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...start the 'Varsity boat jumped ahead, and at the half mile lead by slightly over a length. Then the College crew picked up again, and for a mile there was a hard race, each crew gaining alternately, the College eight perhaps drawing up slightly. When about half a mile below the Harvard bridge, the College crew went to pieces, several of the men caught crabs, and the boat almost stopped. The 'Varsity at once drew ahead and finished with nearly two lengths of clear water between the crews. The men rowed in the following order...
...Flower Observatory, which has been building for the past year and a half. One of the houses contains the great Equatorial telescope, than which there are but five larger ones in this country and six in Europe. The aperture of the object is eighteen inches and the length of the instrument about twenty-seven feet. The observatory has been pronounced to be one of the finest and best equipped in the country...
...race of the Weld crews on Saturday resulted in a hard-won victory for '98, '99 finishing only half a length behind. Ninety-seven succeeded in beating out the Freshmen in the last half mile and thus finished third. The time was 10 minutes 23 1-2 seconds,- rather slow considering the favorable conditions...
...course '99 and '98 were closely together, and it was only by a small margin that the Juniors pulled out the race. Until nearly the end the Freshmen were ahead of '97, but the loss of their man proved too much for them and '97 won by half a length...
Meanwhile '98 had steered a course nearer to the Cambridge side, but they continued to draw ahead of '97, and at the bridge were about two lengths ahead of '97 and 1900, and two and one-half lengths behind '99, who were rowing strongly. Ninety-eight made a game fight of it after passing the bridge and gained a length, but in the last quarter '99 put on steam, leading at the finish by a length and a half of clear water...