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...offered in 1858, as a prize for the "Beacon Cup Regatta", in which a Harvard crew won from seven others in a three-mile race. In 1866 the cup was made the annual challenge prize for the winners of the spring class races. The cup is a large silver goblet covered with the names of the first nine winning crews, from 1866 to 1874 inclusive. In the three years following the names were inscribed on a parchment, but after 1877 the cup disappeared and for 20 years was not raced for. In 1897 F. R. Appleton '75, stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEACON CUP RACE TODAY | 5/18/1906 | See Source »

...some unaccountable reason it was no longer offered for the class races, and it was not until after considerable inquiring that it was finally found in the safe at the bursar's office where it had lain undisturbed for twenty years. The cup is a large silver goblet inscribed all over with the names of the winning crews from '66-'74. After that time there is no record on it, the names of the winning crews being inscribed on parchment until...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BEACON CUP. | 4/8/1898 | See Source »

...until 1866 was the cup instituted as a prize for the winners of the spring class races. The cup is a large silver goblet inscribed all over with the names of the winning crews from 1866 to 1874. After that time there is no record on it, the names of the winning crews being inscribed on a parchment until the year 1877, after which time, for some unaccountable reason, the cup is not mentioned as the prize for the class races. It was the custom to give each member of the winning crews a small silver cup as a souvenir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BEACON CUP. | 5/14/1897 | See Source »

...silver cups won by the Rovers at Harvard are of plain silver and stand about eight inches high. The design is of goblet shape. The following inscription is engraved on them: "Rovers versus Olympics, Jarvis Field, Dec. 20th, 1890." The following men will get a cup: D. Shay, J. Buckly, J. King, G. Adams, H. Waring, J. Culligan, R. Bell, H. Wilde, W. Mercer, P. Gavin and T. Kenny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/23/1891 | See Source »

...cups given by the Bicycle Club to the winners in the several races last fall have been placed in the window of Leavitt and Peirce's. The prize for the first man in the Harvard-Technology road race in December is a silver goblet. It was won by W. B. Greenleaf, '92. A similar goblet is given to T. Barron, '91, the winner in the fall handicap road-race in November. The second and third prizes in the road-race are silver cups, won by W. B. Greenleaf, '92, and R. W. Holmes. There are in addition to these, three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bicycle Club Cups. | 1/22/1889 | See Source »

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