Word: racing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first race Ellis rowed No. 5. At the start all three crews got off well, and Harvard took the lead, rowing about 40 to the minute. Cornell followed, and Pennsylvania was last, being out of the race from the first. About 500 yards from the start Cornell and Harvard were exactly even, but Cornell had a lead of a length when half the distance had been covered. A half-mile from the finish Cornell had increased its lead by half a length, and Pennsylvania was about two lengths behind Harvard. From this point on the second University crew sprinted...
...second race the crew rowed much more smoothly and showed more life. Ellis was replaced at No. 5 by Severance. Rowing 40 to the minute at the start, Harvard pulled away from the Malta Boat Club crew, and after covering 600 yards was leading by open water. From this point to the finish the second University crew gained steadily, and crossed the line three and one-half lengths ahead, rowing 39 strokes to the minute...
...order of the crew was: Stroke, Richardson; 7, P. Withington; 6, Hooper; 5, Ellis (first race), Severance (second race); 4, Walte; 3, Smith; 2, Forster; bow, Whitney; cox., King...
...which they won all three places. In the two-mile run Kaynor of Yale, after putting up a determined fight for a place; was unable to hold the pace against the beating wind and rain, and fell on the sixth lap, leaving four Harvard men to finish the race. The 880-yard run was easily won by Fernald, with Yale men second and third. The time of 2 minutes, 3 4-5 seconds, was good against the wind...
...Seniors who intend to go to Cornell for the boat race on May 31 are reminded that the special return train arrives in Boston from Ithaca on the morning of June 1 at 8 o'clock. The boat which will take the Seniors to the picnic will wait at Rowe's Wharf until this train arrives, even if the train is slightly late. Everyone is urged to buy tickets to the picnic as soon as possible, to enable the committee to make arrangements. SENIOR PICNIC COMMITTEE...