Word: wateringly
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...Thames is so narrow that three crews cannot row there with equal chances, and he bases this assertion upon the fact that last June the Yale crew was compelled to swim over a part of the course. Now it has never been satisfactorily proved that Yale had any worse water than the other crews had. It has been satisfactorily proved, however, that the Yale stroke, as rowed last year, was certain to make any boat go to the bottom, in rough water, and it was suggested that if the Yale 'varsity had been compelled to row on water that...
...Howe has been treasurer of the Cambridge Gas-Light Company since 1852. He has not practised his profession for several years, not since 1852, when elected treasurer of the gas company. In 1859 and 1871 he served in the senate, and also rendered valuable assistance on the Cambridge Water Board. Deceased was a son of the late Judge Howe of Northampton and was a strong abolitionist...
...sway, seems rather absurd. Heretofore the candidates for the crew have practised during the latter part of the winter on hydraulic machines in which they went through the motions very well and derived many valuable points. But it was found "too stagey" and not in all respects like real water, and to obviate this difficulty there hasbeen constructed a tank which is to be filled with real Lake Saltonstall or rather Lake Whitney water of just about the same consistency and specific gravity as that of the River Thames. The tank is 60 feet long by 35 feet in width...
...changing from the action of hydraulic machines to the light swift shells that are used on the harbor, so that the practice in the tank is anxiously looked forward to. Of course all that the candidates can do in the way of speed is to churn up the water while the shell remains stationary. - New York Herald...
There is no skating on Fresh Pond at present, as the water where the ice has been cut off has not yet frozen...