Word: miles
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Immediately after the finish of the Freshman race, the Stone's School and Cascadilla School crews raced over a course of one mile and five-sixteenths. Stone's School winning by three lengths...
...crews started at 7.20 o'clock, Harvard going into the lead, although rowing 38 strokes to the minute as compared to 40 for Cornell. The latter soon went ahead, however, and at the quarter-mile mark was leading by a few feet. Both crews had by this time settled down to a stroke of about 36, and were rowing well. When the first mile had been covered, Cornell had increased its lead to half a length, and half a mile further on another length and a half had been added. In the next half-mile Cornell drew away rapidly...
...after the appearance of the magazine. The old-timer will take more pleasure in philosophizing over the past records which follow. It is a pity that the dates are not given in the table of collegiate records. How many Harvard men of today know that Wendell Baker's quarter-mile, though run straightaway, was merely one of a series of extraordinary performances on his part. His records appear on a special board in the meeting room of the Gymnasium, but what reader of the Illustrated would go near the Gymnasium! Kilpatrick's half-mile should scarcely be called a collegiate...
Although Harvard secured the majority of points, three other colleges had the satisfaction of setting new records. The most extraordinary performance of the day was the running of Taylor of Cornell in the two-mile. His time of 9 minutes, 27 3-5 seconds, is not only a new I. C. A. A. A. A. and collegiate record, but is the best amateur performance ever made in America. The former record was 9 minutes, 34 4.5 seconds, made by Rowe of Michigan in 1907. Almost as wonderful was the time made by Paull of Pennsylvania in the one-mile...
...Selding '10 failed to score. But even with these mishaps Harvard secured 6 points, as T. S. Blumer '10 by a superb effort took first place and H. W. Kelley '10 refused to be beaten for fourth. The University team was unrepresented in the 880-yard and one-mile runs as no one qualified for the former and the entries in the latter were scratched. It was decided to enter H. Jaques, Jr., '11 in the two-mile run and for a time it looked as if he might win it. He had two older and more experienced runners against...