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At Buffalo the party embarked on board the double-turreted monitor "Infinity" and the gunboats "Hyperbola" and "Parabola," purchased, as you know, two years ago by our Boat-Club to take care of the interests of Harvard at the regattas.
The only incident of the voyage between Buffalo and Detroit was the capture and execution of a band of cutthroats hired by Trinity to place torpedoes in the Detroit River for the purpose of destroying our fleet.
The election of Harvard men solely as judges this year was owing to the unexpected liberality with which our Divinity School subscribed to the Boat-Club; a fund was thereby created which proved invaluable for electioneering purposes.
At the end of the second mile Vassar was still ahead, leading Ah Sin by five lengths; Harvard, however, had now gained the 497th place, our colored brethren, by strict attention to business, having succeeded in passing Yale.
Deafening cheers for Harvard greeted this achievement. Bets of two to one were offered that she would not come in last, when an unlooked-for circumstance took place which eventually gave the victory to our College. When three fourths of a mile from the stake-boat, the Indian crew, spurting...