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"JOHN HARVARD" REGAINS REPUTATION ON CHARLES

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The good name of the "John Harvard" and the reliability of steam launches in general were reestablished yesterday afternoon on the waters of the Charles, when the oldest coaching boat on the river came gallantly to the rescue of the "Class of '92".

This was the gasoline launch that succored "John Harvard" the other day when she lost her smokestack. Yesterday in a driving wind the modern motor broke down and Coach Haines and his driver were driven ashore just below the Watertown Arsenal. But the distressed vessel did not appeal for help to the racy "Patricia" or to the "Brown Pup" or to the "White Pup". She was content to wait for the "John Harvard", which steamed majestically homeward against the wind, towing its now abject competitor behind it.

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