Word: feating
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HORIZONTAL BAR.The meeting was opened by the horizontal bar contest. The entries were A. T. Dudley, '87 (white), R. T. Osgood, '87 (red), T. C. Bachelder L. S. (blue). The event was well contested, each contestant being repeatedly applauded. Bachelder showed extraordinary strength, trying a feat, turn and catch, never before seen in the gymnasium. The quickness of Dudley was particularily noticeable. Dudley gave the giant swing in a very easy manner and was saluted with tumultuous applause. The prize was awarded to dudley. Dudley was particularily easy in his manner on the bar and showed very chean and careful...
...Alps have twice been crossed by English bicyclists. An exchange thinks, however, that the feat of scaling Mt. Blanc is reserved...
...Walunut Hill Thursday. The first two events were well contested, and the shooting of all the competitors was unusually good. In the clay bird match, Mr. Godwin made the highest score yet recorded in any match of the club, breading nine out of the ten shot at, -a feat rendered difficult by the strong wind. A match at five pigeons was shot, at the close of the two regular shot, at the close of the two regular matches. The summary of the events follows...
Charles Keeble is reported to have completed his feat of walking 1,026 miles in 456 hours at the Metropolitan Grounds, Old Kent Road, London, England...
...indeed the majority of them never did one in their lives. They grow, but they do not develop. It has been argued that the system of athletics generally pursued makes those who practice it essentially prize-fighters, champion oarsmen, "wasting their time and devoting all their thoughts to some feat of athletic prowess." In rebuttal of this statement, Mr. Blaikie instances President Eliot and Professor Agassiz of Harvard and Dr. McCosh and Mr. Gladstone. "Yet the former two did excellent work in their university boat. Princeton's famous president, if our information is correct, rowed in the Dublin university crew...