Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 302
!rang out like a pistol-shot. The sixteen oar-bladeswere buried and the two boats sprang forwardlike unleashed hounds, the Yale bow a trifle tothe fore. Now for the lead! The Yale crewhave been told that they must not be alarmedif the Atalantas should at first succeed in ob-taining the coveted… … of the tide, just after noon, the wind wouldslacken. This hope proved well-founded, for bytwelve oclock the flags were drooping, and thewater becoming quieter, the referee ordered outthe boats, and the crews hastened to bring theslender shells. The Yale crew then jumped aboard the ref-erees steam…
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