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...were well matched. As they spurted along, side by side, with the oars rising and falling in measured stroke and with great regularity, they formed a very pretty sight, which was enjoyed by hundreds of spectators from the boat house and the river banks. These crews, except a stroke oarsman for each eight, had been drawn by lot. By a strange chance, each of three of the crews was composed mostly of men from a single class, so that they were called the '85, '86, and '87 crews respectively. The '87 crew won by about a fourth of a boat...
...Cook, the veteran Yale oarsman, and Mr. Hull, captain of last year's Yale crew, visited the boat-house yesterday...
Wallace Ross, the oarsman, is training the Columbia crews, and by rowing along with them is getting himself into good trim for his approaching race...
...have done hard, faithful work ever since, and have now increased it on account of the recent changes. Several eight-to-ten mile rows were taken in the last few days in order to get the crews well "shaken" together. It is hoped that the new stroke oarsman will find little difficulty in again acquiring the old Harvard stroke, after rowing a different one for two months. All accounts from Yale seem to indicate that the New Haven crew is an unusually good one and that it is making every possible endeavor not to be shown four miles of rudder...
...Perkins, last year's stroke, should row at number seven, if an efficient stroke can be obtained. If Mr. Bryant can endure the hard work of a four-mile race, he will probably row stroke. Though Mr. Storrow has had a year's experience and proved himself an excellent oarsman, he is rather light, and may possibly be displaced by Mr. Keith. The final composition of the crew has not yet been decided, but will probably be known by the end of this week...