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...Water. - Very smooth...
NOTE. - Postponed from 16th to 17th because of rough water, and again to 18th for the same reason...
...inch from the end of the oar. At the word "forward," slide up to your stretcher, knees well apart, body down between them as much as possible, arms at their fullest extent, wrists depressed slightly so as to have the outside edge of the blade an inch above the water, and the inside edge resting on the surface. At the word "row," turn the oar barely more than square, raise the hands sharply, swing the body to the perpendicular, slide back (arms still rigid), swing slightly past the perpendicular and then bring the hands to the chest, high enough...
...cents. We learn on good authority that, should Saratoga be fixed upon for the next regatta, a long-contemplated plan for quick and cheap carriage to the lake will be carried into effect. This would remove every objection to Saratoga but one, that of the delay caused by rough water; and this, it is held by men familiar with the lake, could be obviated by setting the race in the morning, - to be rowed at a certain hour, or the first favorable time thereafter. In this way it is claimed the chances of a postponement would be very small...
UNIVERSITY RACE.As everybody knows, the great event of the week, the University race, was twice postponed on account of rough water, and the crowds which assembled on the afternoons of Thursday and Friday were somewhat thinned on the morning of Saturday the 18th. The boats came into position before their respective stake-boats, off Snake Hill, at a little before eleven o'clock, in the following order from the east or right-hand shore, looking down the course...