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...three mile mark, Yale led by just a length. For only a few seconds, however, was this advantage maintained. Harvard started a wonderful spurt, each sweep bringing the two prows a little closer together, until at last they were even. An instant later, Harvard showed slightly ahead, until at the three and a half-mile flag the boat was some ten feet to the good...
With perhaps an eighth of a mile left, Harvard still had a few feet on her opponents. Then Appleton instituted his final spurt, bringing the two crews even again. One crew would spring ahead slightly when it was pulling and the other recovering for a new catch. In this fashion, they raced to the finish. As it happened, Yale was pulling and Harvard recovering when the line was crossed. By so fine a margin was the victory determined. This race, captured by a single stroke, is likely to remain the most remarkable in the history of the two universities...
...down to the bridge in launches and raced up-stream. At the two-mile mark the Freshmen relieved the second and raced the last two miles. Since it was pitch dark no official time was taken. The second rowed a higher stroke than the first and after a final spurt was two lengths ahead at the two-mile mark. Freshmen lost most of this lead at the end of a mile. The last leg was faster but the first could not meet the spurt of the 1917 boat, and the latter finished three quarters of a length ahead...
...University crew held its advantage as far as the Harvard Bridge. There Cornell had begun to creep up and soon passed Harvard, although still rowing a lower stroke. Below the bridge both crews were greatly handicapped by the rough water. At the finish, the University crew made a short spurt, which partly cut down Cornell's lead, but crossed the line a length and a quarter behind the Ithacans. Cornell's time was 9 minuates, 38 seconds, and Harvard's 9 minutes, 42 seconds, very good considering the rough water in the last half of the race...
...making a quick start, leading all the other boats after a dozen strokes. From the quarter-mile mark to the finish Harvard was never headed, the real race being between Yale and Pennsylvania for second place. Just before the finish was reached, Yale passed Pennsylvania and after a powerful spurt finished about a half a length behind the University. The time for the distance of one mile and 550 yards was 6 minutes and 42 seconds...