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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Owing to delays in the first three events of the regatta the race with Cornell did not start until 5.07 o'clock. The weather conditions were fair. The tide was high and there was little current. A head wind, which at times increased to a squall, was blowing from the Boston side of the river. The crews rowed over the mile and seven-eighths course from the Union Boat Club to the Longwood bridge...
...yard run was the most interesting race. M. B. Van Brunt '08 gained about 10 yards at the start and held his lead until the last 40 yards, when P. C. Haskell '08 spurted and passed him in the last five yards. E. Becker '08 was a close third...
...members of the University track team, with the exception of the mile and two-mile runners, will leave for Philadelphia this afternoon to compete in the intercollegiate games on Friday and Saturday. As the long distance men have no contests on Friday they will not start until tomorrow. The team will leave the Square at 4:10 o'clock, take the Fall River boat to New York, and tomorrow morning will proceed to Philadelphia on the 8.55 o'clock train, arriving there at 11.30 o'clock. While at Philadelphia they will be at the Hotel Aldine. The whole team will...
...Beacon Cup will be rowed at 3 o'clock this afternoon downstream over the mile and seven-eighths course, commencing at the Longwood Bridge and finishing at the Union Boat Club. The winning crew will enter the American Henley in Philadelphia on May 27. Captain Filley will start the crews and act as referee. The other officials have not yet been appointed...
Yesterday afternoon the two four-Oar crews had a trial row over the seven-eighths of a mile course, commencing at Harvard Bridge and finishing at Longwood Bridge. Farley's crew secured a slight lead at the start, but Pleasonton's crew soon caught up and passed them by a length. They were unable, however, to maintain this gain, and finished only a few feet in the lead. The time was about 5 minutes and 20 seconds. As yet the orders of the four-oar crews have been provisional. From the result of the work yesterday, a first and second...