Word: raced
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Cambridge-Oxford race will probably be rowed on the Thames April 5. The Cambridge crew were the first to get to work...
Messrs. Mumford and Borland on the part of Harvard have completed arrangements whereby the annual boat-race will be rowed at New London for the next five years...
While the students at Harvard are agitating for the abolition of prayers, the faculty of Yale are bragging because the young men at that institution are asking for more and earlier petitions to the throne of grace. Yale will get even with Harvard for beating it in that boat race if such a thing is possible. - Chicago Herald...
...that Harvard may win more athletic laurels next spring. The course of training which these men have to undergo severely taxes their pluck and perseverance. Probably at examination times when they are exhausting so much of their mental energy, the strain is greater than at the time of a race, when they are buoyed up by the excitement of the moment. Do we fully appreciate the sacrifice which they are making for the glory of the college...
...Columbia crew has challenged the New York Athletic club to a series of three races on the Harlem. The races will be rowed in light oared shells. The races are to be two three and four miles in length respectively the winner of the odd race to receive a silver cup valued at $100. It is thought, if this challenge is accepted, that the practice thus obtained will benefit the crew for its race with Harvard more than the accustomed race with the class crews...