Among the men interested in boating, there has been this year but little inclination to confidently name the winner in the class races. Since Col. Bancroft has ceased coaching the various crews, there has been, it would seem, an element of uncertainty in regard to the final result of the year's work. The upper-classmen who have carefully watched the progress made by the men in training, declare the chances of success are remarkably even, with the odds, perhaps, slightly in favor of eighty-five. The freshman crew, inexperienced as it is, must not be disregarded in naming the boats likely to take second or third place. Eighty-seven was not considered very liable to come in much better than fourth last year, yet the sophomores found to their cost that the capabilities of this crew were greatly underrated. At all events we may congratulate ourselves upon the prospect of witnessing a race that is a race, today, if the weather favors us, for, barring accidents, the proficiency of all the crews is such as to render anything like a "procession" well nigh an impossibility.