Word: behind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first rank was the Pierian Sodality, dressed in the uniform of a defunct military body. The strains wafted from their instruments filled the air with sweet melody, and did much to soften the fierce spirits of the wild beasts behind...
After them came a caravan of gorgeously caparisoned mules, dragging rich cages behind them In these were very rare specimens, collected, regardless of expense, from all quarters of the globe, and not half so savage as they ought to have been. Several prominent Freshman instructors were said to be in the cage with the foxes and wolves, but the reporter failed to wholly recognize them. They so resembled the real animals that their identification was rendered especially difficult...
...Behind the quarter of a mile of these interesting sights came the pet of the whole show, - the baby elephant. It was named "Prayers," and was regarded as the spoilt child of the University. Fear-of-Public-Opinion bolstered its tottering steps on one side; rigid penalties - including suspension - performed this graceful office on the other. A choir - of one feeble-voiced, hired youth - walked in front, enticing it on by singing melancholy hymns. Altogether, it was a forlorn-looking creature...
...where several of the contestants were expected to do finely. Parker, '82 (Dartmouth), had a record of 4 min. 43 sec. Bell, '81, and Thorndike, '81 (Harvard), had both beaten 4 min. 45 sec., while Cuyler, '81 (Yale), was the "dash horse." Bell and Thorndike allowed themselves to drop behind at the start, apparently intending to keep their strength for the last lap. Cuyler and Parker in this way got a long lead. On the fourth lap, Thorndike drew up to second place, and Bell, by a brilliant spurt, took third place; but neither of them was able to catch...
Four men entered for the half-mile run, which Ballard, '81 (U. of Penn.), won in 2 min. 9 1/5 sec. Taylor of Columbia, next, four seconds behind...