Word: splashing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cambridge Chronicle publishes the following astonishing piece of news: "Now if you will imagine eight strong fellows stepping from seat to seat and taking their places; the captain, cigarette in hand, calling "Ready!" "Row!" and then the steady splash of oars for a long, long time in the flickering gaslight-see this and you see it all. Yale also has a tank which, unfortunately, an inventor claims as his own idea, and a suit is liable...
...Yale crew leaves for New London on the 18th. A New Haven boating man says that the general appearance of the men in the boat is careless. They splash altogether too much at the finish and catch. This will have to be overcome in order to create a favorable impression on the Thames...
...excellent rule made by Captain Cook, that the strength of the stroke should be expended at the moment the blade catches the water, and when the oar becomes at right angles to the boat the effort should be lessened, so that the stroke could be finished without jerk or splash, allowing opportunity to return quickly for the second stroke...
...series of swift revolutions. Diggles madly rushes to her assistance; will he be too late? Her head swims, her brain reels. Why did she trust him? Alas! why did she trust him? Faster and faster turns the log; faster and faster twinkle the maiden's feet. A slide, a splash, a faintly gurgled "Diggles!" and the dark waters close over her bosom forever...
...study, of himself, and of the world, a visit on any fair afternoon to the University Boat House will do much towards restoring the feeling that comes from a sound and vigorous body. The passing of men to and from the float, the rattling of oars, and the splash of boats as they hit the water, give to the whole place an air of bustle and activity; while the single sculls and the eights, going up and down the Charles, indicate the strong interest taken in the approaching class races; and this occasion is none...