In the following fall races, which came off on October 25, 1879, the Juniors, '81, came in first, followed by '80, with '82 third.
'81's time was 8.36.
'82's crew was then as follows :
1. Waring, 143
2. Hoyt, 132
3. Baldwin, 155
4. McDonald, 155
5. Dean, 145
6. Lawrence, 188
7. Chalfant, 186
8. Bartlett, 145
The spring races of 1880, which occurred on May 15, showed the utter impossibility of predicting the results of races. Universal opinion was that the various crews would come in the order of the classes - '80, '81, '82 and '83 - but to the surprise of everybody, except the freshmen themselves, '83 won easily by seven lengths. The crews came in exactly in the reverse order of the classes. The time was as follows : '83, 10 min. 41 sec.; '82, 11 min. 4 sec.; '81, 11 min. 5 sec.; '80, 11 min. 15 sec. The race between the three upper classes was very exciting.
'82's crew was composed as follows :
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