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...whole number of graduates since 1758, the date of the graduation of the first class...
...extreme, both for the players and the lookers-on. The ball at the beginning was kept very close to McGill's goal, and was finally kicked behind, with a Canadian and L. Cushing after it. Cushing secured the ball, but it was decided that the other man touched it first and "deaded" it. This caused some dispute, but the play soon proceeded, the Canadians still acting on the defensive. About twenty minutes after the game began, an accident occurred which seriously marred our thus far uninterrupted pleasure. Mr. Whiting, in an almost hopeless attempt to rush through three men, slipped...
...Cambridge and Oxford Undergraduates' Journal says: "With regard to the American International Regatta, the less said the better. A more disgraceful exhibition in amateur aquatic sports was never known. The first Trinity crew that went out so pluckily deserved better luck, but under all circumstances, they acquitted themselves most satisfactorily, and by no means reflected any disgrace, either on their college or the University...
...fall races were rowed over the two-mile course from the Union Boat-house on Saturday morning, and were very successful, considering the trouble all the clubs have had in getting good men to join the crews. By special agreement between the captains, the four-oars were made the first crews, an arrangement particularly advantageous in the fall, as it enables the captains to choose their men quicker, and obviates the necessity of taking green hands on to the first crews...
...start was nearly even, Holyoke being an instant behind the others in taking the water. The crews kept well together to the turning-stake, Weld showing a little ahead on the first half-mile, with Holyoke a little in advance of Matthews. When near the stake, Holyoke and Matthews, who were to turn the same buoy, spurted; Holyoke took Matthews' water and turned first, but with Matthews' bow only a few inches from their rudder. Matthews, however, made a very bad turn, and lost about three lengths. Weld had the outside stake to themselves, but also made a bad turn...