heavier crew and ought not to be far from the Club at the finish. They have certainly done far more work than their opponents and their boat travels fast, but not prettily, which we believe has always been their fault. The Club have plenty of time to improve on their present form and we expect to see them doing the course every evening this j week; there's a lack of jump in.the bent at the beginning of the stroke but the finish is good.
How the coxes manage to manceuvre the eights in and out of the Creek without smashing them to pieces is always. a mystery to us. We have quite an exciting five minutes every evening watching the two eights shooting the bridge. Up to the present nothing of importance has happened, but Box always insists upon my going with him as he says he is sure we shall see some fun one of these da; On Saturday the Club were out first, E. Shadgett taking No. 7's place, and paddled up to the Red Ferry against a strong ebb; they then turned and had a strong pull down, not quite over the mile Course. Reis set " good long stroke and the boat travelled well but the beginning is not sufficiently marked all through the boat.
The M. H. L's passed out of the Creek soon after the Club, followed up river and (died to about half a mile above the Red erty; two good starts were given on the way down before going over the Course. With the tide with them Pearce set a stroke of about 38 for the first minute and then slowed down to 34, quickening up again on nearing the finish to 36. They all seemed to have rowed themselves out and there was a good jump at the beginning of the stroke but the danish is. bad; water was flying everywhere. No. 2 is inclined to
The stroke throughout the boat should be take things ensy and No. 6 is too deep. Kept longer, you are all in too much of a hurry to get your oars out of the water. On Monday night'both crews went down river and some short sharp spins were given, the water was very lumpy and neither crew was seen to advantage.
The: Regatta, we hear, will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday next; let us hope it won't be so hot as Last Saturday,—
The Eights will be the first race, followed Tur Juxion Fours.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.