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Word: racing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman race with Columbia next June will be the ninth consecutive one. These races have resulted as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 2/21/1888 | See Source »

This year's candidates are being watched with the usual interest, for their race is an intercollegiate affair, and the men who partake in it are among the material to be counted upon in our future races. Thus their work is an important...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 2/21/1888 | See Source »

Cambridge won the Inter-University cross country race against Oxford this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/17/1888 | See Source »

...ought to know to be more than even. The great stroke made the same statement last year, but changed his mind at the last moment, and though he had comparatively little training in comparison with the rest of the men, he showed no lack of form in the race and pulled a beautiful stroke. If he persists in his refusal to row, Cross, '88, will probably stroke the crew. Cross is a veteran oarsman and has a remarkably good style. Although rather light, he has good powers of endurance, as was shown in the late foot-ball contest between Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Crew. | 2/15/1888 | See Source »

...trial eights is but 158 lbs., but the material is superior to that which formed last year's victorious eight. Cambridge also has three old men in training, and there is a feeling among the wearers of the light blue that Cambridge will, as last year, row a winning race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Oxford and Cambridge Race. | 2/10/1888 | See Source »

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