Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . , the quick catch at the beginning, the steady pullthrough, and the neat finish at the end, followed by therapid recovery for the next stroke . . showed that theyhad learned their lesson thoroughly. A newspaper ac-count the next day says : It was talked among the crowdthat the contest was to be between Brown and Yale; itseemed to be conceded that the others were not to makemuch of a show. A few rods above the starting point, is a slight elevationof land extending a little into the lake, called RegattaPoint. In drawing
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . , the quick catch at the beginning, the steady pullthrough, and the neat finish at the end, followed by therapid recovery for the next stroke . . showed that theyhad learned their lesson thoroughly. A newspaper ac-count the next day says : It was talked among the crowdthat the contest was to be between Brown and Yale; itseemed to be conceded that the others were not to makemuch of a show. A few rods above the starting point, is a slight elevationof land extending a little into the lake, called RegattaPoint. In drawing for positions the Amherst crew got Mi emortes Oi £ rown 281 the inside course, nearest Regatta Point, Brown next,Yale third, and Harvard next to the further shore. The freshman race was to be rowed at 3 oclock, butthe word go was not given until 5. At length thecrews were in position, and while waiting there for theword go, seconds seemed minutes, and minutes hours ;everyone could hear his heart beat. Silence was atlength broken by the starters voice, Are you *. Class Crew, 1874 All sprang forward on their oars, ready to take response was heard from one of the boats, No!Another delay ensued until the boats were again in posi-tion, when again was heard from the starter, Are youready ? All again sprang forward on their oars. Ashort pause ensued. No response being heard, the startershouted at the top of his voice, Go! All bent to theoar, the boats shot forward, and the freshman race wason. 282 Memories of B. rown A newspaper account the next day says of the start: At the first stroke it was observed that the Harvardslabored too hard, their oars dipped too deep, while theBrowns and Amhersts behaved splendidly. Anothernewspaper account says: A good start was made by allthe boats, yet the Brown crew made the finest one, andstarted up the lake pulling 48 strokes a minute, and withthe most perfect uniformity. Continuing, the report says: The Amherst crew started off we
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