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...start, the Yale crew jumped slightly into the lead, heading the University for the first time in six years. After the first sprint, Yale managed to increase her lead slowly until at the end of the first mile it measured a half-length. Then Harvard gained a quarter of a length, and about in this same position the two boats traveled for two miles, Yale's edge varying from 15 to 35 feet according as one crew rested or spurted...
Princeton last week finished a close second to Columbia in a triangular race, beating Pennsylvania by a half-length...
...Freshman second crew defeated the Middlesex eight-oared crew over the half-mile course up-stream above the University boathouse yesterday afternoon, winning by a scant half-length. The Middlesex crew was about twenty-five pounds lighter to the man than the second Freshman crew, but pressed the Freshmen closely by rowing with a great deal of snap at a high stroke...
...equal distance behind. About one quarter of a mile from the finish the latter made a final spurt raising the stroke to 40, and cutting down the second's lead at every pull. The distance was too short, however, and the second finished a winner by a scant half-length, the University eight just nosing the third out of second place...
...strokes Hampden-Dunster passed it and was not headed throughout the remainder of the distance. The real interest of the race was in the struggle for second place between Randolph, Weld, and Mt. Auburn street. At Harvard Bridge Randolph and Weld were almost even, with Mt. Auburn street a half-length behind, rowing a much slower stroke, but in the last stretch there was not enough power in either the Weld or Mt. Auburn street boats to keep them up. The Randolph men had a great deal of power, but wasted it rowing a high stroke against the head wind...