Word: canter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...interesting race. J. L. Bremer was scratch with H. H. Fish on the 15 yard mark, the rest of the field being scattered along as far as 30 yards. Fish ran a good race, passed the crowd as they entered the home stretch and won in a canter. Bremer, and Abbott 30 yards, fought it out for second place but the former's handicap was too much for him and Abbott finished two yards ahead...
...opening event was the 100 yards dash. The first heat went to Cary of Princeton rather easily in 10 1-5 sec., with Vredenburgh of the same college second. Sherrill took the second heat in a canter in 10 1-2 sec., and Robinson of Yale won the thrid heat in 10 4-5 sec. The final heat was exceedingly close. Sherrill breasting the tape about one yard ahead of Cary in 10 1-5 sec.; Robinson of Yale was third. Vredenburgh won the trial for second men in 10 2-5 seconds...