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...yesterday, though weakened by a mysterious influenza virus, it attacked the regatta when it needed to, leaving a strong Scottish Argonaut eight three seconds behind in the opening round of the Thames Challenge...
Harvard's lightweight crew, frustrated in the opening round last year, has attacked the Henley Regatta with a vengence this week. It attacked it on Saturday, when the Crimson dumped Cambridge University by a half-length, breaking the record on the quarter-mile practice course. It attacked it on Sunday, during a practice run, when Harvard shattered the half-mile record, set by Leander Boat Club last summer, by over four seconds...
Luckily for Harvard, the regatta is run on a seeding system this sumer rather than on the traditional blind draw. The Crimson drew powerful Cornell last July and lost in the opening round. This week, with the boat suffering from a virus only two days before its first race, a similar draw would have been disastrous...
With an undefeated season under its belt, and the mythical national championship in its pocket. Harvard's varsity lightweight crew will go, after a higher goal--the Thames Cup--when it competes this week in the annual Regatta at Henley-on-Thames, England...
...many challenge races the Regatta offers, the Thames Cup ranks second only to the Grand Challenge cup in terms of difficulty and prestige. The absence of weight limits, which will throw the lights boats outweighing them by 50 pounds per man, presents the Crimson boat with another problem...