(From our special correspondent.)

NEW LONDON, June 22.About half a mile beyond the Harvard quarters on the same side of the river, one can see the blue and white flag of the Columbia men rising over the trees. The Columbia crews, 'varsity and freshman, have been down here for ten days, and are working hard to wipe out their old defeats. They take two pulls every day, as our crews always have done, and are generally accompanied by the Carrie Goodwin, their launch. Last night, however, instead of going out in the afternoon, they waited until almost seven o'clock before they went out, and returned as late as nine o'clock. This was done probably to prevent the Harvard 'varsity from watching them, as it certainly could not be a good thing for the men to row at such a late hour as a rule. They have changed their old stroke of last year considerably, and seem to be copying Harvard as closely as possible. Though they are by no means rowing perfectly, yet one can easily see that they are a decidedly better crew than '85, and will give Harvard a much closer rub than they did a year ago.

The university crew is now rowing as follows:

Position. Name. Weight.

Stroke. Bennoni Lockwood, '87, 158

7. C. E. Beckwith, '88, 167

6. Sidney Harris, '87, 172

5. C. M. Donnelly, '89, 175

4. W. A. Meikleham, '85, 168

3. C. A. Steven, '87, 161

2. R. C. Applegate, '89, 167

Bow. Guy Richards, '87, 152

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Average, 165

Cox. R. L. Morrill, '88, 104