Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...afternoon at 2.41, Webster, '87, and Dana, '88, hares, started from Matthews for the longest run of the season. Eight minutes later they were followed by about seven hounds. The course was through Watertown, Newton, around Chestnut Hill reservoir, through Brighton and Allston to the Brookline bridge, where the break was made for home, the whole distance being about thirteen miles. The hares reached the gymnasium at 4.41, followed, one minute later by the first hound, Bowen, '87. The second hound in was Marquand, '89. It will be seen that the hounds won, but probably by a slight irregularity...
Bemis, '87 and Wright, '86 will attempt to-day to break the seven-mile walk record...
...proposed attempt of Wright and Bemis to break the record for the seven mile walk has been postponed. Yesterday the air was too cold and the wind too strong...
...second half was opened with a rush by Woodman. Bancroft made a touch-down. Try at goal failed. Two fair catches were made by Perkins and the ball was returned to Reynolds, who passed to Porter, and the latter attempted to break through the freshman team for another touch-down, but did not succeed '88 now tried at goal from a fair catch and failed. Scott and Porter had each got in a rush when Woodman took the ball and passed to Noble, who was quickly thrown. Porter made another rush and passed to Crocker, who got a touch-down...
...fifty in all, followed them. The start was made from in front of Matthews at about 4.15 p.m. The trail led to Norton's Woods, thence to North Avenue, and then by way of the clay pits to Fresh Pond, and from the pond to Brattle Street, where the break was made for home. The hares came in about twenty-five minutes ahead of the hounds...