Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have proved our superiority over Englishmen during the past three summers in yachting. Why not try to vanquish them also in the shell? There is an impression among many that the English crews are superior to ours. This idea would probably be exploded if such a race could take place...
...liveliest interest by the outside world is taken, while on the other hand college men, especially at Harvard, know but little of the crew which is to represent them on the water, and it is not until within a few weeks, perhaps even a few days, before the race itself that much interest is awakened...
...proposition of "Bob" Cook that Yale, who is now at the top of the heap in boating matters, should go over to England this coming summer and row the winner in the Oxford-Cambridge race, might, if it was followed up earnestly, result advantageously to college boating in England and the United States. Any half-way attempt as, in case of our defeat, the sending of Yale across the Atlantic to row for this one season without any prospect of a renewal of the contest in after years, whould probably be profitless. But if an agreement between Yale and Harvard...
...amount needed to cover expenses will be from $5,000 to $6,000. This sum, it is expected, can be raised with little effort among the Yale alumni, and undergraduates who wish to contribute will of course be given an opportunity to do so. The race cannot take place in any event until the middle of August. The contest with Harvard occurs about the first of July, and the crew would not sail for England until a week later. After landing the men would require at least three weeks practice to get into good form and overcome the effects...
...proposed race will oblige the English oarsmen to keep in training nearly ten months. The race between Oxford and Cambridge occurs the latter part of March, and the men have already commenced training...