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...Within a week he will have four or five boats under way. and hopes by the first of May to have all of them completed. He is building two four oared boats (one of which has a 22 inch beam and the other a 30 inch beam), two pair-oared boats, one double scull, two single compromise sculls, and three wherries...
...impossibility. The matter, at first, seemingly trivial, is in reality very important, since the work of regular teams in training is to a considerable extent regulated by weight. Particularly is this true just before athletic contests. The gymnasium, therefore, should either overhaul the present scales, or purchase a new pair, and that before the season is so far advanced that the inaccuracy of the present pair interferes seriously with the training for the winter meetings...
...list of the races and of the prizes, part of which are on exhibition in Leavitt and Peirce's window: Two mile open-entrance fee $1, 1st prize gold medal, 2nd prize silver medal, third prize bronze medal; five mile open-entrance fee 50 cents, 1st prize pair gold inlaid skates, second prize pair gold inlaid skates, second prize silver cup, third prize pair American skates; 220 yards dash open-fee 50 cents, 1st prize Waltham silver watch, 2nd prize silver carving set; backward race open, no fee-1st prize split bamboo rod, 2nd prize pair opera glasses; figure contest...
...head waiter at Memorial has, awaiting owners, the following articles which have been found there: the cape of an overcoat, two bath towels, two derby hats, two canes and several umbrellas. The auditor also holds a light overcoat and two pair of gloves...
...informed that the new boat house will be stocked with a number of singles, pair-oars, and fours, not of the very lightest sort, but light enough to race in or to upset in. A meeting will be held, later in the season, of all those enough interested in the project of a sculling race even to talk about it. In the meantime, I suppose, the CRIMSON will be willing to print suggestions from any who may have plans or schemes to better the mode of carrying on the race...