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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...race will start at 3.15 o'clock and all men should report, dressed to row, at their boathouses at 2.45. The outcome of the race is extremely doubtful, as ishing opposite the Boston Athletic Association boathouse, above Harvard bridge...
Within almost a hundred yards of the start, in the second division, Dunster-Dana-Drayton caught Perkins, which had been blown near the shore and got a bad start. At the second bend Westmorly almost caught Ware, but, like Randolph, were unable to continue gaining...
...first of the inter-dormitory bumping races will be rowed this afternoon over the same course as last year. The race will start at the long stretch above the Boylston street bridge beyond the second bend, and, instead of finishing at this bend as was originally planned, the race will continue to the Newell boathouse and end between it and the range flags placed on the opposite bank. The crews will row in two divisions, starting at 3.30 and 4 o'clock respectively, and will take their positions in the following order...
...crews will line up for the start 60 feet apart from bow to stern, the starting positions being indicated by buoys, placed in the river at the proper intervals. Number one in each division will be farthest down-stream. 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. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signaled either through a megaphone or by a pistol shot...
...crews will line up for the start a boat's length 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 down-stream. 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...