Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mile race from below the Harvard bridge up to the Cottage Farm bridge. The third boat had a lead of one length over the second, while the fourth eight was given an equal handicap over the third. At the finish the fourth crew was a length ahead of the second, while the third boat came in about an equal distance behind the second...
...about a length and a half over the second and for the first twenty or thirty strokes neither was able to gain. When, however, the crews lowered their strokes for the steady pull to Harvard Bridge, the second gained rapidly. A series of tens brought the second steadily ahead until at the finish at Longwood Bridge it was four lengths of open water ahead of the third crew. Neither eight displayed very good watermanship, but both rowed a hard race. The third lacked the power on the finish and the control over the slides which the second possessed...
...held over the four-mile course on the Charles River from the Stillman Infirmary to the Union Boat Club. Though the water was somewhat rough, the race started at 4.15 o'clock. All three crews left the starting line rowing a rather high stroke, the third seven lengths ahead of the second, and the second four lengths ahead of the University eight. The form displayed by each of the three crews was fairly good during the first part of the race...
...meeting of the Lawrence Light Guards in the Armory at Medford Saturday evening, the 780-yard relay team easily outdistanced the Brookline Gymnasium Association team. Guild, who ran first for Harvard, passed Wall, of Brookline, after a hard fight. Everett and Ryley increased this lead and Fernald was far ahead of Hedlund at the finish...
...dash R. C. Foster '11 ran in splendid form, barely losing out to Gram of the B. A. A. for first place in the exceptionally fast time of 5 2-5 seconds. Gram, with 3 feet handicap, succeeded in getting off the mark in the final heat a trifle ahead of Foster, but the latter ended in a characteristically strong sprint. The 50-yard handicap high hurdle race was won by J. K. Lewis '11, with a handicap of 4 feet, in 6 3-5 seconds. J. P. Long '11, running from scratch, finished second. In the 1000-yard...