Word: ordered
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Yale, and the referee's testimony as to the courses of the boats at the moment of the foul, are a clear indication of his opinion as to which boat should bear the blame of the foul. No one can regret more than Harvard that he refused to order the race rowed over, which it was his plain duty to do, in accordance with Rule XII. It is worthy of mention, and is not, we think, generally known, that the Harvard crew preferred a petition to this effect with the judges, at the same time with their claim of foul...
...liberal arrangements made with the clubs were strictly carried out by Mr. Mitchell. In fact, Saratoga has in every way vindicated its character for straightforward dealing. The promises of the S. R. A. in regard to pool-selling, accommodations, etc., were observed with the most punctilious exactness. The greatest order and decorum prevailed, and the much-dreaded John Morrissey was rather a blessing than otherwise, by concentrating whatever wickedness there was in town behind the green curtains of his club-house. Never before has Saratoga been filled with so large or so respectable an assemblage as that which thronged...
...account of rough water, and the crowds which assembled on the afternoons of Thursday and Friday were somewhat thinned on the morning of Saturday the 18th. The boats came into position before their respective stake-boats, off Snake Hill, at a little before eleven o'clock, in the following order from the east or right-hand shore, looking down the course...
...result of the race. Could Harvard and Yale have been separated by even a single place, it is probable a fair test of superiority might have been obtained. The four crews between whom the race really lay - Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Wesleyan - soon after the start drew ahead, and the order named was that of the first mile and a half. Harvard had been steadily drawing up on Columbia, until, at the mile and a half point, she had lapped the Columbia boat. According to the account of our crew, Yale, who had meanwhile made several attempts to pass Harvard, which...
...This day, for special reasons, the valedictory poem and oration were performed. The order of the day was this: At ten the class walked in procession to the President's, and escorted him, the professors, and tutors to the Chapel, preceded by the band playing solemn music...