Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...large gap which it seemed impossible to close. In the next quarter Phillips and Bowie gained steadily on Benton, who seemed unable to quicken his gait. Bowie passed Phillips, caught up with Benton about two hundred yards from the finish, and, to every one's admiration, made a beautiful spurt, closing the well-won race, - winner, in 11 minutes 18 1/2 seconds; Phillips 1 1/2 seconds later...
...last half-mile and became clearly visible to the spectators at the finish, the scene was one of delirious excitement. No one who saw that magnificent finish can ever forget it. The sight was as grand from one bank as the other. Those on the western bank saw Yale spurt and draw ahead of Amherst and Wesleyan, who were nearly neck-and-neck, and the three boats cross the line in a clump, while Harvard was seen almost in a line with them, but under the eastern bank. Those on the eastern bank could dimly...