Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...LONDON, CONN., June 12. - Nearly the entire course for the Harvard-Yale race on the Thames has been marked by flags set at intervals of a half mile, today, by Captain Ed. Griffin, in the steamer Skip Jack, but the crews have not made use of them in speed trials yet. This morning the Harvard-Yale crews went into their boats at 10.30 and spent a couple of hours in rowing short stretches, in which the faults of the oarsmen were corrected by the coaches, and attention given to stroke and form. The Harvard crews pulled over the longest distances...
...been pretty freely talked over since the news came in the morning papers. Robert J. Cook would not talk about the matter, as he knew nothing except from the papers. Favorable conditions tomorrow will probably lead both the Yale and Harvard crews to go over the four miles at speed...
...Yale men is understood to be favorable to them. Harvard's practice this evening was on short stretches. This forenoon both crews were on the river a couple of hours, but neither covered the course. Tomorrow evening it is likely that Harvard will go over the four miles at speed. She has rowed the whole course already several times. She came here a week ago and this week is not likely to see the effort to do better than has yet been done relaxed...
...course frequently, for Coach Watson, who believes that a crew that is to row a long race of four miles should practice long pulls, sent the crew over the full course from Gales Ferry to Thames Bridge, this evening. They pulled exceedingly well and hit up the speed on the last quarter of the course. Hollister has entirely recovered from the tonsilitis and has taken his place in the boat, succeeding Stillman. The freshman crew practiced on the upper part of the course today. Both crews are in good condition. The weather has been cool and raw, northeast and east...
...varsity crew has rowed a four-mile time row every day. A steady, perceptible improvement has been shown in the appearance of the men and in the time made. The stroke has been gradually increased from 32 to 36 to the minute, and there is a certainty that the speed of the crew has increased accordingly. In fact there is no doubt that the present 'varsity crew has made the most encouraging time over the four-mile course on the Charles...