Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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lVll1QIQLI-ESEX SCHOOL Qoiflgoioi MASS second crews raced first, Middlesex getting off to a slow start, but catch- ing up to win by two lengths in two minutes, 17 seconds. Our first crew also dropped behind at the start, but by dint of a high stroke, won by three lengths in two minutes, l2 seconds. The week before the only home race, the crews were suddenly hit by measles, necessitating a shake-up in the second and third crews with Lund taking Johnsons place on the second boat, and Vklright and E. Ward com- ing up to the third. On the thirteenth, our first and second crews raced Brooks School here on Batemans Pond. The second crew won by two and a half lengths in two minutes, 59 seconds. Our first crew was ahead by two lengths when an unfortunate crab near the finish line cost us the race. This race with Brooks took the place of the annual contest with St. lVlark's which was unable to race us because of schedule complications. The following week, the first and second crews joined and practiced in the eight for the informal race with Groton, and on Saturday, triumphed on a mile course on the Nashua River by three-quarters of a length. The regular eight with Cooper, bow: Hagerman, No. 2: E. Bisbee, No. 3: Page Fifty

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MIDDLESEX SCHooL CoNc:oRD, MASS The pond being free of ice at the end of the Easter vacation, the crews were able to leave the machines and to begin rowing on the water as soon as the school returned. After a few days, it was quite obvious that the first crew would consist of Terry, bow: Hartwell, No. 2: Truesdale, No. 3: Bigelow, stroke: and W. Clark as cox. This combination clicked from the start and remained intact throughout the season. The second and third crews were in great competition and exchanged members frequently right up until the last week in April when they were finally settled-the second crew composed of Seymour, bow: Johnson, No. 2: Parsons, No. 3: Bird, stroke: and Pratt, cox: the third crew with Speed at bow: Lund, No. 2: J. Bisbee, No. 3: Wade, stroke: and Bourquin, cox. On May sixth the first and second crews journeyed to Dedham for the annual race with Noble and Greenough School. The race was a short half-mile course on the Charles River, upstream from the school, for the regular course downstream could not be used because of high water. The Page FOFILJ-1717

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MIDDLESEX Scnoor CONCORD, MASS Smith, No. 43 Place, No. 5: Seamans. No. 6: M. Gourd. No. 71 Lunt, stroke: and A. Mills, cox, lost to the Groton seconds by half a length over a shorter course. The Groton races past, all attention was turned toward priming the first three crews for their half-mile races at Exeter on May 27. Our sec- ond crew got off to a good start and raced neck and neck to win by a few feet, with a time of two minutes, 59 seconds, thus completing an unde- feated season. The third crews raced next, our boat taking an early lead, but losing because of a broken seat. The iirst crews finished the day by a spectacular race in which the Middlesex boat, stroked by Captain Bigelow, was the victor by a length in two minutes, 52 seconds. thus retaining our possession of the Columbia Cup and breaking the jinx by beating Exeter on their home waters for the Hrst time in several years. The eight also raced on the twenty-seventh, in a three-boat meet with the Browne and Nichols and Noble and Greenough crews, defeating the former by a deck length but losing to the latter by a length. The record this year was extremely successful. marred only by the first crew's unfortunate loss to Brooks, and silver oars and letters were awarded to Captain Bigelow, Captain-elect Truesdale, Terry, Hartwell. W. Clark, Seymour, Parsons, Bird, Lund, and Pratt. With ten oarsmen returning next year from the top three crews, the prospect is bright for a highly successful season. Page l 1'flrf-one