Word: finished
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which is about half way down the course; the seniors led the juniors about half a length and were rowing a quick stroke. From here ninety-one spurted and gained a slight lead. Ninety-two was out of the race by this time. At half a mile from the finish ninety pushed to the front again, ninety-one not quickening the stroke above thirty-six at any time. The freshmen made a splendid fight and within the last quarter of a mile gave the juniors a very close rub, but just at the finish ninety-one went ahead of them...
...which got in the way before the start and delayed the crews in getting off. Perhaps it was the exposure to the cold which this occasioned that made several of the oarsmen succumb under the strain of the race. Stroke and seven of the seniors fainted at the finish, which is a little less than a mile and seven-eighths from the start. Bow of the sophomores was exhausted at the bridge, and stroke of the juniors became unconscious at that point, and did not come to till he was in the Union Boat House. He went through the rest...
...college showed its appreciation of the races by braving the rain and turning out in large numbers to cheer the rival eights. It was especially gratifying to notice the freshman tug. The class showed a much better spirit by chartering the tug and keeping up their enthusiasm to the finish, than was manifest two days ago; and the freshman crew proved that they deserved the support and confidence of their class. They made a plucky fight from start to finish. They need feel no discouragement at not finishing better than third, for so close a pull against the veterans...
...finish line is the imaginary prolongation of the face of the brick wall on the west side of Otter Street, Boston...
...thrown quickly down to the water at the catch." In 1887 the same difference was observable, though Harvard had a much faster crew. The Yale crew had a longer "hang" of the oars before entering the water, a slower start of the shoulders on the recover and a weaker finish, but they kept their boat moving steadily while the Harvard boat stopped between the strokes. In 1888 the Yale crew was much more finished then in either of the preceding years, while the Harvard crew suffered from a multiplicity of ideas...