Word: length
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Boat by Charles B. Elliott, Greenpoint, L. I.; length, 49 ft. 6 in.; width, 19 1/2 in.; weight...
Boat by Thomas Fearon, Yonkers, N. Y.; length, 49 ft. 6 in.; width, 21 in.; weight...
Boat by John Blaikie, Cambridge, Mass.; length, 49 ft. 6 in.; width, 21 in.; weight...
...this race, the position of the crews could not be ascertained till the last mile was entered upon, when the white shirts of Yale showed to the front, with Princeton a good second, and Brown last, steering very wildly. These positions were maintained till with in a dozen boat-lengths of the line, and Yale men on shore were beginning to count their winnings, when Princeton astonished everybody by putting on a wonderful spurt, which sent their boat swiftly to the front, and gave them the race by little more than one third of a length. Time...
...feature was a single-scull race, distance two miles, between Mr. P. Dana and Mr. F. S. Stone. When the word was given Stone was a little slow in catching the water, and Dana had a good half-length before he got fully under way. Nevertheless, he rowed pluckily with short quick strokes, but was unable to overtake Dana, who was pulling a long swinging stroke, and who came in the winner by 16 minutes, the time showing an easy race...