Word: finished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Fails to get enough body reach, and consequently slumps at the full reach. Must swing over the keel. Apt to go back too far and slump on the finish...
Stroke - Must sit up to it well. especially at the finish. Should be careful not to hang at the full reach...
...Goes back too far. Must pull his oar in more smoothly, and not jerk at the finish. Should be careful to use his outside hand. Apt to hang and catch behind stroke...
...Hunches up his shoulders badly during the stroke, which makes a very bad slump at the finish. Fails to get enough body reach or slide. Rows his oar out. Much watch his man more carefully...
Blodgett's dodging and Simson's throwing were the features of the game. A number of ladies braving the northwest wind saw the game to the finish...