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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Sims of Swarthmore did the distance in 5m., 15s. The heats were all closely contested and exciting finishes were the rule. Elliot, Holmes and Brinckerhoff dropped out in the semi-finals, so Harvard was not represented in the last race. In this the men remained bunched from start to finish and the pace was fast,- so fast that on next to the last lap Sims and Ottman fell on the course. Even without Sims, Glenny of Yale was forced to be content with third place. Goodman, C. C. N. Y., won first, and Gorbey of Cornell second. The time...
...single-scull race will be three-quarters of a mile up the river, starting from the boat house, and return. The other races start from the Harvard bridge and end at the boat house. The entries and the order of races is as follows...
...less expensive. If the first of these statements was correct probably the second would be true; but the first is not correct. The expenses necessary to the new hall over and above those at Memorial are only about one thousand dollars a year. Even supposing that at the start there were but three hundred boarders in the hall, the increase in price to each one would on this score amount to less than ten cents a week. This difficulty is only a fancied...
...word was given and all the crews got off together with the racing start. '94 and '96 abreast forged slowly ahead, '95 was a very close third, while the freshmen hung back...
...varsity took the lead at the start and held it for the first half mile. Just before the Harvard Bridge was reached the sophomores, who were rowing 39 strokes to the minute, passed the 'varsity and when they came out on the lower side there was a half a boat length of open water between them. This distance was kept to within two hundred yards of the Union Boat Club, where No. 3 in the 'varsity boat caught a crab. The sophomores took advantage of the confusion and added another length...