Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first, and at Harvard Bridge had gained a lead of half a length, which was opened to a length in the next few hundred yards. At this point the Juniors had passed the Seniors. A quarter of a mile below the bridge the Freshmen began to hit their pace and gained slowly on the second, passing them just before the finish line...
Harvard Crew Quarters, New London, Conn., June 22, 1910.--The Freshman eight was given a hard time row over the two-mile course this morning. The crew left the mark rowing 38 but after the first hundred yards lowered it to 34. This pace was kept up until just before the finish when the stroke went up again to 38. No time was given out but Coach Wray expressed great satisfaction at the work of the crew. The other crews had light work this morning...
...first part of the recovery. Yesterday the crew showed much improvement in this respect, but still the work was not consistent, especially in rough water. From now on racing starts will be tried daily, and the work throughout will be quickened up to a two-mile race pace...
...believe itself German; and if Mr. Barnes-Hochberg's prince lacked romantic illusion--a very difficult thing to attain and one that very few of the impersonators of Karl Heinrich have gained--the speeches and the episodes that the play gives him helps to bring it. Slowness of pace was the short-coming, almost inevitable with a foreign tongue that made momentary gaps and let the interest for the instant...
...first runner for the University, was slow in starting and lost the pole. At the end of the relay he was 40 yards behind the leader. Although Guild, the second Harvard runner, ran a fast race, he was unable to gain perceptably. Ryley, who followed Guild, quickened the pace and succeeded in reducing the lead by 10 yards. Jaques, the last man for Harvard, by exceptional work cut the lead down to 15 yards...