Word: eel
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...piles and left it lying on one side partly twisted around, The New London Northern Railway Company will make the necessary repairs before the crews arrive on the 18th. It is said that the river is much higher this year and there is as yet no trouble from eel grass, and probably will be none at the time of the races. President Stevenson of the Yale navy and Superintendent Spalding of the New London Northern Railroad have been trying to devise some plan to keep the tickets on the observation train out of the hands of "scalpers." Last year...
Harvard passed the mile flag first in 4.59, Columbia being but two seconds behind. From this point Storrow let the stroke down to 33, while Columbia still stuck to 37 or 38. The boats were now approaching the dreaded eel-grass, and it was hoped that here Harvard would shake off her rivals, which she immediately proceeded to do. Columbia's work here seemed a little ragged. No. 7 was losing form and No. 3 was badly out of time. Harvard, however, seemed in excellent condition, their body-work being especially fine...
...11/2 mile flag Columbia was over three lengths behind, and the gap between the two boats was widening at every stroke. The eel-grass certainly was having an effect which urged Harvard on to greater efforts. To those who have never seen the course, it may be of interest to know that it is not eel-grass itself that causes all the trouble. The grass does not get caught in the oars and clog the course of the boat, but it deadens the water, making the tide much weaker than it is in the west side in the channel...
...race was one of the prettiest ever seen on the river. The men in both eights were pulling beautifully, and the outcome was still decidedly unsettle. Yale passed the mile in 5 m. 20 s., with Harvard three seconds behind. In a short time the boats would reach the eel-grass where Yale hoped to row away from Harvard, as Harvard had done with Columbia a few days before. Her hopes were realized in a large degree, Harvard's men becoming somewhat exhausted in their efforts to keep even with their antagonists. At the two mile flag, however, Harvard...
...Record suggests that the only thing wanting to complete the general appearance and usefulness of the tank used by the Yale University Crew, is some genuine Thames eel-grass placed in the bottom of their little...