Word: macadamization
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Dates: during 1907-1907
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...race started from the Yale athletic field and ran for five miles through fields and over dirt and macadam roads. A mile and a half from the finish two Harvard and four Yale men were closely bunched. As the men came on to the track for the last quarter, Vilas led by 40 yards; Spitzer followed 20 yards behind; and Raynolds, with Crosby close behind him, was next with an interval of 20 yards. By a wonderful spurt, Crosby passed Raynolds and Spitzer with 300 yards to go, but he was unable to pass Vilas, who finished strong. These first...
This course, which is six and three-quarters miles long, runs for about one mile through fields, a mile over macadam road, another over stony wood road, two more over macadam, a sixth on a dirt causeway, and ends with a pull up hill and one lap on the track. The start and finish are on the Yale athletic field...