Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mile run, half-mile run, quarter-mile run, 220 yards dash, 100 yards dash, 120 yards hurdle race, one mile walk, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, two mile bicycle race...
...Yale does not win in the annual boat race with Harvard this year it will not be for lack of work and professional coaching. Last year the crew had only amateur instruction, and not so much of that as they needed, while their rivals certainly enjoyed much professional advice, no matter how they got it. Yale's defeat, therefore, left her sore - and this year John R. Chainey, of London, a professional oarsman, is instructing the 'varsity eight. So, if they don't have the genuine English stroke this year the blues never will How that will compare with Harvard...
...yards race last Saturday, Myers beat George, making the distance...
...York Yacht Club has offered a cup valued at $1,000 as an international prize for steam yachts. The first race for it will take place next July...
Yesterday the 'varsity raced all the class crews, giving handicaps to each. They were to race '86 the first half mile, '87 the second, '88 the third, and '89 the last. At the start the 'varsity rowed right away from '86, finishing the half mile some two or three lengths ahead. They then took up '87, who reached the mile just ahead of them. Here '88 joined in the race, and at half a mile from the finish '89 did also. The last quarter-mile was quite close and exciting, '89 leading, and '88 a length behind. The freshmen crossed...