Word: races
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...bore from near the rising sun a band of different race...
...mile by mile a race...
...management and by but few in capacity." Besides that, there are three more in the city and two down the harbor. Norwich, with several large hotels, is nearer in point of time to New London than Springfield was last year from the finish of the course. Besides, as the race finishes close to the city, the crowds can go away that evening to Boston, New York, etc., either by boat or by rail, and have the choice of several lines...
...trial. Some one ought to be sent by one of the boat-clubs to try the water for four or five days in a shell, and give a report after thorough examination and personal experience, and also to find out whether the city will clear the course for the race, offer prizes, and oblige steamers to slow up and look out for shells...
...Thames cannot be much rougher than the Connecticut at the Peconsic Narrows, which is said to be the roughest place in the whole race, and was yet the starting-place for the last two races...