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...first race, between the Weld and Newell Juniors, was started at 4.40 o'clock, the Weld crew being placed next to the Beacon street wall, with the Newell on the outside. Both crews caught the water together, and soon settled down to a stroke of 32. The Weld boat shortly began to forge ahead, and at the Harvard Bridge led by a length and half. This lead was gradually increased to a margin of three lengths at the finish, just before which the Weld crew spurted. The time was 10 minutes and 24 seconds...
...Sophomore race was started upstream at 4.40 o'clock with the first Newell crew next to the Beacon street wall, the Weld in the middle, and the second Newell on the outside. The Weld crew immediately took the lead with a somewhat slower stroke than the Newell and gradually settled down to about a 30 which it held almost all through the race, the Newell crew rowing a 32 stroke with occasional spurts. At the finish the Weld crew led the first Newell by almost four lengths, the second Newell finishing about ten lengths behind the second boat...
June 19, 1858--Second Beacon Cup Regatta, over a three-mile course on the Charles River. The order of the winning crew was as follows: Stroke, B. W. Crowninshield '58; 5, C. Crowninshield '60; 4, C. W. Eliot '53; 3, J. H. Ellison '59; 2, R. B. Gelston '58; bow, A. Agassiz '55. There was no coxswain. Time...
July 5, 1858--Charles River Regatta, over a six-mile course. The crew of the "Harvard" was the same as in the Beacon Cup race, except that J. H. Wales '61 took the place of R. B. Gelston '58. Time...
June 22, 1859--Third Beacon Cup Regatta...