Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yard Hurdle Race...
...Mile Bicycle Race...
...dispatch from London published on Saturday should have been credited to the Boston Herald. In relation to the proposed race it may be said that the captain of the 'Varsity crew has received no communications from Cambridge except inquiries made some months...
There are no experienced men in the two-mile bicycle race. Haseltine, '88, Merrill, '90, and Slade, '90, are riding, and may make good men. Dana, L. S., and Gibson, '88, are putting the shot and throwing the hammer. Both are doing good work. Hunter, '89, is also putting the shot with fair success. Treat, L. S., Brewer, '88, C. N. Cogswell, '88. Thayer, '88, Atkinson, '89, Perry, '90, are all candidates for the broad jump. Clark, '87, is the only man in the running high jump. Craig, '87, and Leavitt, '89, are practicing for the pole vault. Leavitt vaulted...
...challenge which appears in another column, from the freshmen of the University of Pennsylvania to our freshmen for a race at New London, is deserving of careful consideration, especially after the unexpected course of the Harvard navy management has rendered it probable that there will be no race this year with the Harvard freshmen. The challenge is a straight-forward one, fully approved by our navy management and should be accepted without hesitation by the freshman class. We need mention only the chief reason for its acceptance and we feel sure it will suffice. A well-trained freshman crew...