Word: barring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Fence Vault, Fencing (semi-final bouts), Horizontal Bar, Broadsword (trial bouts), Tumbling, Fencing, (final bout), and Running High Jump. The handicaps in the last event, with 3 in. limit, are: Sherwin, 3 in.; Sheldon, 3 in.; Heywood, 2 in.; Morse, 2 in.; Fearing, scratch; Green, 2 in.; Bloss, 2 in.; Chaney...
Horizontal Bar. - R. Macallister '93, F. W. Moore '93, S. B. McNear '95, C. R. Bardeen...
...running high jump came first on the programme. The bar was placed at 4 ft. 9 in. and G. C. Chaney '94 took the lead, followed by H. M. Wheelwright '94, G. R. Fearing '93, and A. H. Green '93. All cleared this easily and the bar was raised to 5 ft. 2 1-2 in. Here Wheelwright failed twice, but got over on his third trial, At 5 ft. 3 1-2 in. all but Fearing were unsuccessful. Chaney and Green, however, in subsequent trials, managed to clear the bar, but Wheelwright dropped...
...next event, the parallel bar, brought out R. Macallister '93 E. E. Clark '94, F. B. Winslow '95, S. B. McNear '95, and J. H. Chase '95. After a little preliminary work to warm him up, each man performed his own tricks which were, on the whole, very creditably done. It was a very close thing, in the minds of the spectators, between Macallister, Clark and Winslow, but the judges decided in favor of Macallister first, and Clark second. Winslow was very graceful and did several clever acts which required considerable strength and skill. While the judges were making their...
...last event was the pole vault, contested by O. G. Cartwright, Y. A. A., J. Crane, Jr., B. A. A., and Wheelwright '94. The bar was placed at 8 ft. and no one met any great difficulty till it was raised to 9 ft. 6 in. Here it took Wheelwright two trials and Cartwright three, to clear the bar. At 9 ft. 10 in. Wheelwright was obliged to drop out. Cartwright failed to make the next height and so took second with a jump of 9 ft. 10 in. Crane then did some beautiful vaulting, clearing...