Word: finished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reached. Here the order was given to break for home, Smith, Matthewson and Appleton leading, Norton and Proctor 150 yards behind. Norton caught the front hounds soon, but lost by taking the wrong turning to Allston, but at Allston was leading again, cutting out the pace very fast, he finished first, going very strong at Brighton bridge. The time of the hare was 1 hr., 7 m., 55 sec.; Norton 1 hr., 13 m., 24 sec.; Matthewson 1 hr., 13 m., 28 sec.; Smith 1 hr., 13 m., 31 1-2 sec. All the other hounds, Messrs. Appleton, Proctor, Robbins...
...there are a few men in the club who, if they should ride, would always come in first, it was decided to give prizes to all who should cover the distance within a certain time. This offers an incentive for all who start to keep up to the finish. The distance is to be limited to twenty miles, and the time limit will probably be one hour and a half. Besides the time prizes the ordinary prizes will be given. A first prize costing $3.00 to each of the hares if they win, or to the first hound...
...clear water. When Columbia had recovered she ran up her stroke to 44 a minute, and for a short time held her own, but Harvard with a fine lead pulled without effort and passed the mile and a half flag in 7 minutes, 50 seconds, and crossed the finish line six lengths ahead in 11 minutes, 22 seconds from the time of starting. The crews were followed by a number of small tugs which were mainly filled with Harvard freshmen, Columbia men being vastly in the minority. One steamer carried an enormous crimson silk banner inscribed with the figures...
...eighth annual boat race between Yale and Harvard University eights, rowed at New London on June 28th, resulted in a crushing defeat for Yale, who received at the hands of the Harvard crew one of the worst beats on record, the crimson leading the blue at the finish by over three hundred yards. As usual, New London was crowded with representatives of both colleges, those from New Haven being largely in the majority. The majority of the betting men seemed to agree with Jasper Goodwin, the coach of the Columbia crew, in the conviction that "there is no living against...
...made the three miles in 19 minutes, 24 seconds, Yale in 20 minutes, 35 seconds. At the three-mile and a half flag the times were 22 minutes, 23 seconds and 23 minutes, 35 seconds. The Harvard crew was now saluted by the steamer's whistles, lying near the finish, and by guns from the shipping and the shore, and crossed the line almost a quarter of a mile ahead of Yale, with a lead estimated from eighteen to twenty-three lengths. There was some dispute about the time, the time-keepers disagreeing. The time as finally announced was-Harvard...