Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Varsity crew went to New London on Thursday last, where they are now hard at work. The record of the crew so far has been a very creditable one, as it has defeated some of the best eights in the State. In the Passaic regatta, on Decoration Day, although losing over a length on the start, our eight caught, passed and crossed the line a winner by a length over the Metropolitan crew of Albany, two and one-half lengths ahead of the celebrated Dauntless crew of the Harlem, and fully six lengths ahead of the Eureka crew of Newark...
...whaleboat for a ten-mile pull in the teeth of a gale o' wind?" A few shop-keepers with unwonted enterprise have hung out the blue and white; fresh store of provisions is being laid in for thirsty souls, and hotel keepers look cheerfully forward to regatta week. But the majority of the people refuse to "enthuse" in the least over the young oarsmen, and it must be acknowledged that college boating men are no longer the popular heroes that they were in the palmy days of the great regattas at Saratoga. Any contest that occurs every year soon assumes...
...large audience of over two thousand people assembled in the vicinity of the Union boathouse last Saturday afternoon to witness the regatta given under the auspices of the Union boat Club. The event was, of course, of especial interest to Harvard men in view of the approaching Columbia and Yale races, and, as a consequence, they gathered in large numbers about the boat-house and at the Beacon-street wall. Among the spectators were a goodly number of ladies, many of whom displayed the familiar crimson parasols and who joined heartily in the cheers for the college crews. The general...
...Columbia has the advantage of a full week's practice on the course before the Harvard crew arrives. On Wednesday the crew had a trial over the full Harlem river course, and the result was eminently satisfactory. Since the brilliant victory of the Columbia eight in the Harlem regatta last week, the followers of the blue and white have pegged their hopes up very high on the result of their race with Harvard. That race is no certainty for either crew, and, although Harvard has a very decided advantage in the matter of weight, which years of experience has proved...
...following will be the programme of the regatta of the Union Boat Club on June...