Word: hunt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hunt...
...Quinn, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Shearman, '89. Quinn is reported to have vaulted 10 feet 6 inches, The hammer and shot events are both exceedingly doubtful. If the rowing authorities would allow Woodruff, '89, to compete in the latter event, he would probably be the winner; otherwise, Hunt, L. S., may win. Columbia has nearly the same tug-of-war team that she had last year, but several of the other colleges have much better teams than formerly. In the 220-yard's hurdle race the first place will probably fall to Mapes, of Columbia, but since...
...such immense proportions and so magnificent that it was thought to be the tomb of some Assyrian king. Investigations were made and finally the conclusion was reached that it was the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. Its sculpture, on this theory, represents the battle of Arbela, a lion hunt and the battle of Granicus. The sarcophagus is nearly twelve feet long, seven high and five and a half broad, and the total weight is twenty-five tons, of which the cover weighs ten. It is all of fine Parian marble. Several French savants are now studying it at Constantinople...
...putting the shot there were ten entries. Lambracht, of the Manhattan Athletic Club, (scratch) put it 21 ft. 10 in. Hunt of Yale made 37 ft. 8 in. Pennypacker of Harvard, 36 ft. 2 1-2 in. Woodruff of Yale 36 ft. 1 in. The first prize was won by Young of the Manhattan Club, with a handicap of 8 ft. 9 in. Hunt, (4 ft. in) was second. Owing to the neglect of the managers to give sufficient information to the handicapper, Hunt of Yale appeared to the programme with a handicap of 10 ft. As soon...
...regular gymnasium contest at Yale took place on Friday evening of last week. The events were all closely contested and Shearman, '80, again broke the record in the running high jump with a jump of 5 feet 8 inches Hunt, L. S., put the shot 35 feet 8 inches. The tug-of-war contest was between '90, and '91, '90 winning by a pull of 14 inches. Ninety still leads in the number of points. The contests will be continued through the month of March...