Word: fractionable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made the half in 3m. 2 2-5s., and finished the full distance in 6m. 36 1-2s. The best on record is Eugene R. Merrill's 6m. 32 3-5s. ; Merrill's time for half a mile is 3m. 3s., which Murray beat by a fraction of a second. On the same occasion L. E. Myers, within an hour, ran four dashes of a quarter-mile each. The first was made in 51 2-5s., the second in 55s., the third in 46 2-5s.. and the fourth...
...University; and now they have completed their record with another finely rowed race and victory. In all, the class has rowed six races, in three of which they have been victorious; in two races they have been second, lapping the winning boat each time, being beaten only by the fraction of a second by '81 in the fall of 1880. In their other race, that of the spring of their sophomore year, they came in third, rowing by no means a poor race, considering the circumstances On the whole, '83 has been essentially a rowing class, having shown up well...
...made a spurt, and '84 was a good four lengths behind. About half-way between the sluiceway and the pump, '82 was still ahead, but '83 was gaining gradually. When the crews were opposite the old inn on Beacon street '83 made a good spurt and gained a fraction of a length on '82. At this time '82 was rowing 32 strokes to a minute; '83, 31 strokes; '84, 30 1/2, and '85, 30. At the pump '82 was still ahead, but '83 was spurting and making a perceptible gain. About a half a mile from the finish '82 commenced...