Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...next lap Davis and Bailey passed Brown whom they quickly left behind, but they were unable to get ahead of Greenleaf. On the last lap but one. Davis and Bailey passed Greenleaf who was thus forced to take third place. On the last lap Bailey made a beautiful spurt and when he crossed the line he was leading by about thirty feet. Time, 6 minutes and 1 second, which beats the best previous Harvard record by 11/2 seconds...
Ninety-one: 880 yards run.- This was one of the prettiest events of the meeting. It was contested by T. J. Stead, A. H. Williams, S. W. Priest, and J. L. Dodge. Williams led until within ten yards of the finish when Stead by a magnificent spurt passed him and won by a narrow margin. Time, 2 minutes, 7 2-5 seconds...
...foregone conclusion. The race, as one disappointed wearer of the blue expressed it, was a "procession." Yale, vulgarly speaking, carried the bucket. Harvard jumped into the lead the moment her oars struck the water, and though averaging about thirty-four strokes to the minute after the first spurt, to her opponent's thirty-seven, increased her lead at every stroke. On the last mile there were twenty-five boat lengths between the two crews. Harvard's rowing was remarked upon, though little understood, by all who saw the race. So little effort was apparent in her style, that the uninitiated...
...Wright came in second. The half mile run was contested by W. P. Downs, '90, anc G. L. Batchelder, '92, who had 40 yards handicap. The race was well run by both men, Downes gaining on his opponent up to the last few rods, when Batchelder made a good spurt and won in 2 minutes and 3 seconds. There were nine entries in the 220 yards run which was won by S. Wells, Jr., '91, in 23 minutes, O. K. Hawes being second. The officers of the course were referee G. B. Morrison, '83; judges, J. D. Bradley...
...YARDS DASH.The first heat was won by Dohm of Princeton in 55 1-5 seconds; second, Wells of Harvard. Second heat, won by Banks of Columbia, with Stead of Harvard second. Time 55 4-5s. Final heat won by Wells of Harvard by a splendid spurt at the end. Time 52 2-5s. Banks of Columbia second...