Word: raced
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COMPARATIVELY few undergraduates are aware that there are in the possession of the College two fine cups which were intended to be put up yearly as prizes for the boat-races. One of them, the Beacon Cup, was gained, long ago, from the Union Boat Club, and has since remained with Harvard. It was contested for, during a number of years, by the Class crews, and is now covered with the names of its winners. The other was presented by graduates - whence its name - in 1872, and was meant to be the principal prize in our annual races. For several...
SOME time since it was decided to row the Yale race at Springfield, if convenient arrangements for the transfer of the boats and crew, and for the various matters attendant upon the race, could be made; and on Tuesday last, the President of the Boat Club went to that city to meet the President of the Yale Navy, and consult with the citizens, committee, and the railroad authorities. Matters were satisfactorily arranged; and accordingly, the Yale-Harvard race will be rowed on the Connecticut River, at Springfield, on Friday, June 29. Professor Agassiz, of this University, is to be referee...
...Spring Races will take place on Saturday, May 26, over the Union course. The expense of providing cups of much value as personal prizes for the members of the winning crews would be too great for the present financial condition of the clubs, since at present all the available funds are needed to buy the boats and to establish the system, as now improved, on a firm basis; and accordingly, the customary pewter trophies will probably be given. The two large cups, however, of which we give some account, confer a marked honor and glory, which renders them prizes more...
...pulled with the crew many a race...
...race by pulling in my boate...