Word: shell
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...DOUBLE-SCULL, shell, nearly new and little used, for sale, with oars. Apply at Holworthy...
...University started with the crews in their barge without coxswain and with their usual practice stroke. This they kept up steadily throughout the race, coming in first by 52 seconds. The show for second crews was rather poor, the Juniors rowing in a shell against the Sophomores in a barge with coxswain, giving the latter one minute's allowance. The issue proved that this was none too much, the Juniors winning by a long distance, with a few seconds to spare...
...weird legend of the rock and shell...
...Gainst whistling shot and shrieking shell...
...question of smooth water, that can only be told by actual trial. Some one ought to be sent by one of the boat-clubs to try the water for four or five days in a shell, and give a report after thorough examination and personal experience, and also to find out whether the city will clear the course for the race, offer prizes, and oblige steamers to slow up and look out for shells...