Word: newport
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hatch, Newport...
...refusal of the Yale Yacht Club to sail a Harvard-Yale regatta at Newport in June may be justified by the lateness of Yale's Commencement; but it could not be much more of a concession on the part of the Yale Yacht Club to hold the regatta there in spite of this drawback, than for the Harvard Yacht Club to go around Cape Cod, if it were only to Newport. The regattas which have already been held have all taken place at New London with great inconvenience for Harvard men and ease for the Yale...
...refusal of Harvard's challenge for a race at Newport this season was received from the Yale Yacht Club yesterday. When Harvard first challenged, Yale accepted on condition that the race be held at New London instead of Newport. Since New London was unsatisfactory to Harvard, and since, owing to the lateness of their Commencement this year, Yale is unable to race at Newport, the race has been declared...
...reply to the challenge of the Harvard Yacht Club for a race to be held next June at Newport, the Yale Yacht Club has sent an acceptance, with the condition that the race be held at New London. In view of the circumstances it is certainly hard to see the justice of Yale's position...
...obviously been a concession on the part of the Harvard Yacht Club to go around Cape Cod, because most of its fleet is about Boston. This year, as there is to be no boat race at New London, it would seem that the proposition to sail at Newport should be agreed to by Yale, for Newport is for several reasons more convenient to Harvard than New London, and cannot be much out of the way for the Yale men, It is to be hoped that the management of the Yale Yacht Club will look at the matter from this standpoint...