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Word: packs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...withdrawal was not dictated by mere pique, and that two months hence the same action would have been taken, but regrets that "when it was possible to take this wise step with dignity and in a manner not to give offense, the college has chosen to appear like a pack of headstrong boys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Monthly. | 12/4/1889 | See Source »

...Auburn St. near the Muzzey estate where they indicated the "break." The hounds about thirty in all headed by W. Alexander, L. S. followed about seven minutes later and had no difficulty in finding the scent until the swamps were reached. Here they got separated but most of the pack with the master followed the scent to Mt. Auburn bridge where the break was made because it was too dark to trace the scent further. Meanwhile the hares had returned having made the distance in fifty-seven minutes. Lowell '92 was the first hound in from the break, twenty-three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/25/1889 | See Source »

...master shall be appointed by the Harvard Athletic association, before each meeting. He shall carry a whistle or horn, and in a slow hunt shall control the actions of the pack by the following signals: by blowing once to stop, and twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

...pack shall follow scent and are not allowed to leave it and cut off ground at any time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

...case of water, any member of the pack may go round, but must take up the scent on the opposite bank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hare and Hounds. | 10/23/1889 | See Source »

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