Word: fours
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...following table shows the sizes of the classes during the past four years...
...been given to the Crew at Young's, where, amid junketing and speech-making, plans for the future were discussed; a meeting of the H. U. B. C. has been held, and has adopted the suggestions made at the dinner; and a challenge for an eight-oared race of four miles has been received from Cornell. It is stated on good authority that Columbia is eager for a race. Mr. Roberts has been authorized to write an unofficial letter to England to ascertain whether it will be possible to arrange a race with the English University eights for August...
...oared barge race in 5 min. 33 sec, '82 second, '81 third. Eldridge, '79, and Brown, '78, won the pair-oared race, beating Ridabock, '79, and Fiske, '81, in 7 min. 30 sec. College beat School of Mines in the four-oared barge race in 6 min. 51 sec. There were also some tub races and a canoe race...
Bicycle Handicap. - Mile heats, best two in three. Out of the four entries three only came to the scratch, Swan, '82 (scratch man), Parker, '80 (15 yards), Sturgis, '81 (50 yards), Tubbs, '79 (200 yards), having withdrawn. This was the most exciting feature of the day. They all got well away, and for the first lap maintained nearly their relative positions. On the second lap Parker lost ground a little, and Swan began creeping up. Parker soon fell behind, and it was evident he was suffering from the effects of a recent fall. Swan gradually but surely decreased the distance...
...mile Run brought forward four contestants: C. O. Brewster, '79, W. Brewster, '81, Thatcher, '82, Manning, '82. Brewster, '79, took the lead at the start, which Thatcher tried unsuccessfully to capture. They kept their positions nearly the same for three laps, then Thatcher took the lead, Brewster, '81, coming next, which was the order at the finish; Manning third. Time...