Word: racing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee, therefore, have decided to try this year arranging the series in a way which can be best described as an imitation of the bumping races held between the different English college crews. In those races the crews are started not side by side but one behind theother, and race not one day but on several days. If on the first day a crew overtakes and bumps the one ahead of it, then on the second day these crews change places, so that a crew has a chance to move up towards the head one place for each...
...been appointed Chairman of the New London Regatta Committee. Although not an oarsman himself, Mr. Sexton has always been identified with rowing. While in college he was a 'varsity and class crew manager, and three years ago he served as chairman of the Regatta Committee for the Harvard-Yale race...
...Yacht Club is trying to arrange a boat race with Harvard and Yale to be held this spring, preferably at New London...
...regular 1900 crew and the Weld 1900 had a short race yesterday, but the water was so rough that they were forced to abandon it after about a third of a mile. Another race will be held on Saturday and there will probably be short races between these two crews regularly twice a week hereafter...
...they are at present made up. Ninety-nine will go to the training table at Lappen's on Friday. The other crews will go before Monday. This means that the regular work of training will begin and the daily work becomes a hard drill until the day of the race...