Word: finished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...than in America. There is also a great difference in the build of the oars. Oxford uses oars with 3 feet 9 inches "in board length," Cambridge with 3 feet 10 inches "in board length." The extra length "in board" must give gieater power of leverage and a stronger finish. It certainly prevents any difficulty in keeping the button against the pin at both ends of the stroke an important principle in watermanship. Rowing at Cambridge has for sixteen years been under the charge of Mr. Herbert Rhodes. The principles of his system are: The hands must shoot away smartly...
...present Harvard system the finish is very poor. The trunk is doubt led up, the shoulders are rounded and breathing is not free. The boat's impetus is interrupted by the labored action of feathering with the outside forearm and elbow and by the "sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach...
...slow hunt the entire pack shall be kept together from start to finish, except where the word is given by the master for a race in to the finish on the home...
...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags, sufficient to last the lenth of the run, and in both fast and slow hunts, shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish. Should three quarters of the hounds enter a protest against the manner in which the scent was laid, the hares shall not receive prizes...
...rowed over on account of a tie in Tuesday's race, took place yesterday afternoon, and was won by number six. The crews struggled ard and neither get the advantage until opposite the boat house when number 6 gradually crept away from number 3 At the finish number 6 was three quarters of a length ah ad The winning crew was made up as follows...