Word: packs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hares, A. C. Baldwin, '90, and J. D. Gorham, '90, won in yesterday's run. They arrived home at 4.42, having followed a circuitous course around Tufts College. The first one of the pack, which consisted of 40 men, was W. Wells, '90, and he arrived at 5.20, followed in half a second by H. Page, '88. Great dissatisfaction was expressed by the hounds at the poor trail laid. If a protest, signed by three-fourths of the hounds is presented to the H. A. A. within two days, the Association may refuse prizes to the hares. In this case...
...prevalent at Bates. Such an operation may do for gamblers and black legs, but for honest, intelligent young men, it is not the thing. It may do for the starved in soul and intellect, but college students should find some amusement better fitted to their station than shuffling a pack of greasy cards. - Ex. And this too, from a Western college paper...
Unusual interest has been taken in the hare and hounds' run this fall. Six regular hunts have been held under the auspices of the H. A. A., and all of them have been successful and enjoyable. Over twenty hounds have formed the pack each time, and the almost entire absence of so-called professionals has given every runner a fair chance to win a cup for himself. An occasional rainy Tuesday made a postponement necessary, but with this exception there has been no serious set back until the present snowstorm, which make further runs impossible...
...case of water, any member of the pack may go round, but must take up the scent on the opposite bank...
...fast hunt." In a "slow hunt," they shall wait for the word from the master to "break." In a slow hunt, if for any reason the bags cannot be found, the signal to "break" may be given by the master, with the consent of a majority of the pack...