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...spite of the threatening weather Saturday, the conditions were not very unfavorable for good work at Cedarhurst in the afternoon. The fact that the track was turf instead of cinder prevented good records, The turf, however was close, hard, and in good condition. A large number of spectators came down from New York. Most of the best amateur athletes of the country were entered...
...Dohm of Princeton in 51 4-5s. Wells of Harvard second by a yard, and Banks of Columbia a close third...
...half mile run was won by Conneff in 2m. 5 3-5s. Smith of the N. Y. A. C., was second by two yards, beating Cogswell of Harvard who received third prize, by the width of his body. Downs of Harvard was a close fourth...
...relations with Harvard. In the foot-ball and cricket, annual games between the two universities have been arranged, and yesterday the Shooting Club had a chance of trying its strength against a picked team of four from the same university. As the score shows, the match was a very close one, but the superiority of the visitors was so evident as to leave but small room for controversy as to the respective abilities of the two teams. We are glad to see such a friendly rivalry as now exists so well established, and though a shooting match may not create...
...expected that the match will be a close and interesting one, and will doubtless repay all who take the trouble to go to Watertown...