Challenge to Columbia Freshmen

The following letter has been sent to the captain of the Columbia freshman crew:-

MR. EVERETT P. SMITH, Captain of

Columbia Freshman Crew:

DEAR SIR:- The Harvard freshmen do hereby challenge the Columbia freshman class to an eight-oared two-mile straightaway race to be rowed at New London next June, date to be mutually agreed upon hereafter.

JAMES H. KIDDER,Captain of Harvard Freshman Crew.

A reply to this challenge must be received before February 15, 1889.