Word: in-door
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Dates: during 1879-1879
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...also seems unjust to refuse a cup where there is only one entry. The chief object of the H. A. A. is to encourage athletics here. Now, as the contestants in many of the events of the in-door meeting practise together daily, it is well known beforehand who is likely to win; and often the man whose chances are best is left to enter the contest alone. Hence, under the present rule, a man is actually discouraged from trying to excel, knowing that if he acquires a decided superiority over others, no one will enter against...