The Yale crew which is to race in the Henley regatta sailed from New York on Saturday. Besides the coaches, Bob Cook and ex-Captain Armstrong, the following men were taken, Captain Treadway, Langford, Simpson, McLongacre, Bailey, Rodgers, Beard and Brown, and substitutes Wheelwright, Whitney, Mills and Clarke. The crew expects to row from 38 to 40 strokes per minute at Henley. They will try to get the lead at the start and hold it. The eighteen days which they will have in England before the race will be devoted to mastering the Henley course and its turns. All the men are in excellent condition and they received enthusiastic send-off at New Haven and New York.
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