Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Swain. Does not sit up well to the work and hangs at the full reach...
...this year, and when the crew gets on the river it should improve rapidly under regular coaching. As yet, however, the men have not got hold of the new stroke fully and there are several faults as a result. The men are apt to drop over at the full reach, instead of taking their body reach during the recover and then turning back quickly...
...settled order. The two crews of the first squad start in with about the same men every day and then men from the second squad are put in various places in the two boats. They do not use the slides as yet but are trying to perfect the body reach. The majority of the men do not seem to reach far enough. The time of the first squad has improved, but the men from the second squad break it up considerably...
...should seem best to have the men who do the throwing concealed, they might be stationed behind a screen of evergreens. The great advantage of this new plan seems to be that there could be no prolonged scrimmage, as the flowers, falling lightly on a compact mass, could never reach the ground...
...increased, but to judge from a picture in a weekly journal of 1870 (which may be seen at the Library), the wreath was already at this time fully as high as it is today; for the Seniors are represented as holding up their comrades who still are unable to reach the flowers...