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...press, the prospects of either race with Cornell seem very poor. The University challenge, though sent three weeks ago, has not been answered, and the Freshmen do not seem likely to come to a decision as to the place where they are to row, Cornell being as strongly in favor of Saratoga as we are in favor of New London. The latter course is undoubtedly the better for us, and probably the cheaper for both parties, so that we should be glad if Cornell could be brought to see its advantages; but if she persists in favoring Saratoga, we shall...
WITHIN six weeks the first of the Spring Races will be rowed over the Charles River course, and it is highly important that more active preparation should be made by our boat-clubs. Replies to the challenges sent by the Secretary of the H. U. B. C. have been received from three amateur clubs of Boston and vicinity. The Union Boat Club will send at least one competitor for the single-scull race on May 11. The Secretary also writes that, in all probability, a four-oar will be entered by the Union to row with our four picked from...
Intercollegiate Races. - In reference to a resumption of these races, Wesleyan last week sent letters to Brown, Bowdoin, Williams, Trinity, Dartmouth, and Amherst. The replies were not encouraging. Brown and Amherst decline, Dartmouth and Bowdoin have not been heard from, and Trinity and Williams agreed to meet Wesleyan at a convention which was held at Springfield on March 27. What decision was arrived at is not yet known, but it is to be hoped that a race may be arranged between these three colleges...
...yards), 12 3/5 sec.; 120-yards hurdles, D. Q. Steel, 20 1/8 sec.; 440-yards handicap, W. H. Murphy (10 yards), 52 4/5 sec.; wide jump, E. Mawdesley, 19 ft. 5 in; mile open handicap, R. T. Wilson, Jesus (85 yards), 4 min. 31 1/8 sec.; two-mile race, S. Hoare, 11 min. 6 sec.; 180-yards consolation, A. Hartley...
...Snow (penalized 4 yards), 11 2/5 sec.; 440 yards, C. V. Gorton, 55 2/5 sec.; wide jump, C. H. Hodgson, 27 ft. 3 in.: 150-yards handicap, F. M. Lockhart (10 yards), 15 2/5 sec.; 880-yards handicap, T. Bates (80 yards), 2 min. 6 3/5 sec.; mile race, C. V. Gorton (penalized 50 yards...