Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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Exeter romng a 7 51 5 race nosed under the vure three fourths of a length ahetd an extrtlng but dxsapporntrng l'lI1lSll The Lnght toaehed hy Mr Larson Vk1fll'lOITllxlf1S I-lodges fC1pta1nj Robxnson row ed tw o rates fllli year The hrst was on the Ch lrlti Rxxer agaxnst Brom ne and Nlthols Setond trevs Rowing a Harvard shell from the New ell Boathouse they jumped to 1 quarter length leld it the start 'Ihey rntreased the lead throughout tht three quarter mlle rate and xx on by four lengths l7l . , U , . ,f. ,' ', , , , , .' ' 1 , -. ' - . - 4 , , Tony Ostheimer, George Meyer, Sears. Huggins, Marden. and Fido Dinsmore how to stern 2 1 I 4 V ' 1 1 4 - 1 A f ' 1 V 7-

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sex 2 51 8 second crews Middlesex 2 42 Groton 2 45 first crews Groton 2 41 Middlesex 2 42 4 Bucklng a strong headwind the top three boats raced Noble and Greenough over a half mile Charles River course on Saturday May 13 The third crew unchanged since the Groton race led Nobles all the way despite a rally by the opponents which cut down their lead from one length to half a length at the finish The third boat won with a time of 3 05 4 which was the afternoon s best due to the increasing headwlnd The second crew now made up of Morley Brainard Almy Browne and Winchester again from bow to stern jumped to an early lead and held it all the way winning by a length Then' time was 3 06 The first crews fought a short steep chop kicked up by the headwind The first boat reshufiled to Cameron Lewis Estrada Brownell and Saxe also shaded the Nobles boat from the start They won by a length in 3 06 4 This was Middlesex s first clean sweep against Nobles for several years which made coaches Locke and Coffin all the happier After a short wart for the wind to die we raced St Mark s on their half mile course on Saturday May 20 The third boat started the afternoon s events at 4 30 They had an ever increasing lead on the St Mark s boat winning in 2 54 by one length The second crew led to what seemed to be a sure win when a terrific St Mark s rally brought the opponents up to win by two feet The winning time was 2 50 The first boat sailed along well ahead of the com petition and in 2 49 went under the wire a decisive three lengths ahead of the St Mark s boat With a vacant weekend the first crew demonstrated their improvement by beating the same graduate crew by half a length The big race at Exeter onjune 3 ended in disappointment for the Red oarsmen despite their hard tight The boats raced on Exeter s SquamscottR1ver half mile course bucking a strong headwind The third crew held even on the start and up to the first turn but gradually dropped back Exeter won by three fourths of a length in 3 06 against a Middlesex time of 3 08 5 The second crew jumped Exeter at the start and fought a thrilling race to a three fourth length win in 2 54 The first crew fighting for the Columbia Cup held by Middlesex last year was shaded by the opponents at the start and fought a losing battle to overcome their lead l7ll .,., ., ., . ., Y 1 ' 1 ' 1 v 1 Y .. . ,.., , . . . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 , , . .. 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . , . . , . . . , . . 1 1 ' 1 . , . , . .. ' . . , ... . , . . . . , . , . , . , . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . , . . . - ' 1 - 1 1 . - , , , ' 1 -- 1 1 1 , .

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'O S 42 vvgg .Ar -' Q-Q3 viii.. '11-1-. 'WW' The second race was dgdll'lSI Shrewsbury s hrst boar on Lalce ulnsrgamond oxer a slrcle .incl Hugglns number sexen was obhgecl to strolse the crew for the rest ofthe race The crew lost to Shrewsbury by two lengths Ihelr season though w is on the whole successful incl Mr Larson rs xcry hopeful that some of hrs boys w1ll mrlce the hrst crews next year Ixcept for the loss of the Columb1.1Cup the excellent coachlng of Mr Loclce Mr Colm ml Mr I arson mtl the h ml worlc ofC1ptun Iewrs 1nl hrs boys errnecl the crews rn excellent recorcl the-5 lfll ' ,L -e' '. -.. , . I X4 - 4' 3 . s . ,' ', V Q ., ' 1 - V-'fwfr' ,- ' ' '. r 4 I V k xv . . od V X ' . . 5 '- l X X X N , W X gt- 3 c 1 . 's ,QZQ three-quarter mile course. Ar the halfway mark. Pete Mz1rclen's stretcher bar broke, clerailing his ll ,Q c ..1.' 2 '1 ' ' L an L in ' exe. 7' f , frm eg, X