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After Thursday's light work all the crews had hard practice yesterday. The University crew rowed downstream in the afternoon one and a half miles at a stroke of about 26, raising it to 32 in the last mile which was rowed in about 5 minutes. Partly because of the ideal weather conditions the men showed great improvement over former work and seemed to be rounding into fine shape. The University four-oar was given a hard row in the morning and the afternoon. The Freshman eight rowed two miles downstream in 10 minutes and 23 seconds during the afternoon...
...College examinations prevented all the Yale crews from having hard practice yesterday, the work being just sufficient to keep the men in condition. During the evening the University eight rowed down past the Harvard quarters for two miles and back, covering the four miles by easy stretches and without any attempt at time rowing. All of the were reported by the coaches to be in good condition. It is expected that the examinations for the men in the University boat will be finished this morning and that there will be row over the course late in the afternoon...
Owing to the hard four-mile row Wednesday and the prevailing hot weather, the Yale crews were given only light work yesterday. The practice in the morning consisted of easy stretches. In the afternoon the University eight defeated the Freshman eight in a mile race upstream by half a length of open water. Both crews then returned to their quarters. The University four-oar and a four-oar made up of substitutes also raced a mile, the University boat winning by four lengths...
Yesterday afternoon the Yale University crew rowed upstream over the four-mile course. Although the men were given hard work, it was not a time row. The stroke was 28 for the first three miles and 30 for the last mile. The crew will probably not be given a time row until Saturday afternoon, when all examinations will be over...
Yesterday, notwithstanding the rainy weather, the crews rowed down to Longwood bridge and returned in easy stretches. The men all seemed in good condition and rowed hard...