Word: raced
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...meeting of the University Crew, held after the race, Mr. W. A. Bancroft was re-elected Captain for the ensuing year...
...Hurdle-race, won by Princeton; time...
...Saturday, Harvard could not ask. The choice of position which fell to Harvard's lot was much more than balanced by the very rough water which came in answer to Yale's prayers; there was not a foul or an accident to detract from the brilliant success of the race as a race, and the relative positions of the two boats for the whole four miles kept the interest of the spectators at the highest pitch throughout. The race was won not by luck or by chance, but by the long practice and the severe training which the crew have...
...result of the race with Columbia, although confidently expected, was a handsome victory which would have been much more highly esteemed had it not been eclipsed by the victory of four days later. Its effect was felt both by the Crew and by the College in the increased confidence which it inspired in our ability to match Yale...
FEWER strangers were in Springfield at the time of the Columbia race than at any other College regatta ever rowed there, and comparatively little interest was taken in the event; but on Friday a much larger crowd and more intense interest was everywhere to be seen. In regard to the merits of the three crews, it was generally considered that Yale's form was the best, but Harvard's muscle much superior to that of either of her opponents; while Columbia excelled only in pluck. Before the Yale race came off, however, Harvard made rapid improvement, and at the time...