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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first division was started at 3.35, just 20 minutes late. This was due to the difficulty with which several of the crews took their positions. At the start, Claverly did not hear the pistol, and Randolph gained an advantage of about half a length. By the time the first corner was reached they had gained another quarter of a length, and were only three-quarters of a length behind. They continued to gain until, at the beginning of the last stretch, only some 10 feet of open water separated the boats. At this point the Claverly crew began...
Westmorly was rather a disappointment; the men rowed a long and slow, but rather dead, stroke, and were never in the race at all. Starting about a length and a half behind Randolph, they finished at least double that distance behind. Dunster-Russell got off well at the start, but were never able to gain on Westmorly, and it was soon apparent that they would be overtaken by Mt. Auburn Street. The bump took place at the beginning of the last long stretch. Hollis-Holworthy-Stoughton was another disappointment, and was being left far behind by Mt. Auburn Street, when...
...second division, a bad start was also made, again owing to the inability of the men to hear the pistol. Thayer and Matthews both got away poorly, and Weld came up on Matthews in consequence. When the crews settled down, however, Matthews rapidly overhauled the first boat, getting within a length at the first corner, and about three-quarters of a length shortly after. But in rounding the first and second bends the Matthews coxswain lost his crew at least two lengths, by bad steering. They continued to gain, however, once they were straightened out, and were soon within...
This afternoon the first of the interdormitory bumping races will be rowed up-stream over a one and three-eighths mile course, starting from the Boylston street bridge, and finishing at the upper end of the long stretch beyond the second bend. A stake boat will be placed at this point and all the crews will finish at the same place. The races will be rowed off in two divisions, starting at 3.15 and 4 o'clock respectively. The divisions of the crews and the order in which they will start follow...
...crews will line up for the start 90 feet apart from bow to stern, and the starting positions will be indicated by buoys, placed in the river at the proper intervals. Number one in each division will be farthest away from the bridge. A series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third one minute. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signalled, either through a megaphone...