Word: rudder
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...when at 600 metres, he did not stop. At about this altitude the machine "slipped off on a wing" (side-slipped) and then went into a nose drive. It struck the ground in this attitude. Two possible reasons for the accident are improper manipulation of controls, (using too much rudder) or illness. Bill may have become dizzy due to the quick turns of the machine and have lost entire control of his machine...
Both races yesterday were uneventful, the only chance of a bump being spoiled when the rudder of the Mt. Auburn street shell broke just off the Stillman Infirmary. The crew was then within ten feet of Claverly and in all probability would have bumped it before the finish. Randolph and Hampden-Dunster, the first crews in each division, increased their leads on the other boats throughout their races...
...drew away from Weld in the first few strokes. Thayer, however, again lengthened out the distance between the two boats before the first bend had been reached. Oxford street was forced to drop out of the race immediately after the start owing to an unfortunate accident to the rudder of its shell...