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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 17, 1909.--Today's work for all the crews was the hardest since the arrival of the squads. As there was a strong south wind blowing straight down the course in the morning, the practice was necessarily very light. All the crews, except the Freshman four which went up into Moulthrop Inlet, rowed over to the west shore opposite the Freshman quarters at Red Top and paddled up and down over the last half-mile of the course. But in the afternoon the University crew was sent over the four-mile course...
...time made by the University crew was 20 minutes, 55 seconds, which is exactly the same as that made by the Yale crew last night. The shell was towed down-stream to the start at the railroad bridge, by the "John Harvard," the members of the crew being taken in the launch. At the start the crew went off at the rate of 36 strokes to the minute, but the stroke was soon lowered to 32 and this rate was maintained until the last half-mile of the course, when it was raised gradually to 40 at the finish. Taken...
This morning all the crews except the second four took a short row near the bank of the west shore where the water was calm. The afternoon's practice was of a more serious nature. The University crew rowed down to the half-mile flag below the Navy Yard in one stretch, a distance of about two and one-half miles. The crew showed much improvement over yesterday's work and appears to be slowly emerging from last week's decided slump. The men were using their shoulders to better advantage at the finish, with the result that the boat...
...Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 15, 1909.--Today the regular routine work of the crews began, consisting of two rows a day, a short paddle in the morning and a long row in the afternoon. A special arrangement has been made by which the members of the University eight take their examinations at 12 o'clock, thus enabling them to get in their morning...
...Yale Crew Quarters, Gales Ferry, Conn., June 14, 1909.--None of the crews were able to row this morning on account of a heavy wind. At 6 o'clock this afternoon, however, the university and freshman eights went up-stream two miles. On the way back the two eights had a brush for about a mile, which the university crew won by one length. The university and freshman fours took a short two up to Horton Cove and back...