Word: overtook
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...closely contested race was the two-mile run. P. Woodman '08, with a handicap of 200 yards, led for the first two laps but coming into the stretch on the third lap, was passed by C. J. Jackman '06, with a handicap of 175 yards. R. Grant 4M., scratch, overtook Jackman on the fourth lap and thereafter set the pace, finally winning by 5 yards in 10 minutes, 8 seconds. W. G. Howard '07, with a handicap of 80 yards, was about 10 yards behind Jackman...
...three University crews were given a trial row yesterday over the regular course, starting at the railroad bridge and finishing at the Union Boat Club. The third crew had a start of five lengths and the second a start of two lengths. The first crew gained steadily and overtook the second at Harvard Bridge, where the third led by about a length. A quarter of a mile below the bridge the first crew overtook the third, with the second half a length behind. From this point the first crew lacked power and a strong drive and hurried the recover...