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FAMA volat that the Nassau Boat Club of New York is to put in training a six-oared crew to row against the winners of the Collegiate Regatta...
...Ruined boat...
Lightly rocked a little boat...
Drifted slow the little boat...
...class, to choose a number of men, train them during the winter, and teach them all that can be learned on the rowing weights. When the spring comes, the trainer might take them on the river, going himself as coxswain, and assign to them their positions in the boat as should seem to him best. As soon as the crew are fairly at work, let the members elect one of their number captain, and, while he would have full command over the men, the trainer might still go out for the purpose of giving them style. It seems...