Word: start
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...informal race between the freshman and Union crews yesterday afternoon, the latter crossed the line winners by about three-fourths of a boat-length. The freshmen pulled pluckily and in good form, although showing up rather poor at the start. The course was a mile and a quarter in length, from the Brookline bridge to the Union boat house. Included among the spectators were a number of prominent sporting men from Boston...
...first long run of the season is appointed for Saturday next. The meet will start at one o'clock from in front of University and will endeavor to make Plymouth that night. The distance, about forty-five miles, is rather long for an afternoon's ride; but aided by the moonlight there seems no reason why the club should not reach its destination between eight and nine that evening. The return trip will be made on Sunday, leaving Plymouth about ten A. M. All who desire to go will please send in their names to No. 1 Holworthy before Saturday...
...appears that the bone of contention was the inequality of the length of the boats. Harvard's was about five feet longer than Yale's. A start with the bows on a level would cause each Yale man to be behind the corresponding Harvard man, causing the former much inconvenience, while if at the start, the sterns were even, and the decision rendered according to the bows, Yale's course would be diminished five feet. - [Deleware College Review...
President Arthur and Secretary Chandler will start for Florida this week...
...little art to get a start...