Word: leade
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Davis and Holmes represented Harvard in the first heat of the two mile bicycle race, while Brewster and Parmelee rode for Yale. The Yale men set the pace for six laps closely followed by Davis and Holmes. On the seventh Davis came to the front and lead until the beginning of the eighth when he was passed by Parmelee who won first in 6 m. 2-5 sec. and by Holmes who came in second. In the second heat were Glenny and Alling of Yale, and Pratt of Harvard. On the last curve of the sixth lap Glenny and Pratt...
...yards run was one of the prettiest races of the afternoon. The contestants were Merrill, Bingham and Pinkham of Harvard, Bennett. Chubb and Frank of Yale. The men started off closely bunched with the Yale men in the lead. Merrill, who had started on the outside, was carefully "pocketed" and for about half the distance was last man. By this time Bingham and Pinkham had come to the front; Merrill then made a beautiful spurt and took the lead which he held without difficulty to the finish. Bingham came in second and Pinkham third. Time...
...mile run Harvard was represented by J. O. Nichols, Fenton, Blake and R. T. Fox; Yale by Morgan, Woodhull and Scoville. For three laps the men were closely bunched with Morgan slightly in the lead. The Yale men ran very cleverly and several times when the Harvard runners tried to break away they found themselves pocketed. On the last lap Morgan left the bunch followed by Fenton; Blake also was working up toward the front. The last 220 yards Morgan spurted and although Fenton tried hard to overtake him, he was unable to do so. By good running Blake finished...
...Bunnell and Hoyt for Yale. The race on Yale's part at least, showed clever planning but not enough to outwit the Harvard men. When the pistol was fired, S. H. Bunnell started off at a tremendous rate and at the end of two laps had a lead of about twenty yards. Here he began to weaken and Endicott and Wight who had been keeping close together gradually drew up on him. On the last lap they passed him. Wight then had the pole and was slightly in the lead; Endicott tried repeatedly to pass him but did not succeed...
...passed three years at Cambridge, but found himself out of the spirit of the place. He then went to France and found his soul stirred by the revolution then in progress, but the extreme to which it was carried, disgusted him and he returned to England to lead the simple, sturdy life of an English conservative...