Word: banks
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...anything can take away from the bitterness of Yale's defeat, it is the excellent time they made. New London amply vindicated its claim to be the best place for the regatta. The course is all that can be desired, and, with the exception of telegraphic signals along the bank, the arrangements made for seeing and enjoying the race were excellent...
...almost every one knows, the N. Y. and N. E. R. R. have agreed to run, on the day of the race, a train of platform cars, furnished with seats arranged in tiers, from the start to the finish. The track runs along the bank of the Thames River, and there are only two or three points in the entire distance where trees or other objects shut out a view of the course. Each car will accommodate about eighty persons. Several cars have already been engaged by gentlemen from New Haven, and we earnestly advise our enterprising men to open...
...crew leaves here the 22d, the day after Class Day, and will go immediately to their quarters, which are four miles from New London, and on the opposite bank of the river, very near the start. A boat-house has been built for them in a little cove just before their quarters, and they will row their boat up to it from the town the day of their arrival. The Yale quarters are a mile farther up the river, at Gale's Ferry...
...train is, that for the greater part of the distance the boats will be on the opposite side of the river, although at the start and finish they are near the cars. Besides these different modes of seeing the race, there is a good carriage road on the left bank of the river (the railroad is on the right), and any enterprising person would find he could get a fine view by hiring a horse and riding along with the crew...
LAST Saturday Captain Bancroft went on to New London with Mr. Weld, and selected quarters for the crew, and, although they are not as satisfactory as those of last year, yet they do very well. The house that he chose is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the river, near the head of the course, and has in front of it a little cove that is protected from the wind and makes a very good place for the boat-house. The principal objection to the house is the lack of shade-trees. This disadvantage may be obviated by setting...