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...stand on the New London side of the river, which is built directly opposite the finish of the course. As only the end of the race can be seen from the stand, various methods are employed to keep the spectators informed about the progress of races from the very start. In the first place, there is a little telegraph office adjoining, through which a constant communication is kept up between the start and each separate half mile flag, and these messages are posted directly in front of the grand stand on huge blackboards erected for this purpose. Besides this method...
...within ten feet, or be distant more than a hundred feet from the central line. This is a most important rule, providing, as it does, that the two boats must always be twenty feet apart, and locating the fault beyond a doubt, if either crew fouls the other. A start is unfair, if, during the first ten strokes, either boat is disabled by any bona fide accident. Owing to the unequal length of the boats, the manner of starting the crews, was the cause of much controversy several years ago. Article XIX settles the question definitely. A flag supported...
...keep Baker at his fastest, Rogers, '87, and Lund, '88, were given 7 yards, and Wells, '86, 5 yards at the start. After a couple of trials the men were started. Baker got a poor start, but nevertheless he settled down to his work and rapidly overhauled his men. At the 150 yards he was ahead of all but Rogers. Mr. Ford took his time, 14 7-8 seconds. This beats both the English and American amateur records, but as there was only one timer, the record cannot stand. At the 180 yards his time was even 18 seconds, breaking...
FRESHMAN NINE. The nine leaves on the 4.30 p.m. train from the Boston and Albany depot. The barge leaves the front of Leavitt & Peirce's at 3.45 p.m. The nine and substitutes and scores will please be prompt to start in the barge...
...still think that Harvard would do well to offer advantages in the way of school-clubs here. There are so many graduates of St. Pauls, Exeter, Andover and St. Marks here in college, that such clubs would be perfectly easy to form, if some interested graduates would only start them. They not only would offer pleasant places for reunion among old school friends in college, and would offer men coming to college a place where they could go at once on their arrival, find old friends and make new ones...