Word: quad
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yale, Columbia and University of Pennsylvania have promised to enter teams of riders to compete in the invitation collegiate meet to be held by the Cycling Association, June 3. The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to meet Harvard in a team race, which is to be substituted for the "quad" race. The management regrets that it has been unable to secure machines for the quadruplet race, which it was proposed to have with Pennsylvania. To make the team race faster and more interesting, points will be counted at the end of each lap as well as at the finish. Work...
...Quad. team" will be distinct from the regular H. U. C. A. racing team, so that a man who does not feel that he has any aptitude for short distance racing will have a good opportunity of making this team, provided he is strong and well built...
...Cycling Association has made arrangements with the Charles River Park to use its new track for the invitation college meeting to be held June 3, 1896. The secretary has lately received a letter from the University of Pennsylvania stating that they will send a team to compete in the "Quad" race. One of the special features of this meeting will be an invitation team race between two of the leading colleges. The teams will consist of three men and a pacemaker from each college. The bicycle squad will train in the Gymnasium every afternoon until the roads are in good...
...Harvard Cycling Association held a meeting last night to arrange for a meet in the spring. It was decided to hold it at the new track in Cambridgeport next May. There are to be five events, the quarter, half, one mile, and two miles, and a "quad" race between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania if one can be arranged. The races will be scratch and open to college riders only. The other colleges have been written to in reference to this meet, but as yet nothing has been heard in reply...