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Word: races (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...swallows race the wind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM THE FRENCH | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...BRANDEGEE, '81, went to Ithaca during the late recess to secure a settlement with the Cornell Freshmen in regard to the place for the Freshman race; but Cornell refuses to row at any place but Saratoga...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...papers, that they would either gain an easy victory or not have to row. Their weights, as printed in the Advocate, gave a somewhat false impression, as they were all weighed in their clothes. All this certainly ought to cheer our crew as to the result of the race, if race there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...been rowing regularly on the river, and have done some good work. They have been out twice a day, and on one or two days tried the shell. We are pleased to see the spirit that keeps them so faithfully to their practice, for if we win the next race with Yale it must be done by hard work, for there is no doubt that Yale's defeat of last year will only make them the more earnest and the more eager to do well. The material in our boat is so good we wish to see them do themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...seems, however, that the Cornell men are quite determined to-row nowhere but at Saratoga. The Era of April 12 seems to consider, very naturally, that the race is "off." Once again we urge the Freshmen to meet the consequences of their want of prudence boldly, and consent to row at Saratoga. Of course individuals are to blame for causing a hasty and ill-considered challenge to be sent, but the whole class is responsible for the result. Whatever means they may take to punish their evil counsellors, they cannot honorably escape the consequences of following bad advice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

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