{"id":3831,"date":"2018-03-16T22:51:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/virginiarowing\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2024-06-26T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T17:30:12","slug":"1879-the-rives-boat-clubs-third-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2018\/03\/16\/1879-the-rives-boat-clubs-third-race\/","title":{"rendered":"1879: The Rives Boat Club&#8217;s third race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rives Boat Club&#8217;s third race was held on July 15, 1879 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The University competed in a duel against the Rappahannock Boat Club of Fredericksburg, Va. The Course was one and half miles long.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had scarcely the semblance of a race, for the Rives came in three hundred and fifty yards ahead of the Fredericksburgers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The race was easily won by the University crew by over ten lengths&#8221; (Coach J. Redwood, Corks and Curls)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Crew: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Bow:\u00a0<\/em>Thomas N. Carter of Manquin, Va.<br \/>\n<em>No. 2:\u00a0<\/em>De Courcy W. Thom of Baltimore, Md.<br \/>\n<em>No. 3:\u00a0<\/em>Braxton D. Gibson of Charleston, W.Va.<br \/>\n<em>Stroke:\u00a0<\/em>Charles Lee Andrews, captain, of Baltimore, Md.<br \/>\n<em>Steering:\u00a0<\/em>John Redwood, coach, of Baltimore, Md.<\/p>\n<h2>Newsletters, Programs, &amp; Press<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/files\/1877-The-Virginia-University-Magazine.pdf\">The Virginia University Magazine<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Volume XIX| <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Abbreviated Version with Pages Involving Rowing<\/span> |<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=uva.x000265229;view=1up;seq=10\">Full Version via UVA and Hathi Trust<\/a> <\/span>| October 1879-June 1880<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rives Boat Club&#8217;s third race was held on July 15, 1879 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The University competed in a duel against the Rappahannock Boat Club of Fredericksburg, Va. 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