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Arts and Letters surged after the tiring giant. The Rokeby Stable colt steadily gained and in mid-stretch seemed to be easily overtaking The Prince, but Arts and Letters did not get to the wire in time. The rest of the field was stretched out from four to twenty lengths behind...
Given the violence of the age, says Rosa, the "gunfighter" was largely created through the mechanical ingenuity of one man: Samuel Colt. By 1861, there were nine main varieties of Colt revolvers (mostly known as "Peacemakers" or "hog-legs") in use on the frontier. They constituted the most dramatic revolution in sheer firepower since the invention of the musket. Colt revolvers were fast and reliable. In superior hands they could regularly hit a five-inch circle at 50 yards. At 100 yards, the Peacemaker could drive a bullet more than three inches into a pine plank. With such a weapon...
...Colt's new position, assistant to the President for Development, involves raising funds for immediate use by the University as well as building the endowment. Major sources of such funds--the people from whom Colt will be trying to get donations--include alumni, foundations, and corporations...
...Colt is presently executive director of the Harvard College Fund, which raises funds from alumni for general use by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Colt will be replacing James R. Reynolds '23, who has been involved in Harvard fund-raising for the last 20 years...