Word: races
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman crew has definitely refused to allow Yale to enter the race between Harvard and Columbia. This is the only decision that Harvard should come to this year in the matter, and indeed from the first there has been no doubt that it would be finally settled in this way. The reasons for such refusal are already well known. We do not object to a freshman race with Yale, but we can row only one race, and must row Columbia, and do not think that there is room enough on the New London course for three boats to race with...
...first event was a sailing race over a triangular course of about one and one half miles. The entries were B. B. Crowninshield, '90; G. L. Batchelder, '92, and Cartwright, Puritan Canoe club. The start was a flying one, the men being given one minute in which to cross the line. Cartwright crossed the line on the wrong side of the stake boat and lost much time in returning and crossing again. Crowninshield was the first to get away. He was followed thirty seconds later by Batchelder, and Cartwright was thirty-nine seconds behind Batchelder. The relative order...
...second race, which took place while the first was still in progress, was open to tandem birches. The entries were R. L. Weeks, '91, J. W. Ganson, '92; C. L. Crehore, '90, H. G. Vaughan '90. Crehore and Vaughan won easily by about fifty yards...
...third and last race was for tandem canoes starting from the Union Boat House and finishing at the Harvard bridge. The entries were J. R. Van Schaick, L. S.- S. E. Carpenter, '89; G. L. Deblois '89-W. H. Butters, '89: G. L. Batchelder, '92-C. P. Cheney '92; Cartwright-Webster, Puritan Canoe Club. The race was won by Batchelder and Cheney. Van Schaick and Carpenter were second by fifteen seconds. Deblois and Butters capsized...
...annual spring regatta of Yale college was held at Lake Saltonstall last Saturday afternoon. The first event was the single scull race for the Cleveland cup, over a mile and a half course and return, with a turn. C. O. Gill, '89, and W. H. Butler, '90 S., were the contestants. Butler lead from the start, and gradually increased the distance between himself and Gill, who was handicapped by a defective oar. Butler finished in 13 minutes, 50 3-4 seconds, The principal event was the eight-oared shell race, two mile straight away, between the junior, sophomore and freshman...