Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ninety-seven crew took its first practice row in a shell yesterday afternoon. The last year's boat was used and the work was very creditable for the first trial. The only change in the make-up was that Gleason rowed at bow in place of Rantoul. The order of the men was as follows: Stroke, Watson; 7, Wrightington; 6, White; 5, Kernan; 4, Dunlop; 3, Chapman; 2, Cornwell; bow, Gleason...
...Ninety-seven crew rowed in its usual order yesterday afternoon, except that Phelps rowed at No. 5, while Capt. Kernan coached. Last year's shell has been rigged, and the men will begin work in it preparatory to breaking in the new boat which Davy has nearly finished...
Favored by the shelter afforded by the Surrey shore, which the Oxfords selected after winning the toss, their boat was rapidly increasing its lead over the Cambridge shell, and they were rowing easily. At Craven Cottage Oxford was a length ahead. Cambridge was spurting, but could not gain against Oxford's long, sweeping stroke. Shooting Hammersmith Bridge, Oxford was still a length ahead. Cambridge made another spurt, with the same result as before...
This morning Captain Bullard and the crew managers will go in to the Union Station to superintend transporting to the Boat House the new practice shell, built by Waters of Troy...
...crew will race this year in a new shell, built by Davy, from a very original plan of Mr. Bryant, the yacht designer. The boat is shaped very much like a cigar, the stern being square and about eight inches wide. It is several feet longer than the ordinary, and will weigh 250 pounds. The unusually wide stern is expected to prevent the shell from settling at the end of the stroke. If the experiment succeeds it will revolutionize the present system of boat building...