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Towards the end of March, the crew left the machines for the river; beginning work in the light pair-oars. They next used the 'Varsity barge and finally a few weeks before the class races they changed it for their new Water's shell. In the class races the Freshmen came in third. Considering the fact that their captain was unable to row, and that several accidents occurred during the race, this was doing remarkably well...
...start was ridiculously unfair. The Crescents started long before the word-which was given, by the way, while a number of the 'Varsity eight were taking off their jerseys. The water was very rough-all the crews splashing badly. At the Crescent boat-house, Harvard was a length ahead, which it increased to three lengths at the finish. For the first half mile or so, Harvard rowed about thirty five strokes to the minute, but during the latter part of the race Storrow slowed down to thirty or thirty-one. The Bradfords and Crescents seemed to vie with each other...
...Yale freshmen are said to have a crew second only to the famous crew of '89 which took to the water so naturally last year...
...exception, is made up of new men who have had only one year's training. For this reason Harvard is not over-anxious to meet the English university men. But it is so long since the crews have rowed together, and the coming of a crew from across the water would add such an impetus to aquatic sports, that Harvard is willing to accept a challenge, even with a certainty of defeat. But the matter has been in discussion so long that most of Harvard's eight have concluded that there will be no race, and have made other arrangements...
...shell arrived from Water's yesterday morning, and this or the English boat will probably be used in the races...