Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fifth annual race meeting of the Harvard bicycle club will be held on the new quarter-mile track on Holmes field on Saturday...
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...must be borne in mind that the university crew is not yet rowing with the uniformity it will probably attain in the next two months, and that the men are not in condition to do themselves justice in a short pull, as they are training for a four-mile race. Nevertheless, the senior crew did remarkably well. Their stroke is a very trying one, as it brings the muscles of the legs, back and arms into use at once. But for this very reason one would naturally suppose this stroke, providing it can be kept up, to be more effective...
...caught the water first and shot ahead about a quarter of a length, rowing 36 strokes to the minute. The seniors, though pulling 39 strokes in the first minute, were not able to get ahead, contrary to general expectation. Off the Cross Roads, near the end of the first mile. however, the seniors were leading, by about six feet. A little farther on, the '86 crew, which had been lying in wait entered the race and managed to keep a couple of lengths ahead of the other boarts. The second half of the race was still closer then the first...