Word: race
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile bicycle race will take place on the Charles River Track at 11.30 this morning. No admission will be charged...
...yards dash, the half and the mile runs and the bicycle race the pole was drawn for and not the positions of each entry. These will be decided at the time of the race, the only restriction being that two men from the same university shall not be next to each other...
...seat in the second boat. Higginson went down from two to four. Blake filled two and Harding replaced G. Marvin at bow. Wadsworth was also in the first boat taking J. Lawrence's seat at three. The two crews rowed down the river for some distance, but did not race together. Despite the fact that there was such a thorough shake up and that the men were not used to rowing together, both eights seemed to row with fair steadiness...
...Varsity and College eights rowed a mile race from just below the Harvard Bridge to the Longwood Bridge, yesterday. The water was too rough to start from the lower end of the basin. The college crew got a good start, gradually drew ahead, and kept their lead for the end. They rowed a slower stroke than the 'Varsity and seemed to get a better nip and leg-shove, sending their boat along in excellent style. Towards the end the 'Varsity made a spurt, but were unable to gain and were beaten by about one length and a half...
Later in the afternoon the two Freshman eights rowed a two mile race, from the Longwood Bridge to the Union boat house. The race was a very pretty one to watch, as there was clear water between the two crews at no time during the race. The first boat, by a good spurt toward the finish, won by about three-quarters of a length. A regular first crew will probably be picked from these two boats either this week or the early part of next, but a second crew will be kept for a while longer...