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...near the flat round bows, slapping up the river mud with broad paddles set astern. The occasion was a race between the Betsy Ann and the Chris Greene, two packets plying the Ohio between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Captain Chris Greene of the Chris Greene had boasted that his vessel, a steel craft built in 1925, could beat the Betsy Ann "any time." This was nothing short of insulting to a little wooden ship who had made speed records 30 years ago on the Mississippi and who had a pair of gold-tipped elk horns to prove her an undefeated champion...
...Yale will collect flora & fauna during an 18-month trip. They are Edward Dodd Jr. (son of the President of Dodd, Mead & Co.) who will write a book on his return; Alexander Brown and G. Clymer Brooke of Ardmore, Pa.; Thomas Marshall of Philadelphia; Joseph Roby of Rochester. The vessel will be commanded by Lieutenant Alexander Gray, U. S. N., retired...
...efficient long distance runner in the U. S. Far behind De Mar plodded Jimmy Henigan who had been running in marathons for eight years but had never finished among the leaders. Before the race he had told a friend that he was going to win or break a blood vessel...
...vessel I shall shatter...
Friday afternoon they headed into a gale. Ice began to cover their vessel; wind heaved it roughly about. Darkness was coming on; their benzine was almost gone. So they dipped in a cautious glide toward the earth's surface, not knowing whether below the fog's bed was land or water...