Word: faste
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...final of the hundred was won by Swinscoe over Louis second and Foote fhird in 10 3-4. Billings did not run. If Mr. Swinscoe would train we think he would make a good runner as some fast times are put to his credit in practice runs...
...event is an important one on the Polo Ground programme it behooves the H. A. A. to try to train a good walker. Mr. Brown, '86, walked well last year and we were sorry not to see him walk on Saturday, as with proper coaching he might make a fast...
...scratch; F. S. Billings, '85, 6 yds; I. Louis, M. S., 14 yds; G. Kemp, '84, 14 yds; E. Norton, '85, 20 yds. Norton led around the turn and coming into the stretch, where Louis passed him and won in 23 3-5 seconds. Goodwin had come up very fast and he and Norton ran a hard race for second place. The judges gave it in favor of Norton, however...
...Hardwick, '84, is getting well so fast that he expects to be back by the beginning of next week...
...breaking can not be doubted. Over and over again have we seen our champion runners leaving their opponents in the rear, so much that there was no interest in the race. Now if these second rate opponents had been given starts, there would have been a good race and fast time would have been made, for it is a well known fact that a man runs, walks or rides a bicycle faster and easier when some one is leading than when the best runner is making his own pace ; as he of necessity does, if the other runners...