Word: boats
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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WATERS, the boat-builder, has brought some new models from England, which are claimed to be superior to any heretofore seen in this country. The main point of difference consists in three free floors and fine entrance. They are very much like the 20-inch four used by Columbia at Henley...
...BOATING-MEETING of the Class of '80 was held on last Tuesday evening, at which a committee of three was appointed to canvass the class for subscriptions, and to take measures for purchasing a boat and oars. The meeting adjourned amid great enthusiasm...
...Columbia Spectator will publish, on March 31, a two-page extra, containing a full list of the entries for the first Annual Athletic meeting to be given by the Columbia College Boat-Club, at Gilmore's Garden, on the evenings of April 4 and 5. Price, 3 cents; by mail, 5 cents. Address W. L. Sloan, 21 West 17th Street, New York...
...scarcely thought that the Williams men would thus boldly acknowledge their summer avocations. Boating seems to be in a bad way at Williams. "The boat-house and contents have been attached for rent. The boats, both those belonging to the association and those owned by private individuals, are open to the pure air of heaven and the stones and clubs of every vagrant tramp...
...itself, it may fairly be said that its annual regattas of the last six seasons have increased steadily in importance, representing an equally steady growth in its own character and influence. It is controlled by an executive committee of nine, who at present represent boat-clubs situated at New York, Newark, Albany, Providence, Philadelphia (2), Baltimore, Detroit, and Chicago, and who were all (save the last named) in attendance at the regular semi-annual meeting held in this city, January 11. I myself was present there by invitation, and was impressed by the straightforward, business-like way in which...