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...word the crews made a rather good start, the inside crew getting perhaps a slight advantage in the "send off." Before the turn, number three had practically fallen out of the race. Number one turned first, quickly followed by number two, who had kept well up to the inside boat. The race home between these boats was a continued struggle. Number one crossed the line about a length ahead. No form, of course, was shown in this race, but it was pluckily rowed from beginning...
...unsatisfactory of all the races. There were a number of fouls, and it was extremely difficult to decide on whom to lay the blame. Every account of the contestants differed in some points. As far as we can judge, the incidents of the race were as follows. A fair start was made, all the crews taking the water at the same time. The boats kept well together on the way up, and at the stakes Guild's crew was leading by a half-length, while the other two crews were about even. As Guild turned the stake...
...flag drops at the half" on the race-track of life some twenty years hence, Smudge, in spite of the amount of weight he must carry in his shoes, in spite of his ungainly gait, and in spite of the lead and better position Augustus had at the start, - in spite of all these, - will be more than even with him, and I should not wonder if Augustus were "nowhere" on the home-stretch...
...authorities at Springfield will be asked to do for the Regatta about the same as has always been done at Saratoga. They will be asked to have the course accurately surveyed, and buoyed at start and finish, before the arrival of the crews, and to agree to keep it clear of boats during the race; to build a Grand Stand at the finish, for which the price of admission shall not be more than fifty cents; to furnish a steamer to follow the race, whose speed shall be at least fourteen miles an hour, and which shall be ready...
...writer has been a little hasty in stating that five years' experience has shown the failure of "straight away" racing in America. There is hardly enough to be gained by the slight excitement of seeing the start to compensate for the artificiality of a buoyed course, which he thinks necessary for the safety of a "turning race." This mode of racing is inconsistent with the rest of the idea. On the same ground that the race should not be a show, but an honorable struggle for victory, the interest, being undisturbed by "side-shows," should also be concentrated...