Word: paces
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yard Dash - The entries were R. R. Endicott, Jr., W. Myers, E. Sturgis and P. K. Brown. Myer led for the first 220 yards, at a rattling pace, but Endicott passed him on the last turn and won in 53 1-2 seconds. Myer made a plucky race for second place with Sturgis, and fell across the finish line about a foot ahead...
...practiced in the cage by squads of four men from fifteen to twenty minutes a day. As soon as the time for one squad is over and the next one is ready, the men go through a light dumb-bell drill, and then take a run at an easy pace of about seven laps. Four years ago hand-ball was not played at all in connection with the training of the base-ball nines, but now there is not a college in the country which professes to do any gymnasium work which does not require this exercise at least twice...
...know what that natural expression of your feelings is; it is not arbitrary, but, growing out of laws of nature, is as unchangeable as they. Only by the most careful application and deepest study can a man learn and apply the proper expression of emotion. Even Wendell Phillips would pace his room the night before the delivery of an oration, reading over his manuscript for practice; and on this manuscript could be seen the marks he had made, showing where to lay his accents and where to make his gestures. Surely, none of you can hopes to acquire his power...
HALF-MILE RUN.Cogswell, '88, scratch; Strout, '90, 25 yards; Dana, '88, 10 yards. Cogswell cut out a fast pace from the start, making the first quarter in 58 seconds. In the second quarter he caught and ran away from Strout, who in turn ran away from Dana. With the exception of the record of 2 minutes 1-5 second, made by Baker, '86, Cogswell's time, 2 minutes 1 3-4 seconds has not been equalled at any college games for several years...
...fast hunt" the scent shall be laid from the start, and each hound shall be permitted to go at his own pace...