Word: starting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...effort made to start the class races with all possible punctuality has given much satisfaction to the spectators...
...word was given at three minutes past six. '94 got the best of the start, but '96 was rapidly gaining and would have passed them in a few more strokes when they were called back by the referee's whistle. No. 7 in the junior boat had jumped his slide and a fresh start was taken. This time the three crews shot out as one boat, and remained together to the quarter mile mark. Here '95 dropped the stroke to 30 per minute, while '94 and '96 kept steadily at it, the first rowing 36 and the latter 34 strokes...
...second one mile race will come off this afternoon at about 6. The course is the same, though the start will be from the Union boat house and the finish at the sluice-way above the Harvard Bridge...
...last Monday shut out several good athletes. If the weather is favorable it would not be surprising to see one or two of the old records go. The men will not compete again in scratch events before the dual contest with Yale on May 12. The games today will start promptly...
When the Harvard Bridge was reached '96 was leading the seniors by half a boat length; '95 was next, closely folowed by '97. This order, taken within fifty yards of the start was preserved to the end of the race...