Word: final
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard entries received generous handicaps. Many of the new men showed up well. In the mile run G. Newell '98 took second place after running a remarkably good race. The final heat in the 40 yard handicap dash was composed solely of Harvard men. F. Mason '96 won handily in the fast time of 43/5s. F. B. Fox '96 was a close second, a foot ahead of V. Munroe...
...Harvard class team race was won by '99 with '97 a close second, '98 third, and '96 last. Yale was fairly outrun by Princeton in their team race, although Gerard of Yale unfortunately slipped and fell at the finish of his relay. The final event of the evening was the Harvard-Pennsylvania team race, the closest and most exciting of all. The first relay was between Eaton of Harvard and Sterritt of Pennsylvania. Sterritt finished three yards ahead Boyer took Sterritt's place and Eaton touched Marshall, who was slow in getting off. Marshall succeeded in making up the lost...
Forty yard novice-Final heat. First, E. M. Shead, Brown University; second, G. N. Hersey, Worcester A. C.; third, B. B. Howard, H. A. A. Time...
Forty-yard handicap (nine ft. limit).- Final heat. First, F. Mason, H. A. A. (5.5 ft.); second, F. B. Fox, H. A. A. (9 ft.); third, V. Munroe, H. A. A. (7.5 ft.). Time, 43/5s...
...final arrangements after the Napoleonic wars the King of the Netherlands agreed to give over the territory about the Essequibo River to the possession of England. No mention of the boundaries was made until in 1840 there arose a dispute. A few months later the British government sent out to have a boundary surveyed. Lord Aberdeen, who commissioned the survey, was anxious to have natural boundaries. Schomburgk, the explorer, followed the Barina River farther than it had seemed to extend before. By this survey considerable more territory was included as British possessions...