Word: clasper
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yale has just received the new eightoared English shell ordered from Clasper last summer...
...Lehmann has expressed himself as greatly pleased with the quarters at Krum Elbow, and says that the course is a fine four-mile stretch. The 'Varsity are rowing in the '99 shell and the Freshman in the Clasper boat. All the men are well and in good spirits. The Freshmen are now showing continued improvement, after somewhat unsatisfactory work on Thursday, largely due to the rough water...
They take the Fall River boat to New York tonight and go to Poughkeepsie tomorrow by the New York Central. The new Webb boat, the Clasper boat and the Ninety-nine boat were sent to Poughkeepsie yesterday afternoon...
...rumors which have become circulated that the new Clasper shell is a failure are unfounded. The boat promises to be very satisfactory and was only used...
...crew is to have two new shells this year; one is being built by Clasper at Cambridge, England, and is expected here on the fifteenth of March. The other boat will be built in this country. The builder will be decided upon in a few days when the bids now coming in have been considered. Davy has been given an order for a new barge to be ready by the 17th of next month. Both shells are to be of cedar, and all three boats will be English-rigged with the exception of the cross-seating...