Word: sprinting
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...then on, in spite of the very slow times, the Crimson could do nothing, and seemed without the slightest chance of placing. At the end, when Syracuse was tiring badly, the eight might have retrieved a poor second; but, if that was possible, it was not done. A good sprint served only to shorten a wide stretch of water; perhaps if it had been started sooner, Harvard could have passed the tired Orange boat...
...Freddie Spencer, retired U. S. bicycle sprint champion; a 20 mi., motor-paced race at the New York Veledrome. The time...
...University of Washington crew: its annual race with California, by a terrific sprint in the last 100 feet, in the rough water of Lake Washington, Seattle...
...judgment of his jockey, the famed Tommy Cullinan of County Limerick, son of a sporting farmer, famed for his clever finishes and for leading with Billy Barton at the last fence in 1928. But Tommy Cullinan was moving up the straightaway with Shaun Goilin, and in the final sprint he passed Sir Lindsay, raced Melleray's Belle neck and neck in the last 100 yards, crossed the line a winner at 100 to 8. Melleray's Belle was second, Sir Lindsay third; far behind were Glangesia, Ballyhanwood. No others finished...
...followed by Cobb. On the last lap, with Cobb leading, Levering had the misfortune to snap the string of his trunks. Patterson, however, came forward and matched strides with the Crimson runner, finally breaking ahead to win by a scant four yards. Fox surprised all by uncorking a fine sprint which brought him ahead of Levering and into third place at the finish. The time was slower than expected, being clocked...