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...running than usual, the finish being made by the hares in 1 hour 6 1/2 minutes. The hares led the course across Brighton bridge, half way to Allston, and then across the fields to Beacon Park, through the park around back of Allston, circling Corey Hill by a long detour, coming around by Brighton, and then down the railroad track half way to Allston, where the bags were left among the stockyards. The hounds were detained five or six minutes, hunting for the bags, which they were finally unable to find; so they broke at this point and came back...
Harvard, being twenty lengths behind the boats, had ample time to avoid the labyrinth of entangled crews, which opportunity she improved by making a wide detour...