It would probably have amused an outsider if he could have known the great care taken to prevent those students from being harmed by illness or anything else. They were grown men and able to take care of themselves ordinarily, but from the time they went into training they were like so many children in charge of a nurse. They were informed as to just what they could eat and what they must let alone. Not one of them was permitted to smoke, and every one of them was required to do just so many hours of exercise of some kind every day. While they remained in New Haven it was no very difficult matter to see to it that every one of the contestants obeyed the regulations of the managing committee. In New York it was not quite so easy, for the members of the committee were a good deal occupied in discussing arrangements with the committees from other colleges who were quartered at different hotels. When it happened that all the committee had to be away from the Murray Hill at the same time, the oversight of the Yale crew was left to Browning, who was the most experienced athlete among them. There was not much for him to do, for each one of the contestants had a programme of exercise laid out for him. There was to be just so much walking, and at certain hours, and the rest of the time, except for meals, was to be put in in resting. It was understood that as often as possible the entire crowd should walk together, and this they did on the first evening after their arrival. They went up Fifth Avenue to Central Park, and walked rapidly for fully an hour among its winding paths; then they returned to their hotel, had baths, and went early to bed. During the next day, Tuesday, the contestants were left pretty much to themselves, as the members of the committee were away most of the time. After one of the meetings with the committees from other colleges, the Yale managers, finding that a number of things had to be done, divided up the work and separated. Three or four hours later Rowland and Frank met on the way to the hotel where their companions were staying. They reported to each other what they had done, and then fell as usual into discussing the prospects for victory. "I saw the Cornell tug of war team out for a run," said Rowland. "Ah! What do they look like?" Frank responded, without much show of interest. "Beef!" said Rowland. "Not dangerous, then, eh?" "Why, no, I presume not. They look as if they could carry you fellows around on one hand, but it seemed to me they were clumsy in their running." "I don't fear them," said Frank; "I'd heard from some other fellows that Cornell was counting on weight more than anything else, and as you know, I take more stock in head work." "There's this to think of, though," remarked Rowland, "if a beefy team gets the fall on you by the fraction of a second, you simply can't stand it. That's the time when dead weight will tell."