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Details of New London Race June 28

At a meeting of the representatives of the Harvard and Yale rowing managements Saturday afternoon at New London the following program of races was decided upon for Thursday, June 28. The Freshman eights will race up-stream from the New London railroad bridge to the Navy Yard, a distance of two miles, starting at 10 o'clock. Immediately afterwards the University four-oared crews will race two miles up-stream from the Navy Yard to the quarters. The University eights will leave their floats at 3.45 o'clock and the race will start down-stream over the regular four-mile course at 4 o'clock.

In case postponement is necessary, the races may be rowed any time during the afternoon up to 7 o'clock. If postponed to the following day all the races will take place one hour later, the courses and other conditions remaining the same. The two University crew captains will decide the precise hour, and in case of a disagreement between them the referee will make the decision.

W. A. Meikleham, who has been referee for several years, will be referee, and C. H. Schweppe '02 will be chairman of the regatta committee again this year.

Captain O. D. Filley '06, Manager W. F. Emerson '06, and J. F. Perkins '99, chairman of the Graduate Committee on Rowing, represented the University at the conference.

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