Word: wateringly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...race between the Trial Fours on Saturday was not a great success. The water was very rough, and although the race was rowed, it hardly served to show which was the better crew of the two. The boats crossed the line at the finish full of water, and with their bows almost even, Wetmore's crew leading the other by perhaps a foot. Several of the crews which went down to see the race came to grief on account of the roughness of the water. In making their landing at the Union Boat House, the Holyoke four swamped, much...
...last Magenta we gave a table showing the time of high-water for two weeks. As the time of high tide at the boat-house is fully as important as the time in Boston, we continue the table for two weeks more...
RULE V. Each boat shall keep its own water during the race, and any boat departing from its own water shall be disqualified...
RULE VI. A boat's own water is its buoyed course parallel with those of the other competing boats, from the station assigned to it at starting to the finish, and the Umpire shall be sole judge of a boat's deviation from its own water and proper course through the race...
...surer method must be devised of ascertaining what changes the members of the association desire than the publication of individual complaints. It would not seem very difficult to have a larger variety at each meal, and there are some additions that might be made, such as more salt-cellars, water-pitchers, and bread-plates, that would greatly increase the comfort of the meals; this, however, would require more capital. Let us hope that the money to be raised by subscription to pay off the debt incurred in fitting up the hall will soon be collected, and that then we shall...