Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...falls at so late a date should deter none from entering. No one is at present in training for the event, and all have an equal chance. That the race should fall in examination time is perhaps a pity, but we are sure that a short spin on the river in the afternoon will injure no one in his examinations...
...clear sky looked down upon the Charles River yesterday, and beheld one of the most magnificent races that ever took place on the course. Before twelve o'clock people had began to gather in rear windows on Beacon street, and interested spectators chose favorable positions near the finish and waited. At a quarter of one, three tugs were moored at the drawbridge and rapidly filled. One bore a huge green and white banner, and an enthusiastic body of sophomores clustered on its pilot box; the second was jammed with noisy and excited freshmen, and covered with red and white bunting...
...seniors, who sandily rowed through a hopeless race, finished six lengths in the rear. The time of the winning crew was 12 m. 30 sec., and of the second, 12 m. 31 sec. Altogether the race was the most satisfactory that has taken place for years on the Charles River course. There was no accident to mar the enjoyment of it, and the crews were so evenly matched as to make the struggle a memorable one in boating annals...
...crews drew positions for the race to-day as follows: '87 outside, '86 next, '89 next, and '88 inside, next to the river wall...
...soon as all the crews have passed through the draw, a long whistle will be sounded from the Referee's tug as the signal for the crews to get into line. A rope will be stretched across the river, to which four tow boats will be moored, at distances of one hundred feet apart. A man in each boat will hold the stern of a shell. As soon as the shells are in line, two whistles will be sounded as a signal for the men to come out to the full reach...