Word: coxing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...last race was for six oars. Two barge were used, the first with the following crew, Wheeler, '74, str., Bacon, '76, Silsbee, '74, Sanger, '74, Burry, '74, Riggs, '76, Swift, '74, cox. The second crew were Wetmore, '75, str., Appleton '75, Goodrich, '74, Harding, '74, Weld, '76, Prince, '75, Devens, '74, cox. This race was quite exciting. Wheeler's boat drew the inside, but Wetmore gave such a telling stroke as to keep a slight lead up to the boat-house; but in rounding the curve his crew lost, enabling Wheeler's crew to turn the stake first. Despite...
...break his rudder near the start, and the other men came in first with a very pretty stroke. The six-oar race was a very good one. Only two crews pulled, and these kept well together throughout the race. The men in the winning boat were: Belmont, '74; cox.; Wheeler, s.; Harding, '74; Wetmore, '75; Hall, '76; F. R. Appleton, '75; Hartwell...