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...first half mile '96, whose stroke had been raised, was leading '94 by half a boat length, '95 had dropped a length in the rear of '94, and the freshmen, who had been steered out of the course, seemed to have no special interest in the race...
...further growth in the University would immediately bring up the question of a third hall. That is to say, the Corporation holds that, unless the students are willing that the number at Memorial should be made fairly large, a second hall would not settle matters for any length of time...
...senior crew rowed about a one mile race with a crew from the Bradford Boat Club yesterday afternoon and won by a length and a half...
...took the lead at the start and held it for the first half mile. Just before the Harvard Bridge was reached the sophomores, who were rowing 39 strokes to the minute, passed the 'varsity and when they came out on the lower side there was a half a boat length of open water between them. This distance was kept to within two hundred yards of the Union Boat Club, where No. 3 in the 'varsity boat caught a crab. The sophomores took advantage of the confusion and added another length...
...mile race Saturday between the varsity and the '96 crew, the former rowed one stroke less to the minute than the latter throughout the race. At the end of the first mile '96 was a boat length and a half ahead of the 'varsity. This lead was brought down to one boat length by the time the two mile stake was reached...