Word: mins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...covered the mile and a half in 2 min., 34 2/5 sec., had established a new record for the English Derby on the Epsom Downs course. Two lengths behind Call Boy's nose finished Sir Victor Bassoon's Hot Night...
Cornish Riviera Limited, Paddington to Devonport, 226.9 mi. in 244 min...
...first event was a one mile run, in which A. L. Lowell '77, and C. James '79 were the only starters. James took the lead, and kept in advance until the end of the second, when he was passed by Lowell, who won the race in 5 min 2 1-2 sec. Mr. Lowell then mounted the judges stand and after receiving his prize a magnificent silver tankard leaped from the stand to the ground, and disappeared in the crowd amidst loud shouts of applause...
...half mile run the contestants were P. Lowell '76, Keyes '77, A. L. Lowell '77, and Dunham '77, A. L. Lowell came in first his time being 2 min...
...Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., one E. L. Gaylor, student in physiology, breathed pure oxygen as hard as he could for six minutes, saturating his lungs with the gas. One last big lungful he then held, for 14 min., 2 sec.-long enough for a police-man to walk one mile. The previous breath-holding record is reported to have been approximately ten minutes, at the University of California, in 1916. Were Breather Gaylor to attempt living in an atmosphere surcharged with pure oxygen he would soon become drowsy, lose appetite, weight, and finding real difficulty in breathing, he would turn...