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...third of a length lead. Matthews, setting a long easy beat of 30, kept alongside the speeding seconds with comparative ease, and as the mile drew near the high stroke commenced to tell on the junior oarsmen and their advantage diminished perceptibly. Approaching the bridge the two shells were on even terms and as they shot out the other side University A led for the first time by a quarter length. The seconds challenged repeatedly by hardly succeeded in holding their own with University A which had increased it lead to a half-length at the Henley flags. The time...
Shortly behind Brown and Nichols came New Rochelle High, which had shown fine form in the last half mile. Huntington followed a half-length behind New Rochelle, while Lynn Classical School came in last, two lengths behind Huntington...
Just before Harvard Bridge the 1926 oarsmen hit it up in a spurt that carcied them to a half-length advantage over the upperclass boat, but Brown matched the challenge with a further increase in stroke and had pulled nearly even as the arches rumbled overhead...
Freshman four-oared crew D, which has defeated the Exeter seconds and lost to Middlesex, added another victory to its record when it nosed out the Noble and Greenough four-oared boat by a scant half-length. The race was held over the half-mile course above the Infirmary. Gore crew A reached the finish in the interdormitory race less than half a length in the lead of Standish A over the Henley distance. The Smith crew A was in third place, close behind Standish...
...Sienese painting represents a half-length figure of the Madonna with her arm around the Child, Who stands at her left. His hand upraised in blessing. In each of the upper corners of the picture may be seen the head and shoulders of an adoring angel. The painting is closely related to the work of Pietro Lorenzetti, one of the three greatest masters of the Sienese School...