Word: poling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pole vaulting came next, and was easily won by H. G. Mandell, who stopped...
...Pole leaping...
...apply at all in this case, and if men will throw off false pride and enter in these games they will receive all the encouragement the H. A. A. can extend to them, and may develop athletic qualities of which they did not imagine themselves possessed. In the pole leaping and hurdle race there is an admirable chance for any who wish to practise for these games, while the mile-run has lost some of its strongest representatives with the graduation of '81. The running broad jump ought also to call out entries; while the football events...
...Jackson was all right by this time) and solve the mystery. We consented, stipulating that they should lead the way. When we reached the spot, there, sure enough, was the figure as before. We looked toward our guides in triumph. They seemed undisturbed. One of them seized a pole that lay by the side of the path and threw it at the thing. To my utter surprise the majestic form collapsed entirely, and fell to the ground. And then all was accounted for. What had caused us our fright was simply the web of a monstrous tropical spider. The moonlight...
...POLE LEAPING...