Word: fastings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Columbia has not been in the least influenced by Yale's exhibition of a fast stroke last year, still keeping to the opinion that a slow stroke is better for a four mile race and a fast one for a short race...
YALE.Brooks, '85, has records of 10 1-5, 22 3-5 and 50 2-5 for the three shorter distances. He therefore has the best college record for the 220 and the quarter. Colt, '85, will probably run in the 220, but he has made no very fast time. Smith, '83, is said to have run the quarter in the excellent time of 51 3/4 sec. Halsey, '83, has run the half...
...there were only 4,021 college students in the United States; now there are 62,425. It is exceedingly significant that for fifty years the number of our college students has increased more than twice as fast as that of our population. - [Joseph Cook...
...well sustained in this race. The start was very poor, Hosmer taking first place, Hendee second and Norton third. At the end of the next to the last lap Hendee and Norton both spurted finely, both passing Hosmer. Hendee won in 3 minutes 11 2-5 seconds. Norton rode fast and pluckily, coming in 8 seconds behind, with Hosmer a good third. Hendee rode a heavy 54 inch Rudge, and Norton used a Humber 56 inch...
...race at New London. Their diet has been more liberal than heretofore. In matters of drink they are limited to water, iced tea and milk. The stroke will be the same as that pulled last year. It is the common belief among the boating men here that the fast stroke is in every point better than the English stroke taught by Robert Cook. Consequently the stroke will be quick - about forty-five to the minute. They are now pulling about forty-one or forty-two in practice. It is expected that the time made this year at New London will...