Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...evil effects, if any, are not visible in the men who actually row, run, or walk...
...present composition of the Yale eight oared crew that is to row with Harvard at Springfield, Mass., next June, is as follows: Edmund P. Livingston (bow), Frederick Wood, E. C. Cooke, W. W. Collin, David Hyde Kellogg, Charles N. Fowler, Julian Kennedy, Robert J. Cook (stroke...
...Weld and Mr. Otis, Harvard. According to the agreement entered into last fall, the umpire was chosen by lot from two candidates nominated by the colleges. The lot fell to Professor H. M. Wheeler of Yale. The time of day for the race was then considered. Yale preferred to row in the morning, while Harvard favored the afternoon, as it would be more convenient for spectators. It was finally settled that the time of day should be 4.30 P. M., and in case of postponement, Saturday morning at 10.30. It was next decided that there should be two judges from...
...expect of our crew this year something which was never demanded of a crew before. They have, in the first place, to row a four-mile race; this ended, six of them must change all their habits in the boat and pull the old three-mile race without a coxswain. If they had to do the first alone, it would be something beyond what was usual with our crews, but we are so situated this year that, having rowed a longer and harder race than any crew of past years, they will have to do the regular work of former...
...whatever may be the result of the race with Yale and the regatta at Saratoga, it is not too much to say that we shall send out a crew better trained in every respect than any that has been seen here since we began to row. Whether they win either of the races they take part in, we must be ready to learn from their experience and to apply, in future years, the lesson thus learned...