Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Athletic Association intend to have a five-mile run on Jarvis Field this month, open to all members of the Association...
...full half-mile or more...
ALTHOUGH the Fall Meeting has been given up this year, nevertheless the new managers of the Athletic Association show that they do not intend to allow athletics to decline during the coming season. Several hare-and-hound meets, a lawn-tennis tournament, and a five-mile run, all within a few weeks, indicate considerable activity on the part of the officers. We are glad to notice that the entrance fee has been raised to three dollars, since it will obviate the disagreeable necessity of assessing the old members every year. As yet nothing definite has been arranged about a meeting...
...MILE RUN. 11.29 L. E. Myers. Manhattan A. C. Mott Haven...
Behind the quarter of a mile of these interesting sights came the pet of the whole show, - the baby elephant. It was named "Prayers," and was regarded as the spoilt child of the University. Fear-of-Public-Opinion bolstered its tottering steps on one side; rigid penalties - including suspension - performed this graceful office on the other. A choir - of one feeble-voiced, hired youth - walked in front, enticing it on by singing melancholy hymns. Altogether, it was a forlorn-looking creature...