The Mott Haven team of '87 begins its existence to-day. Its success in past years makes it almost unnecessary for us to give it the benefit of our advice. But there are a few cautions it will be wise to heed. In the first place we must bear in mind that Yale has a very strong team and that there are besides, other colleges which confidently expect to win the Mott Haven Cup for themselves. Our own team is weakened, or we must suppose it so until the new candidates prove themselves worthy successors of the old prize winners. The Mott Haven team has never yet followed the example of Harvard's other championship teams and gone to pieces at critical moments. We can never be too careful, however of this unfortunate tendency; and we urge as a preventative in this instance, all candidates to get themselves in the best possible condition by regular work in the gymnasium.

But among the many faces whom we saw in the meeting room, there were not enough freshmen; this is a pity. If we remember well the freshman meets last fall were unusually spirited; and there were at that time and probably are yet - unless they have had a misunderstanding with the office - a considerable number of very promising athletes in the class of '90. The freshmen have done well in setting their tug of-war team to practice so early, but they should have as much pride in the University's glory as their own, and especially as to win glory for the University is to win by reflection glory for their own class. The training in the gymnasium is said by those who have had the good fortune to take part in it, to be the pleasantest in its features of any system of training in college. Mr. Lathrop gives personal supervision to the squad, the exercise is varied, lively and interesting, and there is nothing in it like the monotonous work of the crews. We advise the freshmen for their own physical gain, and the pleasure they will derive from it to go to Mr. Lathrop and enter their names for the squad; of course we do not advise any feeble-bodied or ridiculously unfit persons to occupy places that would better be filled by others; but men who fancy they possess any ability for any branch of track athletics ought not to be timid about presenting themselves where they will meet a cordial reception.