Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...members of the class of '46 may be said to have originated boating here. In their junior year they bought an eight-oared barge called the "Oneida," and challenged the seniors to a race. The seniors accepted, and formed the "Iris Boat Club," in order to rival the juniors who had formed the "Oneida Club." In the race which took place a little later, the "Oneida" came off victorious, and was declared the better boat...
...Freshman crew, some time ago, sent a challenge to the Smith College girls for a 100-yards dash, straightaway, on the Charles River, and in the challenge they promised to keep the river open for the race with a muddre???ge; but, dontcherknow, those girls had the cheek to answer that, as they were the challenged party, they had a right to name their own water, and they named the Mill pond back of their college as the proper place as they were not allowed to row outside of their own grounds without a chaperone...
...Brothers of Troy, are about to build for the Yale University crew a new paper shell, to combine all the advantages of shells hitherto used, without disadvantages. It is 65 feet by 25 inches, one foot longer and one inch wider than the shell used in last year's race. This shell is to be tested by the Yale crew and is sent by the manufacturers merely as an experiment...
...they may as well stop rowing. They, like all freshmen crews, seem to think that this daily routine is a species of amusement furnished by the college for their particular enjoyment. The sooner they get this idea out of their heads the better will be their chances in the race next June. Rowing is no child's play; it requires all the assiduity a man can summon. Some things he must learn to do by instinct, one of them is keeping time...
...annual Oxford-Cambridge race will be rowed this year over the regular course on the Thames the 26th of March...