Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...half mile, 2.50 class, was decided in one heat. F. S. Elliot '95 was the only Harvard contestant in this event. He rode a good race and finished second, only a few feet behind T. L. Connolly, M. A. C. E. Nelson, S. B. C. was third. Time...
...first event on the programme was the one mile scratch, which was closely contested in three heats. In the first heat the men loafed until the last lap, when H. C. Tyler of Springfield shot ahead and won in 3 m. 4 4-5 s. T. Connolly, M. A. C. was second and P. W. Davis '93 third. The second heat was much faster. P. J. Berlo, M. A. C. finished first with G. F. Taylor, Springfield B. C. second. Time 2 m. 44 1-5 s. The final heat ended in a desperate spurt in which Berlo...
...great event of the day was the breaking of the record for pole vaulting by H. L. Towne of Williams, who vaulted the bar at 10 ft. 9 in. This beats the intercollegiate record by 1 1-4 inches and the association record by 9 inches. The 220 yd. hurdle record was lowered one fifth of a second by H. C. Ide of Dartmouth, who also made a new record for the 220 yd. dash. In the two mile bicycle race G. D. Pratt of Amherst reduced the record from...
...disappointment of the afternoon - so far as Harvard was concerned - came when the quarter of mile run was won by Sanford of Yale; for Wright of Harvard, had been confidently counted upon to win the event hands down. So be would have, had it not been for the fact that the start was put near the upper turn instead of at the middle of the stretch (as was the case in some of the other runs) and in the excitement of the race, the Harvard men made their finish where they are accustomed to and then slowed down. Sanford...
...last stretch when Corbin of Harvard, who had been running a splendidly-judged race, made the prettiest spurt of the afternoon, and crossed the line first amid the enthusiastic cheering of the Harvard delegation. For it was Harvard's winning six points, (Batchelder finishing third in this event) which put Yale behind in the total score. Corbin's time was 2 min. 1 4-5 seconds - unusually good in consideration of the bleakness of the day and the slowness of the track...