Word: 18m
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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July 22, 1870, same course; Yale 18.45: Harvard 20.30. This closed the series which on the whole had been favorable to Harvard. The wearers of the crimson won seven of the nine races, and are credited with the fastest time, 18m. 2s. The next three races were rowed at Springfield, Mass...
...splendid form, while Columbia had begun to show a ragged stroke. At the two mile flag Harvard was timed at 11m. 44s., and Columbia at 12m. 47s. Columbia now spurted desperately, rushing the stroke up to 42, but without avail, for the crimson passed the three mile mark in 18m. 40s., with the crew in good condition and rowing well together, while the blue and white made the same distance in 19m. 53s., with No's. 2 and 7 giving unmistakable signs of distress. At the three and a half mile flag, Harvard hit the stroke...
...good lengths in advance of the Yale boat. Penrose now quickened his stroke and the crew passed the two and a half mile flag in 15m. 31 1-2s.; fifty seconds, and twelve and a half lengths in advance of Yale. The three-mile flag was reached in 18m. 47s., with Yale now exactly 60 seconds in the rear. The race had now degenerated into a procession, and the anxiety attendant upon the first few hundred yards gave way to a most satisfactory confidence in the ultimate result...
...spurts at the first of the race have taken the life out of her and she settles back to second place. On the last half mile word is passed to Harvard's stroke to "hit her up," and pulling steadily and in splendid form she crosses the line in 18m. 13s., with Yale bringing up the procession seven seconds behind, and the Harvard-Yale race of '66 is a thing of the past...
...18m. 1/5" J. E. Cowdin '79 Jarvis Field...