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...unusually small contingent of students saw the crews "get on the water" yesterday. This was owing to the general doubt felt about the floats being ready, etc. The four class crews, however, got off without the floats, while the 'varsity took its exercise in pulling the floats off the mud flats. The freshmen got off first and failed to entertain the spectators quite as much as has previously been the case. It is rumored, however, that they rehearsed their performance in the morning in pair oars. Eighty-nine was second off with Mr. Keyes, '87, as coach. Ninety followed next...
...close one. Cambridge has a finer set of men and her crew is working very hard. But the Oxford crew row in better form than their rivals, and will have an advantage if the race is in a high wind. Their stroke is more effective in rough water than that of the Cambridge...
...appeared on the river yesterday afternoon. The new pair-oared shell, which Mr. Frank Peabody ordered in England, was tried for the first time by Mr. Peabody, Mr. H. W. Keyes and Mr. R. C. Watson. The shell is a beauty, made so as to set low in the water and with two pairs of sliding seats so that stroke and bow may row either on the port or starboard side. The coxswain's seat is finely upholstered. The boat was made by the well-known Cambridge boat-builders, Swaddle and Co., and is a duplicate...
...universal amusement has been snow-balling, much to the distaste of tutors and "cops." The various crews will begin rowing on the harbor again as soon as the weather permits. Owing to the very limited number of barges, the class crews are able to get out on the water only on certain days in the week. The candidates for the 'varsity crew are now reduced to thirteen, and has been at the training table since March 1st. Stewart, '88 S., who stroked the '89 crew in several races, began training last week, and is a very promising candidate...
Some delay in getting the crews on the water may be caused by the accession of a new boat-house keeper...