Word: troys
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale freshman shell, built by Waters, of Troy, has been delivered at the boat house. The most noticeable points are that it is heavier, broader and deeper than the university boats, and has rather short outboards. It is rigged with gear which Appleton, '86, invented for use on the university boat, and with metal runners on wooden slides. The price...
Waters, of Troy, will make in all fifteen new shells this spring, two of which will be for Yale, and three for Harvard...
...made of paper and will in every way be similar to those of last year. The oars have not yet been ordered, but in all probability they will not be dissimilar to those used by the '88 crews. The contract has been placed in the hands of Waters, of Troy, and his name is a sufficient guarantee that the work will be entirely satisfactory. The price of each shell will be $400. Until the new shells are ready the crews are obliged to row in the old ones, which have been renovated to suit all requirements...
...wish to call the attention of students and especially the members of the various athletic organizations and societies, to the department of American colleges in the Paris Exposition of the coming spring and summer. Professor C. Wellman Parks, of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., has charge of the exhibit, and has sent out circulars to the various organizations of our colleges asking for photographs and anything else that can be sent to represent the college. We understand that many of the smaller colleges are making great efforts to be represented as well as possible, while Harvard is doing...
...racing shells have been ordered by the navy of E. Waters and Son, the well-known builders of Troy, N. Y. Contrary to the usual custom, the model for the shell to be used by the university crew and that for the freshman crew are exactly similar. The freshman shell is to be ready March 1, while the university shell will not be finished until a month after that time. Each boat is to be furnished with the most improved appliances, and when finished will cost about $400. It is a noticeable fact in the history of Yale-Harvard races...