Word: lap
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Messrs. W. H. Herrick, '82, and S. Williston, '82, entered in the mile maiden-race for riders that had never taken a prize. Williston reserved himself till the fourth lap; and then, by a brilliant spurt, he took the lead, and won by a hundred yards...
...second trial-heat, W. D. Swan, '81, beat F. L. Creesy, '82, by about a third of a lap; coming in easily...
...mile walk, in which, out of six men entered, only two appeared at the scratch. These were Messrs. F. C. Huidekoper, '80, and E. E. Wentworth, '82. For about half a mile they kept along within three feet of each other; but, by the end of the third lap, Wentworth worked ahead, and won by ten yards, in 8 m. 36 s. Huidekoper's time...
Messrs. A. G. Warner, '82, H. T. Oxnard, '82, and A. L. Hall, '80, started for the mile-run. Warner soon dropped out, and Oxnard, who had kept close to Hall's heels most of the way, lost ground in trying to spurt on the last lap, and came in second. Hall's time...
...freshness of the original. The speaker began by alluding to the many victories which the class of '79 had won. "When we first entered these classic porticos," (she said), "it had been the custom for us to have no butter-plates. We who had been brought up in the lap of elegance and refinement, - we who were to lead the society of our country, - we who were to push on the engine of progress to realms of perfection, - were deprived, not of a luxury, but of a necessity. (Applause.) What did we do? Why, we sent in a petition...