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...followed by '85, began to steer out of the straight course for smooth water near the wall, while '84 and '86 struggled close together in the straight course. '84 was here rowing a fast and wearing stroke, while '83 contented herself with holding her opponents just beyond the scow. Three-quarters of a mile from the start '83 slackened the stroke to about 34 to the minute and seemed to be rowing well within themselves, '85 was rowing 33, '84, 32 and '86, 30. At this point '83 was about a length ahead of the '84 shell, which...
...will give the Yale crew every advantage. Thus, Yale will demand that if her crew arrives at the winning stake on the same day with the Harvards, the victory shall be adjudged to Yale; that the Harvard crew shall consist exclusively of cripples, and shall row in a mud-scow, and that the course to be rowed over, the time of starting, and the choice of position shall all be decided by the Yale crew...
Which the blighted young chemist, observing, goes off by himself in a scow...