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...consideration of this question I think we should place some value in past tradition and in the fact that four miles has been the established distance. The three-mile race is an untried thing. My opinion is that it would develop into more or less of a sprint and would be more detrimental physically than the longer course. In all racing it is the pace and not the distance that kills. In addition, the last mile of the four-mile race is often the most exciting and is the greatest proof of superiority between rival crews...
...race between the two University boats, Crew B defeated Crew A by a scant ten feet after a mile and seven-eighths of continual struggle. One boat replaced the other in the lead all the way down the course, until, in the final sprint, Crew B forged slightly ahead and crossed the finish line just in advance of the opposing eight...
...exciting throughout. The first Eliot and Thayer crews quickly distanced the second club crews and went down the course bow to bow. In a thrilling race to the finish line, the Thayer crew nosed out the Eliot boat by a meagre five feet, the second Eliot showing a remarkable sprint during the entire last half-mile and closing up gradually on the leading boats until but four feet separted the bows of the first and second Eliot eights as they swept across the line, a good two and a half lengths in front of the second Thayer crew...
...start, the Yale crew jumped slightly into the lead, heading the University for the first time in six years. After the first sprint, Yale managed to increase her lead slowly until at the end of the first mile it measured a half-length. Then Harvard gained a quarter of a length, and about in this same position the two boats traveled for two miles, Yale's edge varying from 15 to 35 feet according as one crew rested or spurted...
...These four, alternating in the lead, raced within five yards of each other for 1 3-4 miles. Coming into the last quarter, Clark opened up a lead which he held down the back stretch. Boyd, however, had run his race with admirable judgment, and finally exhibited a wonderful sprint which left Clark 10 yards in the rear. Boyd ran the last quarter in 1 minute, 2 4-5 seconds, and the two miles in 9 minutes, 42 4-5 seconds, beating his own record of 9 minutes, 45 seconds. C. Southworth '15, meanwhile, had surprised everyone by his remarkable...