Word: watermanship
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...River Aire (tributary to the Ouse), in England. The old English Terrier, a strong, fearless dog, good for vermin and dead game, lacked a good sense of smell. So the people of the Aire valley crossed it with the Otter Hound, making it keen-scented and giving it better watermanship. Other crosses were made to improve the breed. The dogs were first known as Waterside Terriers. The Airedale Agricultural Society, at a farm show, held the first exhibition of this class of dogs in 1879, and decided to give them the name Airedale in honor of the event...
...Good Watermanship Needed...
Bert Haines came next, laying stress on the need of good watermanship in general and recommending practice in wherries and singles. He also offered to go tubbing individually with the men. Then he said that the prospects were good so far and urged the men to cooperate in every way to make the season a success...
...brush between the Technology Sophomore crew and a mixed crew made up from the 1923 A and B boats. The Engineers had little difficulty in pulling away from the Sophomore combination, which had never rowed together before and as a result failed to exhibit any signs of first class watermanship...
...Cornell, the other between the Freshman crews. The chief object of the committee of University Boat Club members in charge of the event is to give the club, dormitory, class, scrub, and individual oarsmen a suitable climax to the season's rowing, thereby also stimulating general interest in watermanship among members of the University...