Word: snappings
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...rowing yet on fixed seats and are not feathering. The object of this is to secure long body swing with arms straight and a firm finish. The time has greatly improved of late and the men are getting more snap at the catch. It looks now as if those defects which have caused so much criticism on Harvard's rowing will be remedied...
...have been rowing the full stroke on the sliding seats. Since they have done this they have begun to show some of their rowing style. They have also shown a couple of very decided faults which are general right through the crew. The first is a lack of snap in taking hold of the water, the second is a habit of going back too far. To these may be added a slowness in getting the oar in the water. The new men are also unsteady on the recover, especially just before catching the water...
...good one. The stories are light and usually well told. The one giving evidence of most careful finish is "Cupid's Brush," an international episode of which the scene is laid first in the Louvre at Paris; secondly, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The story has considerable snap and comes to an end at the right moment. The conversations are written with spirit...
Jones '92, 5, 163. Rowed in class crew and substitute on the 'varsity. Slow at catch and finish. Does not get his oar into the water with snap...
...lucky that there was no reception arranged for the men in New York, as they were all so tired that they spent a greater part of the day in sleeping. in spite of which their singing showed the effects of so much travelling, though they sang with much snap...