Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...river winds among the hills...
Under the liberal shade, and close by the still, winding river...
...Yale-Harvard boat-race will be rowed on the Thames River, New London, Conn., Friday, June 27, at 4.30 P. M. Should rough water cause a postponement, the race will be attempted about twenty-four hours later. Copies of the BOAT-RACE BULLETIN may be obtained gratuitously as follows: New York, The World office, or Brentano's; Boston, The Advertiser office; New Haven, Gulliver's; New London, the Crocker House; Cambridge, Sever's. Applications by mail will be attended to at the Crocker House only. A second bulletin will be issued June 23, and a third on the morning...
...noticeable effect; but they have still much hard work to do before they can attain the perfect form of the crew of '78. Their present bad form is owing to no lack of conscientious effort, but to the fact that they were unable to be upon the river this spring as early as usual. It is well known, however, how much a crew improves by the practice of the last few weeks before the race, and we shall expect to witness a better race even than that of last year. Yale has a heavy crew, and will be sure...
...every prospect that the Spring Races, which are to be rowed to-morrow, will be the most interesting and successful that Harvard has ever seen. For over two months the five eight oared crews have been in training, and for the last five weeks have been on the river daily. The sight of five eight-oared crews in line is of itself worth going several miles to see; but when the race between them is as close as that of to-morrow seems likely to be, the interest ought to be very great. Of the five crews the Freshman...