Word: pound
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arrangement which saved breakage, and had the additional advantage that when the mugs and platters got bent out of all shape, the pewterer took them back as old metal, and a new stock of "dishes, swages, and porringers" was laid in, the cost being 9 1-2d. a pound. The duty of looking after the pewter, and collecting and counting it after each meal, fell on "young Ablinson," the cook's son, who got a trifle every quarter for his pains. He could not expect much, seeing that his father only got 10s. a half-year for his salary...
...quarter (48 3-5) and the half (1:55 3-5), failed to do so. Though heavily handicapped he won in both, time 49 3-5 and 1:58. F. L. Coolidge, Princeton, was second in the half off the 30 yards mark. Bueckberner threw the 56 pound weight 25ft. 11-2in., thus beating the record, and F. P. Murray walked a mile in the best time on record in the world for amateurs, 6:29 3-5. L. Stearns, Princeton, won a closely contested bicycle race in 6:59 for two miles...
...best record in putting the shot, throwing the hammer, throwing the fifty pound weight and in pole vaulting were beaten at Mott Haven Saturday...
...sixteen pound hammer was used in throwing the hammer. The record given on the official programme of 89 feet 5 inches was made with a fifteen pound hammer. Nine men contested, among whom were L. A. Biddle, Harvard; D. B. Porter, Columbia; E. C. Peace, Princeton, and C. H. Kip, Harvard. Porter's throws excelled Kip's until the last throw, but one made by the latter which cleared 88 feet 11 inches. This beats the best college record with the 16 1b. hammer by one foot. Porter was second...
...mile run, five mile run, one mile run, five mile run, one mile walk, three mile walk, seven mile walk, 120 yards hurdle race, bicycle race (two miles), bicycle race (five miles), running high jump, running broad jump, pole leaping, throwing hammer, putting the shot, throwing 56-pound weight, individual...