Word: oastler
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...found to be quite impracticable to keep track of them, not-withstanding the greater portion had abundant qualifications for a close competition. Finally a vigorous inspection was instituted, and after a minute comparison of the merits of the many candidates all were rejected except the following: Hodges, Oastler, Ely, R. P. Huntington, Rhodes, Isham, Aiken. Chadwick, Coates, Robbins, Childs, Rogers, Simms, Hoefier, Buck, Kenerson, Rockefeller, Judson, Bushnell, Noyes, Allen and Heyworth. These men, although not quite up to the average weight, are strong, with good physiques and excellent staying powers. Many of them have had considerable boating experience, and those...
...Indian clubs and such movements of the body as will strengthen the muscles of the back and stomach and rowing on the hydraulic. The men are unusually light and as yet no very good candidates have been developed: The men and their weights are as follows: Isham, 163, Oastler, 156; Dean, 148; Aiken, 163; Coates, 155; Chadwick, 162; Corson, 148; Moody, 147; Treadwell, 147; Judson, 147; Drew, 147; Thurke, 147; R. Hunting, 145; Howland, 145; Bunce, 143; Hall, 142; Rollins, 140; Bushnell, 140; Noyes, 130; Gage, 130; and Ely, 155, of 91; and Rogers, 154; Williams, 155; and Simms...
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