The recent item to the effect that Captain Perkins, of the University crew, was about to organize an auxiliary crew in order to accept the challenge of the University of Pennsylvania again brings up the subject of forming auxiliary teams. There can be no doubt that it would be greatly to the advantage of all the teams to have these auxiliary teams to pick from; and the advantage would be in several ways, it would be an inducement to more men to try for a place on the teams as they would have some hope of playing in matches with outside clubs and not, as is now the case, only against the 'Varsity, then it would give the captains a larger number of trained men to pick from. There are many other reasons which might be urged in favor of these auxiliary teams; it is a well-known fact that many good men do not come out at all as long as they see former members of the various teams trying for a place and so when a class, that has been prominent in athletics, goes out there are vacancies which cause much delay, owing to the inexperience of the men; this would be greatly lessened if the captains had the men of the auxiliary teams to pick from and then men would have had the valuable experience acquired in regular matches or races as the case may be, and this experience is too valuable a point to be overlooked in making up the teams.