Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yards run, Coit, '87, Goetchins, '88 S. and Walker, '89 and doing the best work. Smith, '86 and Bradner, '89 will contest for the 1-2 mile run, and Bond, ??? S., Lane, '88 and Schwab, '88 for the ???. Ludington, '87 will enter the 120 yards hurdle race, which was won by him last year. In the mile walk, Davison, '88 S., and Wentworth, '87 S., are training, but neither are doing the work that Meredith did last year. Coxe, '87, captain of the team, will be Yale's only entry for the hammer and shot. He won the hammer last...
Some enthusiastic freshmen covered a huge mastiff with red and white ribbons, and led him round the yard after the race...
...extend our hearty congratulations to the class of eighty-eight. Seldom has a class crew rowed a steadier race than the eighty-eight crew rowed yesterday. The race was one of the most closely contested for years, and the winners may well feel gratified at the results. But perhaps the one thing of most interest to the college at large was the position which the freshmen won. Let eighty-nine now make their annual race at New London a certain victory. The prestige with which they will meet their opponents, ought to lead them to sure success. The utmost care...
...moment, however, for '88 quickened her stroke, and with a strong, continuous spurt swept by them and finished first, amid the wildest excitement. The plucky freshmen took second place, half a length behind, and another half length ahead of the juniors. The seniors, who sandily rowed through a hopeless race, finished six lengths in the rear. The time of the winning crew was 12 m. 30 sec., and of the second, 12 m. 31 sec. Altogether the race was the most satisfactory that has taken place for years on the Charles River course. There was no accident...
RULES UNDER WHICH THE CLASS RACES WILL BE ROWED.The race will be started at 1.45 promptly. Each crew is requested to be at the Brookline Bridge at 1.30 o'clock, when the railroad draw will be opened. Any crew, not on hand at this time, will run the risk of being left out of the race...