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DEAR SIR, - At a meeting of the Columbia College Boat-Club, held on the 26th inst., a Resolution was passed authorizing the President of the Club to challenge the Harvard University Boat-Club to an eight-oared shell race, to be rowed at any time after June 26, 1877; the place and distance to be left to the choice of Harvard...
...extended to her a strong helping hand, left her to use the props she had before, and given her a stout new stick for her next race. To him the students return their most hearty thanks. On Wednesday night the crew made their first trip in the new Blakey shell. The dimensions of this boat are: length, 58 feet; width, 23 1/2 inches; weight, 225 pounds. This is undoubtedly one of the finest eight-oars ever built. On the paper boat also the makers seem to have expended all their skill. The crew now have an opportunity of fairly testing...
...Boat Club have ordered a cedar shell from Blakey, which will probably be finished in the course of two weeks, and will then show the results of most careful worksmanship on the part of the builder, who, by the way, is considered one of the best in the world. The boat will be about sixty feet long and two feet wide. Special attention has been paid to the construction of the coxwain's seat, and it is believed that in this particular the best possible contrivance has been secured. The crew regret that they have been unable to obtain...
...river near the boat-house, since the warm weather has come on, presents quite a lively scene of an afternoon, between half past four and six, and more frequently may be seen the hapless tyro swimming toward the float with his dismantled shell...
DURING the past two weeks, rain or shine, the crew have been steadily taking their daily pulls. They row each afternoon from five to eight miles, generally in the shell, but sometimes, for more careful coaching, in the barge. The two substitutes also practice daily, in a pairoar. The coach comes out from Boston several times a week, and is earnestly laboring to turn out a victorious crew from the eight strong, rugged fellows who have been selected to represent us at Springfield. The crew are steadily improving, and are much farther advanced than - so far as the writer...