Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arrive in New London until this afternoon this delay being occasioned by examinations, which are not yet over at New Haven. Upon their arrival at New London, the men will immediately go to their quarters, which are just beside Columbia's at Gale's Ferry, four miles up the river. It is the same house that they have occupied for the past six years, and is certainly an excellent place for a crew...
...Yale. Everything has been done this year to make these races successful. and it is confidently expected that they will take place without hitch or postponement. The weather is beautiful, and the water of the Thames has been uncommonly smooth for the last few weeks. The air up the river is delight fully cool and bracing, and consequently the oarsmen are all feeling wonderfully well. To use an old boatman's words, who rowed me across Gale's Ferry the other day, "The people don't die at all round these parts. No sir. There's Jim Smith over there...
About a quarter of a mile below the 'varsity are the freshman quarters. They are really very pleasantly situated in a little white farm house, which, like the 'varsity quarters, has a good view of the river. The owner of the house, Capt. Mahlthrop, is a jolly old soul, and makes everything very pleasant for the crew. The pictures which the genial captain has in his various rooms, are of an unusually uninteresting character, and it has become a custom of freshman crews upon taking possession, to turn them face inwards towards the walls. There are four sleeping rooms...
...LONDON, June 22.About half a mile beyond the Harvard quarters on the same side of the river, one can see the blue and white flag of the Columbia men rising over the trees. The Columbia crews, 'varsity and freshman, have been down here for ten days, and are working hard to wipe out their old defeats. They take two pulls every day, as our crews always have done, and are generally accompanied by the Carrie Goodwin, their launch. Last night, however, instead of going out in the afternoon, they waited until almost seven o'clock before they went...
This afternoon your correspondent made a little visit to the Columbia quarters, where he was very courteously received by Capt. Meikleham. The house where the men live is a large white building, with several ells, standing about half a mile beyond the Harvard quarters up the river. The 'varsity and part of the freshman crew occupy the house together, while the rest of the '89 men live in a little cottage directly across the the way. As you enter the house, across the little sheltered piazza, you come first into the parlor, or rather lounging room, where the men spend...