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...weather, the Harvard-Columbia race, which was to have been rowed the day before Class-Day, took place June 27th. The Columbia crew was practically the same that won in '86, and one could see in watching them at practice that they got a great deal of speed out of their boat. Harvard, on the other hand, had an almost entirely new crew, and there were some fears that lack of experience might prove a serious handicap. The eight were powerful men, however, and it was generally supposed that the race would be very close, as it certainly proved...
...Columbia launch steamed up river again, towing the shell and carrying the crew back to their quarters. They row with a somewhat quick but very powerful stroke. They rowed their first mile - as long as they could be seen well from the quarters - with a good rate of speed on, and with about 36 strokes to the minute...
...electric car of the Cambridge Railroad makes daily trips to Boston. The rate of speed is about one mile an hour...
...pull through a stroke of the same length. Without the slide no amount of rowing together would equalize the stroke; the short man would have to catch later or finish later than the long man, the result of which is, of course, unsteadiness in the boat and diminution of speed; for racing craft are so narrow that the blow of the blade as it takes water and the jerk as it leaves the surface are enough to give a lurch which causes the oars on the other side to foul at some point on the recover...
...four crews got a good start, the freshmen getting the water first, and '87, next, and as they shot forth, the unwieldy tugs, quivering with their burdens, pursued them with whistles shrieking and flags waving, and a vast concourse of wheeled vehicles dashed off at break neck speed for Boston...