Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Belmont '86 was the winner of the pony race at the spring meeting of the Country Club on Saturday...
...correspondent from New York says that the Columbia freshmen are entirely confident of winning their race with our freshmen...
...guards most carefully against over training will be the victorious one next Saturday. The race will undoubtedly be very close and interesting, as there has not been such fast rowing and such fine form exhibited in any previous year. This is of course mostly due to the great competition and to the large amount of time spent upon the water. During the last two weeks the seniors and juniors rowed twice a day, while the sophomores went out twice every other day, and the freshmen only once a day. Last Tuesday all the crews with the exception of the seniors...
...crew, it will be sufficient to quote Col. Bancroft's words : "The sophomores are still rowing in fine form ; in fact they are as pretty a sight to look at as any class that ever rowed on Charles river, and can be relied upon to pull a good race...
...color was worn. It then consisted of a scarlet band around the caps of the oarsmen. This was adopted also the following year ; but the university crew of '58 decided to wear handkerchiefs, instead of caps, and, after considerable discussion, chose blue for their color. The Beacon Cup race was soon to come off, and one of the crew, failing to find handkerchiefs of the desired color, purchased six Chinese silk handkerchiefs instead, which were nearly crimson. This continued to be the color for several years...