Word: races
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Springfield citizens' committee on the Harvard-Yale race has been organized, with L. J. Powers as president, R. O. Morris, secretary, D. J. Marsh, treasurer, and the necessary sub-committees...
THERE will be scratch-races over the boat-house course on Saturday, May 13, at 10.30 A. M. In the four and six oared races, crews selected by the captains of the clubs from their own members will be allowed only to enter. If there are more than two entries in each class, the race will be rowed in heats. Prizes will be given to those members of the winning crews who have paid the usual subscription, 50 c. No one will be admitted to either boat-house without a ticket. Due notice will be given to members of whom...
...novelty; draws a striking and original comparison between ourselves and the ancient Athenians; touches slightly but exhaustively on the development of Christian civilization, and then in a light and easy transition passes to intercollegiate regattas and Saratoga. We deeply regret it, but Mr. Dwight's graphic description of the race leads us to the reluctant conclusion that he had been there himself. He then gives a truthful description of the homeward progress of the victorious crew, referring but slightly to the esoteric or Yalensian interpretation of the Cornell slogan. After a sad account of various athletic achievements, he turns...
From present appearances the race will be closely contested, at all events, and it is greatly to be hoped that the crews will do all in their power to prevent the contest from degenerating into a mere scratch-race...
...were a betting man, I would like to wager something that, when the "flag drops at the half" on the race-track of life some twenty years hence, Smudge, in spite of the amount of weight he must carry in his shoes, in spite of his ungainly gait, and in spite of the lead and better position Augustus had at the start, - in spite of all these, - will be more than even with him, and I should not wonder if Augustus were "nowhere" on the home-stretch...