Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Paine, the hares, laid their trail out to Tufts, College and from there over toward West Cambridge. Here they went through some very swampy territory for about a mile. The ground was so soft that the men sank to their knees at almost every step. They finally made the "break" on Concord avenue, about three-quarters of a mile from the gymnasium...
...ahead of the men he was with. Emerson and Coolidge were the first two men in the second lot, which had come by a different route. As, by the rules, all the hounds should have staid by Emerson, the master of hounds, until he ordered them to break, the first lot of men were disqualified...
...third hare and hounds run yesterday afternoon. The trail was a little longer than before, being between nine and ten miles. It was laid through Central Square, Allston Bridge, Beacon Park, Coolidge Corner, Beacon Street, Corey Hill, Commonwealth Avenue, and Brighton to Barry's Corner, where the break took place...
...this particular kind of work. In several sections the cheering was weak and erratic because there was no one in front who had voice enough to make himself heard or personality enough to command respect. This year the enthusiasm which is being stored up here every day will break out in great confusion on the day of the game unless there are capable men to keep it in some sort of order. The men chosen to lead the cheering should be men with good voices whose records here at college have shown them to possess the qualities of natural leadership...
...woods to Beacon street, then to Porter's Station, up North Ave, across the fields to the Fitchburg railroad, up the track to West Cambridge, then across the marshes to Fresh Pond, and from there to a point on Brattle street near Governor Russell's house, where the "break" was made. The whole distance was about six miles. A. A. Marsters '94 was the first hound in, with H. A. Ross '96 second, and F. C. Hinckley '95 third. All three will receive cups for finishing with in twelve minutes after the hares. The next run will be held Friday...