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...stroke. This is good time. The Harvard men are all in good condition. The freshman crew is rowing very well and gives the 'varsity good practice. The men are all in good condition and ought to make a splendid showing June 30. Columbia freshmen are here. They sank in their shell a few days ago and spoiled their boat so they had to send to New Haven for a class boat which they are using now. The Yale Freshmen are expected today...
...rally was but temporal and since then he has gradually grown worse. For the last week he has been very weak, although he endured the suffering, which the last stages of consumption imply, heroically. Night before last he could breathe only with the greatest difficulty, but towards morning he sank into a restful sleep and so passed away...
...Peace, Happiness and Prosperity, which they did day and night without intermission. Finally he was killed by another king who took possession of the mill and ordered an unlimited amount of salt to be ground out, which he packed in such large quantities in a ship that it sank, and the salt, dissolving in the sea, gave it its salty character...
Monday morning as a large dredge was going up the river it drifted across the bow line of the 'varsity launch thus pulling the rope so tight that the launch was overturned. It immediately filled with water and sank. The the dredging company put men at work Monday night and at low tide the launch was raised, Pumped out, and was ready for crew practice yesterday afternoon. The accident happened at a very unfortunate time as Perkins, captain of the '84 crew, had come up from New York to aid in coaching the crew and without the launch he could...
...Harvard, Yale and Columbia freshmen rowed a three-cornered race in which the Yale Freshmen, getting into the roughest water, sank, and the Harvard crew won with some ease over Columbia. The fact that one crew sank gave rise to the opinion that the course was unfair for three crews. Whether this opinion is still prevalent is hard to say. The Harvard boat club is considering the challenge and will reply in a few days. A challenge has already been sent by our freshmen to the Columbia freshmen...