Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...efforts of McCagg at stroke stood out in what was a generally competent performance by the freshmen in their first race. McCagg kept the beat down early in the mile and three-quarter sprint, a wise move considering the roughness of the water at the beginning of the race...
Then he made his men pull faster as soon as the Crimson shell hit some calm water in the last half mile. As Love put it, "He rowed a heady race...
This afternoon's race will follow the usual Charles River Basin course. The start is at the Charies Street (subway) Bridge and the finish line is 15 yards before the MIT boathouse which stands slightly cast of the Cottage Farm Bridge...
Princeton was the goat of last week's rain-drenched encounter, dropping back a full length in the first quarter mile of the race. When the '52 shell shot across the finish line with a time of 10:19, the Tiger octet was a full two and a half lengths to the rear...
Some fanciers of the thoroughbred fresh prefer the Derby (or the Darby, depending on your headsize). Others go for the Preakness. But to that elite Cambridge coterie of followers of those highstrung animals all other races fade into obscurity at the mere mention of the Wellesley Hoop Race...