LAST Saturday's races were a great success, so far, at least, as concerns the interest taken in them. The new system that has been adopted - of closing the entry-book the night before - has given much satisfaction to all the boating men; it avoids endless confusion on the morning of the races, and affords the captains of the different crews time to draw the lots properly. Rather contrary to expectation, the entry-book was well filled on Friday evening, there being thirty-four names entered for the six-oars and thirty-two for the four-oars. There was the usual tardiness in getting started, and it was almost twelve o'clock before the first race took place.

This was the pair-oar race, filled by Messrs. Jacobs and LeMoyne pulling against Smith and Schwarz, the former being allowed 10 seconds because of the disparity between the boats. When they passed the boat-house, on the way up to the turning-stake, Smith and Schwarz were about half a length ahead, which distance they steadily increased. The time made was, Smith and Schwarz, 5 minutes 50 seconds; Jacobs and LeMoyne, 6 minutes 5 seconds, the former thus winning the race by 5 seconds.

The next race was the four-oars, the boats and men taking the following positions: Holworthy, Harriman (stroke), Bull (3), A. Hooper (2), Woodward (bow); Weld, Littauer (stroke), Simmons (3), W. Trimble (2), F. M. Ware (bow); Holyoke, LeMoyne (stroke), Danforth (3), Brewster (2), Stiles (bow); Matthews, Jacobs (stroke), Smith (3), Parker (2), Shillito (bow).

The race between the Holworthy boat and the Matthews boat was very close, but resulted in a victory for the Holworthy crew. The time made was, Holworthy, 5 minutes 11 1/2 seconds; Matthews, 5 minutes 12 seconds; Weld, 5 minutes 23 seconds; Holyoke, 5 minutes 25 seconds.

The canoe race that followed was the most amusing feature of the day, and drew forth from the spectators frequent shouts of good-natured derision. The entries were: Jacobs and Cutler against P. Tuckerman and Ellis, the latter being allowed 5 seconds. Messrs. Tuckermann and Ellis showed some slight want of practice, especially in steering their canoe; but they worked hard, and managed to come in 10 seconds behind their opponents, thus losing the race by 5 seconds.

There were only two entries for the single-scull race, Messrs. Danforth and Goddard. Some other gentlemen wished to enter on Saturday morning, but were debarred by the books being closed the previous evening. There was a good deal of excitement when the two contestants passed the boat-house, on the way up; both were pulling hard and they were rowing pretty evenly, but Goddard soon got ahead, and on turning the stake-boat it was evident the race was his. Mr. Danforth did not pull over the course, leaving the race to Mr. Goddard, who rowed it in 6 minutes 11 1/2 seconds.

The last event was the six-oar race, in which Holyoke drew first position, Holworthy second, Matthews third, and Weld fourth. The Holyoke boat was made up of, Jones (bow), Stiles (2), Hastings (3), Danforth (4), Smith (5), LeMoyne (stroke); Holworthy, Bull (bow), Meyer (2), Woodward (3), A. Hooper (4), R. Trimble (5), Schwarz (stroke); Matthews, Cowdin (bow), Hitchcock (2), W. Trimble (3), Brewster (4), Harriman (5), Jacobs (stroke); Weld, P. Tuckerman (bow), F. M. Ware (2), Shillito (3), Kessler (4), Simmons (5), Littauer (stroke). The time made was: Holyoke, 5 minutes 58 seconds; Matthews, 6 minutes 1 second; Weld, 6 minutes 28 1/2 seconds; Holworthy, 6 minutes 30 1/2 seconds, the Holyoke boat being thus the winner.

Mr. Bull claimed a foul for Holworthy by Weld. The race between the Matthews and Holyoke crews was closely contested, and the result might have been different had the coxswains of the two boats been more evenly matched.