Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...justly ascribed to the disappointment of disgruntled candidates, still we feel sure that a warning will not be out of place. Men upon whose shoulders rests so much responsibility cannot be too careful in their actions. The captain should shun any form of partiality. More than one race has been lost by an injudicious selection of men and it is our duty to prevent a repetition of this in the future as far as lies in our power. It is natural for the management of the freshman crew to look with indulgence on the faults of friends, and to regard...
...class race flags for last spring's race have not as yet been ordered...
There is a prospect of an ocean race between the Burgess fishing schooner, Carrie E. Phillips and the Alice M. Strople for a purse...
...Myers secured his first victory in a handicap race since his arrival in Australia at Sydney, on Oct. 29. He won the first heat by four yards, and in the final he defeated Cassimer quite easily by half a dozen yards, his time for the distance, a quarter of a mile, being 49 secs...
...hear nothing further in regard to the plan for an annual international boat-race, the expenses of the competing American crew to be paid by Harvard and Yale. When we proposed this plan, it was with certain misgivings that it was rather chimerical to expect a defeated Yale to help send Harvard across the Atlantic, or a defeated Harvard to pay the expenses of victorious Yale. However, we believe, and shall adhere to one belief, that such an arrangement would be by far the most praiseworthy and satisfactory if it could be put into operation...