As the time approaches when the candidates for the 'Varsity crew will give up gymnasium work and take outdoor exercise, the interest in their movements increases. It is hoped that in less than a month the weather will permit the use of a barge on the river, but at present the harbor is covered with ice. The number of candidates has been reduced to fourteen, but out of this number Yale expects to select a crew that will defeat Harvard in June. Of the men now in training, Stevenson, Wilcox, Carter and Woodruff rowed last season; Cross and Hurd were substitutes. The remaining candidates-Wells, Corbin, James, G. Burroughs, H. Burroughs, Hartwell, Newell and Brewster-have rowed in their class boats and have had considerable experience.

Cald well, for the past two years the stroke of the crew, has flatly refused to handle an oar this year; but the chances of his rowing are thought by those who ought to know to be more than even. The great stroke made the same statement last year, but changed his mind at the last moment, and though he had comparatively little training in comparison with the rest of the men, he showed no lack of form in the race and pulled a beautiful stroke. If he persists in his refusal to row, Cross, '88, will probably stroke the crew. Cross is a veteran oarsman and has a remarkably good style. Although rather light, he has good powers of endurance, as was shown in the late foot-ball contest between Yale and Harvard.

Cowles, the captain of the '86 crew, is pursuing a post-graduate course, but his studies occupy so much of his time that he has given up rowing.

Gill, who pulled No. 2 in the boat last season, has not commenced training, and says positively that he will not row this year. At present he is coaching the freshmen crew, the members of which take daily exercise on the rowing weights. At present no freshmen are trying for seats in the 'Varsity shell. The men run two miles every day and row from 30 to 40 minutes in the tank. Captain Stevenson thinks that the men are getting along well and that there is material enough for a fine crew. On March 1st the men will go to the training table.