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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Thursday, Jan. 18. - Thirteen men present. Pull seven hundred strokes. Run two miles. Mr. Dana "coached." During the past two weeks the men have improved on the "catch" and use of the slide. The shoulders "droop" at the "beginning," the backs are not kept straight, and above all the recovery is "ragged. The following men are now candidates for the crew: Legate, F. J. Le Moyne, Harriman, W. M. Le Moyne, Loring, Littauer, Schwartz, Jacobs, Brigham, Crocker, Preston, and Conlan...
Friday, Jan. 19. - Ten men present. Pull eight hundred strokes, and run one mile and a half. In trying to get their hands away from their bodies, in the recover, the men hurry the bodies forward: this makes the recover too quick. No part of the stroke is more difficult to acquire; it is one of the points in which English rowing differs from American, and is considered by Englishmen of great importance. Schwartz at present does the recover better than the rest of the men. No. 6 (W. M. Le Moyne) does not keep his back straight, "buckets," fails...
Monday, Jan. 22. - Twelve men present. Pull seven hundred and fifty strokes. Run two miles. In the absence of W. M. Le Moyne, Crocker pulled at "6." Brigham, who pulled "5" to-night, uses his slide too soon in the stroke, gets hardly enough body reach forward, and when he tries for more, is inclined to "bucket.' He does not shoot his hands out and pull them in on the same level, is inclined to pull them in too low, and goes back too far. Brigham is one of the strongest men that are trying, and pulls with more fire...
Wednesday, Jan. 10. - Twelve men present. The captain "coached." The "pull" was five hundred strokes, and the "run" two miles. Instead of the "run" some of the men skated on the river. A slight tendency to use the arms too soon in the stroke was noticed. The shoulders were not kept down and "square" as a rule. The men got better together than on the two previous evenings. Some of the men appeared unskilful in handling the "levers," and from the frequent "break downs" that happen it is evident that the greatest care should be exercised in working the machines...
Thursday, Jan. 11. - Eleven men at work. Captain "coached." Pull five hundred and fifty strokes. Run two miles. The men go too far back in the stroke, and there is a tendency to "jerk" the last part. The arms are not shot out quickly and smoothly enough at the beginning of the recover. The time is good occasionally, but needs more careful attention on the part of the men. To-night a slight improvement in the shoulders and upper part of the body was noticed...