Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Olmstead '94 did not ride so that the race was between four men, T. Barron '91, O. B. Hawes '93, F. S. Pratt '94 and G. F. Taylor '94. The first quarter was done in 43 seconds when Taylor took the lead and set the pace, making each successive lap faster than the one before it. On the turn of the last lap Pratt, by a marvellous spurt, got the lead which he held to the finish, closely pressed by Hawes and Taylor in the order given. with Barron last. All the men rode within a second of the winner...
...that was broken beside that of the 2 mile bicycle race was the time for the mile run. A. M. White '92, took the lead at the start and set a smart pace, doing the first half in 2.13. The five men stuck pretty well together until the last lap when Manley '93 dropped out. On the stretch on the last turn White and Lowell broke away from Carr, M. S., and Nichols '94, and sprinted for the tape, Lowell finishing first in 4 minutes, 34 1-5 seconds, White a close second...
...Earle. Slow with shoot, drops his body down at full reach, and pulls his hands into his lap at the finish...
...mile run was one of the most interesting events of the afternoon. Lowell and Batchelder were favorites though not until the last lap did they lead the others. Then they spurted, and though Batchelder pushed him hard, Lowell finished first; time 4 m 57 2-5 s. J. O. Nichols was third...
...unable to overcome his handicap. The mile run was won by H. C. Lakin, Harvard '94, (110 yards) with E. White '92 (140 yards) second. Lakin and White were well ahead of the other contestants and had a close race until the last part of the last lap when Lakin took the lead and won in 4 minutes 26 seconds. H. M. Wheelwright, Harvard '94, won third place in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet 4 1-2 inches (counting his handicap of 12 inches). This even was won by L. W. Jenkins, B. A. A., with a handicap...