Word: dashes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Hundred - Yards Dash, First Heat. - Entries : J. E. Cowdin, '79, W. M. Conant, '79, L. B. Harding, '79. Won by Cowdin; time,11 sec. Conant, second. Second Heat. - Entries : W. R. Duncklee, '80, R. Bacon, '80, J. Holmes, '79, B. S. Blanchard, M. S. Won by Bacon; time, 10 1/4 sec. Holmes, second...
...Hundred-Yards Dash, Final Heat. - Cowdin, Conant, Bacon, and Holmes. Won by Bacon; time, 10 3/4 sec. Cowdin was a very close second...
...entirely given up, but the offers of different gentlemen to give handsome cups proved an inducement to men to train, and in consequence the starters in the different events were, as a whole, more nearly "fit" than they have ever been before. The time made in the Hundred-Yard Dash and Quarter-Mile Run was most excellent, - remarkable when we consider that it was made on a track of loose dirt, instead of a cinder path. The Bicycle Race produced capital sport, every inch of the three miles being closely contested. It was, we believe, the first race ridden...
...following is the order of events of the H. A. A. next Friday: 1. half-mile run; 2. mile walk; 3. one hundred yards' dash; 4. running broad jump; 5. one mile run; 6. hurdle race (120 yards); 7. one fourth mile run; 8. potato race; 9. three-legged race; 10. bicycle race (three miles). Contestants are reminded that if they do not appear within five minutes after the bell is rung, they will positively be excluded...
PRIZES have been offered by private gentlemen for the following events, conditional on the appended time being equalled or beaten: One fourth mile run, 56 s.; one hundred yards' dash, 10 1/2 s.; one mile run, 4 m. 55 s.; one mile walk, 8 m. The prize for the bicycle race is made conditional on five men starting; the H. A. A. will add a handsome second prize if five men finish the race...