Word: race
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday afternoon the candidates for the 'Varsity crew unanimously voted to hold the triangular boat race between Yale, Cornell and Harvard on June 25. As the final date for the race depended on Harvard's decision this vote is conclusive...
...conflict of the dates set for the University boat race and for Class Day will, unless the circumstances of the choice are appreciated, probably cause much dissatisfaction. At the conference held last Saturday in New York to decide on the dates for the intercollegiate races, the Harvard-Yale-Cornell race was set for not earlier than June 23 nor later than the twenty-fifth because the Cornell-U. of P. Columbia race could not take place later than July 2 and it was thought that the Cornell crew would need at least a week between races. The final choice...
Harvard will meet Georgetown University in a team race and it is hoped that a team race will be arranged between Harvard and Yale...
...open handicap events are the 40 yds. dash, 880 yds. run, 440 yds. dash, 1 mile run, potato race, putting 16 lb. shot, running high jump. There will also be a 40 yds. dash, novice (scratch), open to those who have never won a prize in an open running event at any distance...
...June 25, it has seemed best to defer to her wishes in the matter, in return for the many concessions she has made. As Class Day will be the 25th, however, it is hoped that some other date can be fixed, and it is possible that the race will take place earlier...