Word: raced
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...with a bronze vase, given him by the crew as an expression of their gratitude toward him. Mr. Roberts then rose, and proposed that a letter be sent to Oxford and to Cambridge by the Secretary, unofficially, asking if they would accept a challenge to row an eight-oared race about the first of August on the Putney-to-Mortlake course; he wished first, however, to impress upon Mr. Watson the necessity of his going as coach, for the mistake made in '69 was in not having a proper manager, and he thought Mr. Watson, who was strongly urged...
...that he thought Cambridge would not accept a challenge, as their crew this year is an inferior one, but that Oxford probably would, as Harvard is considered there the representative college of America, and, too, they felt they were under some obligation to us, owing to our former race with them. He advised sending over first unofficially, as Oxford would be loath to put the affront upon us of refusing a direct challenge, which they would consider was done by a refusal, but circumstances might arise that would make it impossible for them...
...also proposed that we should try and make arrangements for a race with Columbia...
...mile Walk. - Three entries and three starters: Messrs. Holder, '81, Sterling, T. S., and Thompson, '82. None showed very good training or style. The race lay between Sterling and Holder, Thompson dropping behind on the second lap. It was won by Sterling...
...relative positions. On the second lap Parker lost ground a little, and Swan began creeping up. Parker soon fell behind, and it was evident he was suffering from the effects of a recent fall. Swan gradually but surely decreased the distance between himself and Sturgis. Sturgis rode a brave race. On the last quarter of the last lap they were neck and neck, and, as they came driving down the home stretch, the excitement was intense, the cries of each man's friends resounding loud and long. They crossed the finish the same second, Swan leading by not more than...