Word: finish
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Frank Shaw was replaced by Doucette in the second half. Gonterman and Dunlop were given a try behind the line in the first half, and Fairchild and Wrightington were called out for the finish...
...fast as the made path. L. E. Pilkington, the Cambridge representative for the double event, is short and heavy, not unlike Shaw of the London team, in build, and is speedy for the first five hurdles, but does not seem capable of holding the burst to the finish. With him will be W. M. Fletcher, who stands over six feet, and is broad-shouldered rather than heavy. He is slower than Pilkigton and they bear about the same speed relation as do Cady and Hatch, who will be offered as their opponents by Yale. Cady, however, has been doing splendid...
...Harvard made another attempt to catch the Yale boat at the three-mile flag, and succeeded in gaining a few seconds, which they held to the three-and-a-hald-mile flag. Thereafter Yale continued to pull away steadily, notwithstanding Harvard's desperate spurt toward the finish. An occasional break between four and five in the Harvard boat was about the only fault to be seen in either crew. The winning time was not fast considering the conditions. Both crews rowed in excellent form from start to finish, Yale excelling in blade work and Harvard in body work...
...official time at the various points of the race was: Half mile-Harvard, 2.18; Yale, 2.20; Columbia, 2.25. First mile-Yale, 4.58; Harvard, 5; Columbia, 5.15. Second mile and finish-Yale, 10.28; Harvard, 10.33; Columbia, 13.18.5. Columbia's bad beat was due to the breaking of Captain Pierrepont's oarlock before reaching the mile flag. Yale pulled uniformly 38 strokes, Harvard 40 to 41, and Columbia 38 to 40 per minute...
Preparations are being made at New London to have the race managed more satisfactorily than ever before. This year the finish will be enclosed by a chain of logs to prevent the various pleasure craft from interfering...