The annual class races will be rowed at 4 o'clock this afternoon on the Charles river course, weather permitting. Notwithstanding the fact that a greater amount of work and training has been done this year, especially by the three lower classes, still less than the usual amount of interest is manifested in the result. Perhaps this is due to the fact that everybody looks upon first place as practically settled.

The freshmen and sophomores have taken special preparation this year, both having been under the instruction of Col. Bancroft the entire spring, and the sophomores having been at a training table since early in the season. The juniors and the seniors have been to no extra expense in their training, but have contented themselves with hard, steady work.

As to the result of the race, there are of course many conjectures, and many of the twenty-four possible orders are named; but nearly all agree in placing '83 at the head of the list. For second place no such unanimity of opinion is manifested. The sophomores seem ready and anxious to back their crew as against either the freshmen or juniors, while the two latter classes are very wary and cautious in expressing opinion. The crews are evenly matched in weight, and all seem equally determined to make the race a close and exciting one. The following is the order of the men in the crews:

SENIORS (BLUE AND WHITE).

Age. Height. W't.

Bow, J. M. Burch 22 5.11 1/4 149

2, H. Binney 23 5.09 149

3, G. P. Keith 20 5.10 1/2 157

4, S. Coolidge 23 5.11 1/2 154

5, D. N. Baxter 22 6.01 1/2 178

6, C. J. Hubbard 25 6.01 1/4 170

7, E. T. Cabot 22 5.10 1/4 178

Stroke, C. P. Perin 21 5.08 3/4 158

Average 22 1/4 5.11 161 5/8

Coxswain, S. P. Sanger. 98

Cabot and Burch have rowed five races each; Keith and Perin three each; Hubbard two, and Binney, Coolidge and Baxter one each. Sanger was coxswain of the University in '80 and '82, and of his class crew last year.

JUNIORS (ORANGE AND BLACK).

Age. Height. W't.

Bow, G. R. Agassiz 20 5.08 142

2, L. V. LeMoyne 22 5.09 152

3, H. W. Bliss 21 5.10 161

4, R. F. Howe 19 5.11 3/4 174

5, L. W. Kendall 20 5.07 1/4 162

6, W. F. Wesselhoeft 21 5.10 3/4 173

7, S. I. Hutchinson 21 5.10 3/4 164

Stroke, W. H. Goodwin 21 5.10 155

Average 20 7/8 5.10 1/4 160 8/8

Coxswain, C. B. Davis. 105

Hutchinson has rowed three races; Goodwin, Wesselhoeft, Bliss and Le Moyne two each; Agassiz one. Howe and Kendall being new men. Davis has been coxswain in all the races.

SOPHOMORES (GREEN AND WHITE).

Age. Height. W't.

Bow, E. P. Mills 18 5.09 3/4 148

2, A. Z. Bowen 23 5.09 1/2 158

3, J. E. Thayer 21 5.07 157

4, E. Sutton 18 5.10 1/2 163

5, W. P. Homans 20 5.10 169

6, O. R. Hansen 20 5.11 157

7, J. J. Storrow 19 5.11 1/2 157

Stroke, A. Keith 18 5.10 163

Average 19 5/8 5.10 1/8 159

Coxswain, J. L. Whiteside. 93

Storrow and Keith have rowed two races each; Hansen one, while the rest are new men. Whiteside was coxswain last year.

FRESHMEN (RED AND WHITE).

Age. Height. W't

Bow, M. S. Latham 20 5.07 140

2, T. H. Cabot 19 5.07 163

3, R. B. Upham 19 5.08 1/2 136

4, R. E. Hartley 20 5.11 1/2 173

5, E. E. Hamlin 19 6.01 169

6, W. G. Borland 20 6.02 173

7, W. S. Barnes 18 6.00 175

Stroke, G. B. Harris 19 5.11 157

Average 19 1/4 5.10 3/4 160 3/4

Coxswain, C. F. Bigelow. 104