Word: speeded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact that not one of the crews which competed is now qualified to row as an amateur in England; indeed, Lee, the single-scull winner, has been under suspicion for some time in this country. The "Sewing-Machines," as they are called, proved themselves miracles of gameness, endurance, and speed as their record of 7.17 1/2 in the short race and 18.44 1/2 in the three-mile race shows. The times for all the test-races are found to be from 8 1/2 to 10 seconds too fast, as the course - which was laid out by guesswork - proved, on being...
...contested each time would soon run themselves into first-class condition, and render the time made at the Spring and Fall Meetings creditable to themselves and to the College. As matters now stand, one or two men are regarded as invincible, simply because they train somewhat, and have speed enough to beat their utterly untrained opponents in a canter. By handicapping these men the chances would be equalized, and others induced to train really hard, while the invincible few would have to work all the harder; thus speed, time, and men would all improve...
...remember how soon the velocipede fever died out in this country; but in England and France it had a different fate. First the driving-wheel was enlarged, and the rear wheel reduced, by which alterations not only greater speed was gained, but the rider was so placed as to expend his energy to the best advantage, viz. directly over, instead of behind the axis of power. The next step was to substitute iron and steel for wood, producing a machine of more elegant appearance and greater strength...
...Charon's oar-locks die away in the distance; there was an occasional bark from some far-off farmer's house-dog at intervals that made the silence more supreme, and my thoughts, mounting the fumes of my cigarette for their hippogriff, galloped away as only reveries can speed at the end of a particularly interesting holiday." And here my chum poked the fire, smiled, and then went on impressively...
...course. Captain Thompson admitted that this act of the referee counterbalanced the changing of the buoy. It was then explained that the referee's signals with a red handkerchief were directed, not at the Harvard crew, but at the engineer of his own little steamer, to regulate the speed. The charge that he signalled the Harvard crew was accordingly withdrawn. The last charge was that the referee had ordered Yale out of what Captain Thompson called Yale's own water, - water which Yale had taken in Harvard's course, behind Harvard. Captain Bancroft stated that the referee had told both...