Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...race which was run in three heats. Only four men started, however. The first heat was between E. Norton, '85, and George M. Hendee of Springfield. Both men got off well at the report of the pistol, though Hendee had a slight advantage. At the end of the first lap, Hendee was a length and a half ahead; at the end of the second lap, barely a length; on the third lap he drew away to his first lead of a length and a half, but Norton spurted on the home-stretch of the last lap and won the heat...
SECOND HEAT.In the second heat the contestants were Charles Frazier and H. A. Edgerly. Frazier, who rode a Star bicycle, lost about eight feet at the start. At the end of the first lap, Edgerly had a lead of a length and a quarter, which he maintained until the last lap, when Frazier overhauled him on the back stretch and won the heat, with five lengths to spare...
...came the mile race open only to college men. Out of six entries, this race had four starters, W. B. Segur of Andover, W. H. Hogue, Harvard, E. Norton, Harvard, and G. W. Matthewson, Harvard. Immediately after the start the men strung out into line, and finished the first lap with Hogue ahead, and Norton in the rear. At the end of the second lap Norton had crept up to second place, while at the close of the third circuit he had the lead, Matthewson, having passed Hogue, being a good second. The men came down the home stretch...
...following rules: "Contestants will be notified before each event and must be on their marks promptly, or the event will be started without them." "Only club officials and members of the press will be allowed inside the track." "A bell will be rung at the beginning of the last lap." "No coaching the contestants allowed."No professional bicycle rider will be allowed to start any contestant." "Bicycle Union and League rules to govern the meeting." The entries include many names of note in bicycling circles, both among college men and amateurs generally, those best known among the visitors being Hendee...
HALF-MILE RUN,for which W. Baker, '86, S. Abbot, '87, T. H. Root, '85, C. F. Brandt, '85, and E. E. Graham, '86, entered. Baker got a good start and immediately took the lead and passed the mark on the first lap in the fast time of 1 minute, but visibly slackened on the last lap and only finished in 2 minutes, 9 seconds, leaving the other competitors 40 yards behind. Brandt and root ran side by side, but Brandt pulled ahead as he passed the tape and came in 2 minutes, 14 seconds. Last of all came...