Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...start was made at 3.15 from the watering trough directly opposite the gate. Sheffield, who had the largest handicap, was the first man to complete the first lap, followed by Williams at some distance. Brown dropped out at the end of the first lap on account of some trouble with his saddle. At the beginning of the second lap Williams passed Sheffield. Bailey and Holmes came in sight. Williams succeeded in keeping the lead until the third lap when Bailey made a good spurt and took the lead which he held to the finish, making the distance in 34 minutes...
...seconds. P. W. Davis, '93, with 150 yards handicap was sec. The mile walk came next, with Ware '93 having 50 seconds start, C. R. Bardeen '93, thirty seconds and C. T. R. Bates '92 at the scratch. Ware was passed by Bardeen in the second lap and slowly lost ground from that on. The race between Bates and Bardeen then became very close and it was not until within 100 yards of the finish that Bates passed his opponent. His time was 7 minutes, 7 2-5 seconds, Bardeen being about thirty seconds later. Only two contestants appeared...
...mile bicycle race was the first event. There were three entries: P. W. Davis, C. C. Goodrich and J. E. Tweedy. Goodrich led until the last lap, when Davis took the lead followed by Tweedy. Davis won in 6 minutes, 58 3-4 seconds. The last quarter was made in 40 seconds...
...first time such a contest had taken place between the two schools. Andover won, getting six events out of the nine. Exeter's showing would hardly have been so poor had she not been unfortunate. In the bicycle race her man took a header in the last lap, in the mile run her leading man was taken ill and had to be carried off, and in the 220-yards dash, Ellis fell within six feet of the finish with the Andover man just abreast...
...afternoon, Yale winning. As Davis was ruled out, F. A. Clark of Yale, and W. B. Greenleaf, second and third men were the only contestants. The race was started at 3.15 in a pouring rain, Greenleaf started with a lead a few feet, which he kept until the eighth lap, when Clark forged ahead winning by about 80 feet in 6 minutes, 48 2-5 seconds...