Word: launching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...question that most of the opposing eights are evenly matched and that Saturday's regatta will bring out some hotly contested races. If the Weld club has profited as a whole by superior material, the Newell has had the advantage, during the past week, of the new launch from which several coaches have watched the work of the crews. The Weld eights have relied entirely upon Donovan's coaching from a single...
...launch "Veritas," the gift of Mr. G. W. Weld '60 to the Weld Boat Club, and now in the course of construction at Seabury & Company's shipyard, Morris Heights, New York, is nearly completed and will probably arrive during this week. She is a few days overdue on account of delay in securing a bronze shaft for her propeller, but her trial trip will take place without doubt on Tuesday or Wednesday. A description of the boat follows...
...launch has thus far proved entirely satisfactory. Her engines are now running smoothly, and no more trouble from the self-oiling mechanism is to be apprehended. The special feature about her which pleases the rowing men is the small wake she leaves. This has been shown to be distinctly less than that of the "Frank Thomson," and consequently the crews do not suffer so much from the swell. The launch will be taken down to Lawley's today, where the name "John Harvard" will be painted on her stern...
...steam launch built by Lawley & Son to succeed the "Frank Thomson" has been named the "John Harvard." The name has been given by the family of Mr. Thomson in deference to the sentiment of the students, which has been strongly in favor of having a "John Harvard" on the river since the sale of the old launch to Wisconsin University. A suitable plate will be prepared stating the original gift by Mr. Thomson and his family. This plate will be placed in the coach...
Several improvements have lately been added to the Yale boat-house at New Haven, the most important being a large new float and five runways, costing 8750. A launch named the "Scud," smaller and slower than the regular university launch has been presented to the college and will be used for coaching the secondary crews...