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WITHIN six weeks the first of the Spring Races will be rowed over the Charles River course, and it is highly important that more active preparation should be made by our boat-clubs. Replies to the challenges sent by the Secretary of the H. U. B. C. have been received from three amateur clubs of Boston and vicinity. The Union Boat Club will send at least one competitor for the single-scull race on May 11. The Secretary also writes that, in all probability, a four-oar will be entered by the Union to row with our four picked from...
...members of the Rifle Club talk of distinguishing themselves in the spring, not by especially good shooting, but by the adoption of a ribbon to wear on their hats. Doubtless they will shoot the hat before they have had it long...
...most important events of the week is the decision of the boat-club officers and the executive committee of the University in regard to the management of the spring races. We note with pleasure that they have determined to adhere rigorously to their part of the bargain with Mr. Blakey. In another column will be found an account of the meeting and the programme of the approaching races. It is to be hoped that the Union Boat-Club will consider favorably the plan proposed for the combination regatta between the sixes and also between the fours, as the entrance...
...stimulant to athletics. Such races held, say biweekly on Friday afternoons, when there is nothing going on, and for cups of moderate value, would command a large entry, and men who 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...
...parent spring to wander free...