Word: finish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...four signal uprights on Harvard Bridge represent the four courses to which crews and signals are assigned. The program of the races tells by number the crew and singles with their respective courses. These signals show the positions of the contestants at both Harvard Bridge and the finish, and also by how much a crew is leading in the following manner: The height of the signal represents one boat length. Thus, if the top of signal card 2 is opposite the middle of signal card 1, it shows that the boat on course 1 is one half a length ahead...
...sculls event. For the first quarter of a mile only was there any doubt which 1917 boat would win out. The start was at Cottage Farm bridge. After the first quarter mile the Sophomores slowed down to a low, powerful stroke. The lead was steadily increased. Just before the finish Henderson urged his men on to a final spurt with which they swept across the line a good three lengths in the lead...
...single sculls race was very close all the way down. S. Gaillard, of Yale, and N. P. Darling '17 had it nip and tuck until the finish, when Gaillard pulled away and finished a length ahead...
...number two, which the Sophomores will use. Two signs are erected at Harvard bridge, one with Yale's number, one, and the other with Harvard's number, two. These will indicate the relative positions of the two boats at Harvard bridge, the mid-way mark, and at the finish...
...Saturday afternoon the second 1918 crew won from Exeter Academy their first outside race. For the first three quarters of the mile the schoolboys maintained the lead by quarter of a length. But when Stroke Simonds drove his men on to a hard finish they passed their rivals, finishing strongly a quarter of a length ahead...