Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...opening of the river and the beginning of the boating-season, the club officers and the Executive Committee of the H. U. B. C. will be called upon not only to decide whether we are to have class and club races, but also to consider some plan for giving to each club member better opportunities than were given last autumn for rowing at the most convenient hours, - between...
...remarks introduced Judge Tibbets of the Citizens' Committee, who read a paper containing the propositions of the people of New London, which were of a most generous and satisfactory nature. The final action of Convention in favor of Saratoga was largely due to the fear that the river at New London would not be wide enough to give a straight course to all the contestants in the next regatta. Saratoga's propositions were presented by Mr Ames of the S. R. A. in a much less able and succinct manner, and the Convention went into committee of the whole with...
...only incident of the voyage between Buffalo and Detroit was the capture and execution of a band of cutthroats hired by Trinity to place torpedoes in the Detroit River for the purpose of destroying our fleet...
...however poor an oar, has the right to ask his (college) captain to send in his name to the Secretary of the 'Varsity; they are then tubbed once or twice by members of the 'Varsity, the hopelessly bad ones weeded out, and about three Eights taken down the river every day for a week or so. These three Eights, by another "weeding" process, are reduced to two, and go into training (under two of their members as captains) for from two to three weeks. Then they row a three-mile race, and those that acquit themselves the best, without reference...
...improvement for the benefit of the rowing-men, new rowing-weights should be provided, and the seats for these weights should be placed as in a boat, to facilitate learning the stroke from skilful oarsmen, and to approach more nearly the disposition of a crew when on the river. It is suggested that each of the four clubs might provide two rowing-weights, thus lightening the tax on individual...