Word: pistols
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...quarter mile was a fine race. The trial heats had been run off in the morning, so that only the best men started. From the crack of the pistol Sanford of Yale and Marshall of Harvard took the lead side by side and raced fiercely the whole distance. Merrill followed three or four behind till the pace began to tell on the leaders and then on the finish he spurted out between them as is his custom, winning in 50 2-5s. Sanford and Marshall fought it out for second and the Yale man just...
...final result. The men who started were Endicott, Bardeen and C. W. Norton for Harvard, Wight, F. S. Bunnell, S. H. Bunnell and Hoyt for Yale. The race on Yale's part at least, showed clever planning but not enough to outwit the Harvard men. When the pistol was fired, S. H. Bunnell started off at a tremendous rate and at the end of two laps had a lead of about twenty yards. Here he began to weaken and Endicott and Wight who had been keeping close together gradually drew up on him. On the last lap they passed...
...excitement was now intense and the enthusiasm knew no bounds as C. Brewer '96, and S. Scoville of Yale toed the mark, Scoville having the pole. Hardly had the pistol sounded when Brewer like a flash bounded ahead and at the end of the first lap had distanced his man by over 15 feet. In the second lap amid wild cheering Brewer kept leaving Scoville further and further behind until at the end of his last lap Harvard was over 20 yards in the lead. N. H. Bingham '93 and G. S. French, Yale, were the next pair. Bingham...
...high hurdle race, the competition was only fairly sharp. When the pistol shot was heard and Lyman and Hammond of Yale and Shead of Harvard dashed forward from the starting line, everyone expected the great Yale hurdler to win. But so he did not, evidently saving himself for the final heat. Eor Shead won in 17 3-4 seconds, Lyman taking second place. Hammond had previously taken one of the hurdles poorly and had dropped out. The second heat was an easy one for Fearing, as he cleared the last hurdle and crossed the line fully ten feet in front...
...most exciting event of the afternoon was the two mile bicycle race. In all the heats the men were closely bunched and the Harvard men especially exhibited excellent head-work in their riding. In the first heat. when the pistol was fired, all the men appeared to be afraid to set a good pace and as a result the first two laps were finished in very slow time. Allen and Brewster of Yale then started off mere rapidly, closely followed by Davis and Elliott of Harvard and in the sixth lap Davis spurted and took the lead. He was unable...