Word: saratoga
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Brunonian explains that Brown has determined to send no crew to Saratoga for the following "simple" reasons, which cannot help being "satisfactory to the most ardent friend of Brown or the dullest intellect": first, one of their best men could not row, for reasons not made public, and of course they would not send a crew which did not contain all "their best men"; and secondly, they owe "quite a sum" for last year's expenses, and wisely consider that it is best to incur no new debts until the old ones are paid...
...print the agreement between Harvard and Yale in regard to the Regatta at Springfield. The rules under which the race is to be rowed are substantially the same as those in force at Saratoga...
...polite resulted from the fact that the two Nines in fixing the time for the match found difficulty in finding three days which would be equally convenient for both sides, and also from the fact that our Nine suggested at first that the third game might be played in Saratoga. Yale declined the proposition in regard to Saratoga, and our Nine immediately dropped the matter. Springfield is agreed upon as the place for the third game, if a third game is found necessary. Delegates from the two Nines will meet to-morrow at Springfield to settle upon...
BROWN will not send a Freshman crew to Saratoga. - Courant...
...told that if success in this project crown the efforts of Harvard men, "a meed of praise would be awarded them greater even than they would obtain were they to bear off the honors at the next Saratoga contest." Here, then, is an opportunity for Harvard to distinguish herself! With what pride should we say to the victors at Saratoga: "You have won the race, but we have supplied mental nourishment for our Wellesley sisters...