Word: yales
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Yale Not taken...
When the position of Yale was announced, bets of $5,000 and $2,000 were offered that Yale would beat Harvard over the same course any time within a week. This was followed up by a challenge from Yale as follows...
...this unfortunate arrangement is due the disastrous result of the race. Could Harvard and Yale have been separated by even a single place, it is probable a fair test of superiority might have been obtained. The four crews between whom the race really lay - Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Wesleyan - soon after the start drew ahead, and the order named was that of the first mile and a half. Harvard had been steadily drawing up on Columbia, until, at the mile and a half point, she had lapped the Columbia boat. According to the account of our crew, Yale, who had meanwhile...
...following positions were agreed upon as attained by the crews respectively: 1. Columbia; 2. Wesleyan; 3. Harvard; 4. Williams; 5. Cornell; 6. Dartmouth; 7. Princeton or Trinity; 8. Trinity or Princeton; 9. Yale...
...Harvard vs. Yale, and Yale vs. Harvard. Harvard's claim disallowed, in accordance with Rule XIV.; Yale's claim not entertained, as Yale violated Rules VII. and VIII., under which the race was rowed...