THE first race for four oars, distance two miles, was called at a little after half past four.

Holworthy and Weld were the favorites, and appeared very well on their trial spins before the race.

The start was pretty fair, and none tried too hard for the lead. Matthews rolled badly, and showed neither uniformity nor individual good rowing. None of the crews "sat" their boat well, but there was some very clean and precise rowing, for second crews, in the other three boats. The steering of the Holworthy and Weld coxswains was remarkably good, up the course especially, both crews leaving a perfectly straight path behind them, while the wakes of Matthews, and more particularly of Holyoke, showed by their many crooks the excitement and want of practice of the hands that held the tiller-ropes.

The race was well contested between the two first crews; Holworthy pluckily pressing Weld till the very finish, and crossing the line two lengths behind, while she was followed by Holyoke seven and one-half lengths astern, and Matthews, loath to leave the field, gallantly closed up the rear, forty-five seconds behind Holyoke.

Names and time of crews as follows:-

WELD. HOLWORTHY.

F. T. Brown, '77 (st.). W. G. McMillan, L. S. (st.).

F. A. Bates, '77 (2). H. H. Brown, '76 (2).

L. N. Littauer, '78 (3). H. Upham, '77 (3).

P. W. Page, '77 (bow). J. T. Linzee, '77 (bow).

G. B. Ogden, '77 (cox.). Paul Butler, '75 (cox.).

Time, 15 m. 59 1/2 sec. Time, 16 m. 8 3/4 sec.

MATTHEWS. HOLYOKE.

E. Roberts, L. S. (st.). E. P. Harrison, '76 (st.).