Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale's celebration at their victory over Princeton was the biggest since they beat Harvard in the race...
...right method to pursue to keep the work of the crew a profound secret to outsiders until, say, within one week of the race, and if any possible good can be expected from such a method, everybody would gladly acquiesce for the sake of expected success, but whenever a member of the crew is asked a question, mysterious winks and dubious monosyllabic replies are all the satisfaction usually obtained. When the university crew is beaten in a two mile race by a class crew, no explanation is offered and the old, old threadbare subterfuge is adopted, the blind, unreasoning method...
...mile race was held on the Harlem River on Monday last, between the eight-oared crews of the U. of Penn., Columbia, and the Columbia freshmen. The U. of Penn. won in 5m. 23s., with the Columbia 'varsity lapping them. The freshmen lapped the latter all the way down the course and at the finish...
...Tuesday afternoon a large crowd of enthusiastic sophomores proceeded to the boat-house to see a race between two pair-oared crews composed of '88 men. The first crew consisted of H. S. Sanford (80 pounds) stroke; F. Grover (185 pounds) bow; H. W. Sampson (90 pounds) coxswain. The referee, after waiting a considerable time for the opposing crew, forfeited the race to the men named above. The names of the non-appearing crew are sup-suppressed by special request...
...Mott Haven team in the games of Saturday last. In these days of always providing for number one at any cost, actions like that shown in the final heat in the 100-yards dash, stand in deserved prominence. Harvard's victory of the inter-collegiate cup depended on this race, and therefore we should all be doubly gratified to the man who gave up his own chances of success to make the victory of his college secure...