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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first race was started at 4 o'clock and was open to any member of the club in any canoe, double blades. W. Stickney, '91, and G. A. Batchelder, '92, were the only entries. After a close race Stickney won by half a length in 8 minutes, 1 2-5 second. The second race admitted only tandem brich canoes; Crowninshield and Fessenden, Harding and VanSchaick, were the contestants. The latter pair won through the misfortune of the former, who upset directly in front of the boat house. The third race was an open canoe contest, single blades. Herrick...
Class 4 is open to members of the Puritan Canoe Club. Entries close tonight at 10 o'clock. The entry fee, 25 cents. is payable to any member of the club...
...Harvard-Tech. bicycle race Saturday afternoon resulted in a creditable victory for Harvard. Notwithstanding the bad weather and the consequent wretched condition of the roads the race was run in very fast time, and was close and exciting. The two races between Harvard and Tech. This year have both been so successful that it is to be hoped that a similar race may be a regular semi-annual, or at least, an annual event. A plan has been proposed which will easily and effectually accomplish this. The scheme is to have a perpetual challenge cup to be subscribed jointly...
...then again around the reservoir, finishing near the starting point. Bailey, of Harvard, rode three machines in the course of the race and had a bad fall but managed to come in third in spite of it. The race between Greenleaf, of Harvard, and Norton, of Technology, was very close, Greenleaf winning by only about three feet. Here is the score...
...prospects are that the race Saturday will be close and exciting. The Tech. men have been training hard and are fully determined to win. The cuances are about even that they will succeed...