ON the 9th of October Mr. William Blakie wrote a letter to the New York Tribune reviewing the crews of the late regatta and examining their future prospects. Under the impression that we have three men of the last crew who will pull next summer, he says that "instead of again putting off most of the coaching also till the winter is over, it ought to be done now. With three new men as strong and enduring as the present three, with adequate coaching, and two or three more strokes to the minute, with more throwing the head on, and omitting none of this year's swing and dash, and in a paper boat if it is really faster than a wooden one, there is no reason why Harvard, if she will let no rival outwork her this winter, should not again be in the first three, and this time at the end of the three which she longs for."

He says, moreover, that "the famous university crews of Europe have accepted an invitation to cross the ocean," and he paints in a graphic manner the glory and honor which we shall reap by winning the regular university race, and then the race with "the famous university crews of Europe." We agree with him that it would be a neat thing to do, and we recommend it to the consideration of our crew. But unfortunately this castle in the air is severely shaken by the removal of the foundation stone in the shape of the three men from last year's crew, whom he supposes us to have. That by hard work we can enter a crew which will do us credit we do not doubt, but it is our firm conviction that without more enthusiasm and without the services of our best men, we stand little chance of winning back what the newspapers are pleased to call "our lost prestige."