Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...inter-paper relay race as the last event of the Winter Carnival, which will be held on the board track on Holmes Field next Friday afternoon. The teams will consist of four men, who will run two laps each, and an additional sprinter, who will make the final spurt for the tape. There are no regulations other than that only bona fide editors may compete, and that the Monthly's team must not cut corners nor the Lampoon men lag behind and then claim the race. The struggle for the pole promises to be exceedingly keen, but no ungentlemanly conduct...
...University eight began to get together and commenced gaining upon the leaders. At Harvard Bridge two lengths of open water separated the third and second eights, the University crew being an equal distance behind. About one quarter of a mile from the finish the latter made a final spurt raising the stroke to 40, and cutting down the second's lead at every pull. The distance was too short, however, and the second finished a winner by a scant half-length, the University eight just nosing the third out of second place...
...stroke was clipped short at the catch and at the finish, and the control of the slides was poor with the result that the boat checked badly. After passing Cottage Farm Bridge, however, improvement commenced, and the boat went better and better up to the finish, the final spurt being a splendid exhibition of rowing at a high stroke...
...next half mile this lead was cut down to one length and at the next mark the boats were on even terms. At this point both crews raised the stroke slightly and the Freshmen dropped behind. A few strokes from the two-mile mark the Freshmen made a final spurt but were unable to gain, and they finished three-quarters of a length in the rear...
...former by two lengths. Shortly after the start, at the Union Boat Club, the second crew made up its handicap of a length and a half, both crews rowing 34 strokes to the minute. At Harvard Bridge it led by a length, and with the exception of one spurt by the third, this lead was steadily increased up to the finish...