Word: raced
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...first event was a one-mile run, in which A. L. Lowell, '77, and C. James, '79, were the only starters. James took the lead, and kept in advance until the end of the second quarter, when he was passed by Lowell, who won the race in 5 min. 2 1/2 sec. Mr. Lowell then mounted the judges' stand, and, after receiving his prize, - a magnificent silver tankard, - leaped from the stand to the ground, and disappeared in the crowd amidst loud shouts of applause. The next event was a one-mile walk between Green, '76; Taylor, '77; and Legate...
...mile run we made the best time; In everything else Yale surpassed us. Their record may be summed up as follows: The 100-yard dash was made by Yale in 10 1/2 seconds, Wesleyan, 10 3/4; the mile walk in 8. 13, 9.4; the half-mile race in 2.10, 2.27; the three-mile run in 18.39 by Yale; the 120-yard hurdle-race in 19 1/4 seconds, 19 1/4; the 440-yard dash in 58 seconds by Yale; the one-mile run in 5. 20 by Yale; the two-mile run in 12.1 by Wesleyan. The winner of the running...
...even to take a good position in the Club crews. Too many wait till late in the winter or till the spring to begin work in earnest, and then, as it has been often proved, it is too late to obtain sufficient endurance for the ordeal of a long race...
...signal for the boats in the first race to take their positions will be given to-morrow at fifteen minutes before eleven. Any boat not on the line at eleven o'clock will not be allowed to start. Every succeeding race will be called five minutes after the completion of the race next preceding...
...last year there was more lack of enthusiasm than of muscle. The men went through the regular routine of work laid out for a university crew, but they thought more of going to Saratoga and of wearing their University hats about Cambridge than they did of winning the race. This feeling the new captain intends to keep down. The object of the crew will be to win, and if he succeeds in picking out for his crew men who will enthusiastically devote themselves, mind and body, to the work, we can begin to cherish hopes of victory...