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NEW RACE COURSE FOR CREWS

1 3-4 Mile Stretch Accurately Measured and Half-Mile Distances Marked.

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A new course has been surveyed in the Basin for the use of the University crews by Aspinwall & Lincoln, civil engineers, of Boston. The course is one and three-quarters miles long and may be increased by 500 feet if necessary. Each half-mile will be marked by brass plates set in the sea-walls on both sides of the river.

In previous years the finish line has not been set at right angles to the course, thus giving the crew rowing on the Boston side an advantage. The length has been variously estimated between one and three-quarters and one and seven-eighths miles. For this reason the time taken during trials by the crews has been so inaccurate that it has been impossible to judge their speed as compared with outside crews. To avoid possible mistakes in the future, an accurate survey has been found necessary.

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