Word: downstream
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...good combination. The men pulled hard and in unison, got a strong leg drive, and forced the shell to run well between strokes. The afternoon work of the crew showed improvement over that of the morning. Accompanied by Coach Wray in his single scull, the eight went downstream to the Navy Yard and back in easy stretches...
...crews was very light today, owing to the oppressive heat. In the latter part of the afternoon a gentleman's four, made up from the Yale graduates, raced one composed of Harvard graduates, and won by a length in a quarter-mile race. The university crew went downstream two miles and back, accompanied by Coach Kennedy...
...attempt was made to speed, much attention being paid to the form of the men. The freshman crew was taken upstream two miles and practiced starts and slowing into the regular stroke. The university and freshman four-oars raced a mile downstream, late this afternoon, and the university four won by two lengths. There were no changes in the boating of any of the crews today...
HARVARD CREW QUARTERS, RED TOP, CT., June 17, 1907.--The work for the crews here today was moderately light. In the morning the University crew went downstream for a mile, and then returned up the river to Red Top, after which it again went downstream for half a mile before leaving the water. The Freshman crew covered a mile and a half in easy stretches. Buxton, who has rowed regularly at 4, is threatened with the mumps, and has been quarantined. Vogel took his place and Loring was put in at 2 in the four-oared in Vogel's position...
...afternoon the work was harder. The University and Freshman eights rowed downstream together in easy stretches as far as the 2 1-2 mile mark. The crews then turned around and started back with the Freshmen slightly in the lead. The crews remained in about the same relative position for some distance, when the Freshmen started to draw ahead and gained a quarter of a boat length. Farley then raised his stroke and the crews raced for a quarter of a mile. The University eight spaced well and finished a half a length in the lead. The University four...