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...trip back to the boat house serious difficulties were met with from the high sea that was running in the river. Fortunately a washboard had been put on the shell a few days before; but, as it was, the crew narrowly escaped swamping...
...Freshmen went out awhile in the afternoon in tubs, and for a few moments in their shell...
...breaking of an oarlock on the Harvard 'Varsity shell during the practice yesterday, and the still-remembered fiasco at Henley two years ago, by which Cornell won a barren victory over Leander, suggest the possibility of similar mishaps during the race at Poughkeepsie. There would be neither glory nor satisfaction in a victory won under such conditions. This note is to suggest that by agreement among those in authority, full power be given the referee to recall the crews at his discretion for a new start if the first start should be marred by any evident misunderstanding (wherever responsibility...
...crew were given some hard work. Two hours were spent in taking the men out in pair oars and at noon the eight went out. Mr. Cook had them row down to a sheltered cove near Redtop, Harvard's old quarters, and coached them from the bank. The new shell is expected to arrive Friday...
...Lehmann has expressed himself as greatly pleased with the quarters at Krum Elbow, and says that the course is a fine four-mile stretch. The 'Varsity are rowing in the '99 shell and the Freshman in the Clasper boat. All the men are well and in good spirits. The Freshmen are now showing continued improvement, after somewhat unsatisfactory work on Thursday, largely due to the rough water...