Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...race was started at 4.10 p. m., closing about 4.25. F. B. Carter '98 was in the lead on the home stretch, but, when within about fifteen yards of the finish his wheel fell, and Dacy and Williams, following close behind, passed...
...wish to imply here that there are no clubs which do not at least aim to maintain a purely amateur standing, but there can be no question that there have been within a few months so-called amateur contests which could not have been held as such without a stretch either of term or of conscience. Now when University men, even of unquestioned standing, associate themselves, by entering such contests, with men of doubtful standing, it is not strange that the purity of University athletics should sometimes be questioned. That it has been questioned through such a confusion...
...finish. The quarter-mile was an interesting race. J. L. Bremer was scratch with H. H. Fish on the 15 yard mark, the rest of the field being scattered along as far as 30 yards. Fish ran a good race, passed the crowd as they entered the home stretch and won in a canter. Bremer, and Abbott 30 yards, fought it out for second place but the former's handicap was too much for him and Abbott finished two yards ahead...
...rest of the men over the course in fine form and kept the race from degenerating into a slow loaf, as is usually the case with these races. He was only passed on the last lap by H. B. Hewitt who won by a good spurt down the home stretch...
...will be the fifty-seventh annual. The races are rowed on the Thames, up stream, from just above Regatta Island to a point near Henley Bridge. The start is about a mile above Hambledon Lock, and the finish nearly the same distance below Marsh Lock, the whole stretch of water, from lock to lock, being 3 3/16 miles. The course is one mile and five-sixteenths in length. The first mile is nearly straight, with a little point jutting out at Rememham, but near the mile-post the river bends sharply to the left, which gives some advantage...