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...Should the hares reach home ahead of the hounds by a greater amount of time than that agreed upon at the start, they shall receive prizes, and the first hound in shall also receive a prize; should the difference of time be less than that agreed upon at the start, the first two hounds shall receive prizes; or any hound catching a hare shall receive a prize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rules for Hare and Hounds Adopted by the Harvard Athletic Association. | 10/26/1886 | See Source »

...cricket throughout New England has influenced athletics both in the universities and in the preparatory schools. At schools, where cricket was almost unknown, it is now practiced with skill and success. Some of the members of '90 have played on their school teams, and others are more or less familiar with the game. At St. Paul's cricket is one of the fine arts; St. Marks has given some attention to it, and we have ourselves seen it played with no little skill at other schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/25/1886 | See Source »

...special sale of opera and field glasses for to-day and to-morrow only. A good stock is ready, and orders for special styles will be filled promptly. The prices are at less than five per cent. advance of wholesale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Co-operative Society Bulletin. | 10/23/1886 | See Source »

...special sale of opera and field glasses for to-day and to-morrow only. A good stock is ready, and orders for special styles will be filled promptly. The prices are at less than five per cent. advance of wholesale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Co-operative Society Bulletin. | 10/22/1886 | See Source »

...doubles, and Yale first in doubles and second in singles. The foot-ball team continues to practice every afternoon at the Yale Field. The team will, it is true, consist chiefly of veterans of a year's standing, yet to the ordinary observer, they appear to play with less snap and vigor than they did last year. The accidents to Hamlin and Bull of last year's eleven, are crippling the eleven seriously The following men played in the last game: rushers, Wallace, Gill, Pike, Corbin (centre), Woodruff, Carter, Corwin (captain); Beecher, quarter-back; Wurtenburg and Watkinson, half-backs; Pratt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Notes. | 10/21/1886 | See Source »

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