Word: quartered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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SECOND HEAT.In the second heat the contestants were Charles Frazier and H. A. Edgerly. Frazier, who rode a Star bicycle, lost about eight feet at the start. At the end of the first lap, Edgerly had a lead of a length and a quarter, which he maintained until the last lap, when Frazier overhauled him on the back stretch and won the heat, with five lengths to spare...
...second place, passing Frazier and Rothe in splendid form. Rothe practically fell out of the race in the sixth lap. The second mile found Frazier ahead, followed by Norton, Millard and Rothe. The third mile was completed in the same order, though Rothe was now a lap and a quarter behind the leader. At the close of the fourth mile, Millard caught up with and passed Norton, holding second place by a length. The last lap of the last mile showed a splendid race between Norton and Millard. On the back stretch Norton gradually drew ahead, and came over...
...college offers to bear a quarter of the expense of providing improved toilet apparatus at Memorial...
...square heel and toe work managed to get over the first lap in 1 minute, 48 seconds. The second lap compelled him to slacken his speed a little, and was walked in 3.45, the third in 5.44, and the fourth in 7.37 1-4, three and a quarter seconds above the Harvard record. Bemis' style of walking is excellent, and he ought by no means to feel discouraged at his failure to break the record, as the rain went far towards slackening his speed. As Bemis finished his last lap, the contestants...
...Quarter-mile run-F. W. White, '85, O. A. Mygatt, '86, W. Baker...