Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...University crews raced yesterday over the three and three-eighths mile course, from the Weld Boat House to the Union Boat Club. The first eight gave the second a start of twenty seconds and did not lap them until they reached Harvard Bridge. From there to the finish the first crew steadily gained, finally winning by about two feet; time, 18.12. The eights were fortunate in finding the bridges all clear, but in passing under Harvard Bridge the first crew was slightly hindered by their oars hitting a pile beneath the water. The men were brought back from the finish...
...mile run was small. Knowles won the mile by about sixty yards, in the creditable time of 4 minutes 48 seconds. He is a strong runner and will be a valuable addition to the team. In the two-mile, Richardson led until the middle of the last lap, when Foote passed him and won by about ten yards...
...pole in the race with the Harvard second team, and T. P. Curtis at the start gained a short lead over M. L. Bernstein '01. Bernstein, however, caught up on the second lap, and just as he was gaining the lead he was pushed by Curtis and fell. B. A. A. was about 30 yards ahead at the end of the first relay, and J. G. Willis '02, M. F. Hewitt '01 and M. T. Lightner '03 were unable to reduce this lead. B. A. A.'s time was 3m. 17 1-5s. The referee awarded the race...
...spring up at once, and rowing, when it began in 1844, was more of the nature of a pastime. The "Oneida," which was the first boat used at Harvard, was typical of the other boats soon afterwards bought by the different clubs. It was 37 feet long of lap-streak construction, heavy and low in the water, and the thole pins were sunk in the gunwale. There was no shear, the stem was straight and the men rowed in red cushions; the whole having the appearance of a man-of-war's gig at the present time...
...first Harvard and Yale Freshman race was won by Harvard on July 24, 1860, on Lake Quinsigamond, over a one and one-half mile course. The Harvard crew was in the "Thetis," a six oared lap streak, and the Yale crew was in the "Glyuna," a six-oared half-shell...