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...Only one bump was made yesterday in the first day of the inter-dormitory bumping races for the Filley Cup. This occurred in the second division, Fairfax bumping Holyoke street just past the second bend. A cold drizzle and head wind made it hard for the crews to row their best...
...rowing a slow stroke, and, keeping the same positions relative to each other, they continued to gain until the Stillman Infirmary was reached. Rounding the bend at that point poor steering caused Russell to drop back, and it looked for a time as if Claverly would score a bump, but half way down the straightaway Harrower hit up his stroke, and the crews finished about as they had started...
...clock the second division started in the following order: 1, Mt. Auburn street; 2, Brentford; 3, Dunster-Dana-Drayton; 4, Perkins; 5, Russell. In this race Russell got the best start of any of the crews in either division, and maintaining a high stroke this crew overhauled and bumped Perkins before 100 yards had been covered. Interest then centered on the three crews at the head of the line. For a short time it looked as if Dunster-Dana-Drayton, which was rowing a hard race, would bump Brentford, but poor steering ruined the crew's chances at the first...
While there were only two bumps yesterday, both races were spirited and hard-fought contests, and those crews which did not bump nevertheless exerted themselves to the very finish. A considerable number of undergraduates watched the races from the bank...
...series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third one minutes. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the bank, and bumps will be signaled either through a megaphone or by a revolver shot. As soon as the signal is given, both the bumping crew and the crew bumped must drop out. All bumps must be made on the outside. Each crew must keep to the inside course in rounding a curve...