Word: medal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contestants are: fifty yards dash, running high jump, one mile walk, bayonet race, 440 yards dash, putting the shot, 220 yards hurdle race, one mile run, potato race, tug of-war; all handicaps except the bayonet and potato races and tug-of war. The prizes will be solid gold medals to first and silver to second, except in tug of war, in which a gold medal will be given to each man of the winning team. Entrance fee for each man in each event will be fifty cents and should be made to H. Cheney, secretary...
Cornell University was awarded a gold medal at the Paris exposition for its educational exhibit...
...following is a list of the races and of the prizes, part of which are on exhibition in Leavitt and Peirce's window: Two mile open-entrance fee $1, 1st prize gold medal, 2nd prize silver medal, third prize bronze medal; five mile open-entrance fee 50 cents, 1st prize pair gold inlaid skates, second prize pair gold inlaid skates, second prize silver cup, third prize pair American skates; 220 yards dash open-fee 50 cents, 1st prize Waltham silver watch, 2nd prize silver carving set; backward race open, no fee-1st prize split bamboo rod, 2nd prize pair opera...
...yards run, novice, scratch, and seven handicap events, viz. fifty yards, two hundred yards, one thousand yards, and two mile runs, two hundred and twenty yards hurdle race (2 feet 6 inch hurdles) mile walk, and running high jump. Handicapping by official handicapper of A. A. U. Gold medal to first and silver medal to second in each event. Prizes will be on exhibition at A. G. Spaulding's, Broadway...