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Three valuable challenge prizes have been presented to the Association by the Triton, Eureka, and Passaic Boat Clubs of Newark, N. J. These will be rowed for annually, the style of the three races to be hereafter determined. Perhaps singles or pairs, with fours and eights, would meet with the most general approval among college oarsmen..... The three cups cost the manufacturers not far from $1,000, and far surpass any prizes ever before offered in aquatic contests either in England or this country...
...feel sure that our efforts to establish an "American Henley" will meet with general appreciation, and we solicit, and shall doubtless receive, the hearty aid and encouragement of the Harvard University Boat Club. We do not ask for any pecuniary assistance (none of the expenses of the Regatta are to be borne by the colleges), but we desire your advice and approval.... You may not desire to change your eight-oared contest with Yale College, but why should not the proposed races between your crew and Cornell or Columbia be rowed under our auspices, at a regatta open only...
...been current since the middle of last summer have now assumed a definite form. The National Association of Amateur Oarsmen has taken active steps to arrange races next year, to be rowed by college crews only, for the "Triton," "Eureka," and "Passaic" cups, which have been offered by the boat-clubs named; and the Association is now in correspondence with the different colleges that are interested in rowing. The scheme, though ridiculed by some, seems to us a praiseworthy one. The system of an intercollegiate association, introducing an annual regatta for the "college championship," and deciding the character of this...
...Columbia Boat Club - The following gentlemen have been elected officers of this club for the ensuing year: President, J. T. Goodwin; Vice-President, Cyrus Edson; Secretary, G. P. Erhard; Captain, C. Eldredge; Directors, R. C. Cornell, F. Rees, Holbrook, and Bangs...
...HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 30. Yale University voted to-night to sustain E. P. Livingstone in his challenge to Goddard, Harvard's single sculler. Previously, Yale University Boat Club refused to entertain Goddard's challenge as to the University, and Livingstone's challenge is therefore personal. - Herald...