Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bicycle tournament at Springfield on Saturday was very interesting. Hendee lowered the record for the halfmile to 34 2 5 seconds; Brown and Miller, that of the mile tandem race...
...Bowdoin boat race yesterday, was won by the class...
There was an upset race after the regular Canoe regatta last Wednesday. A. G. Webster won the first prize, and G. A. Webster the second...
...crew is a little rough as yet, and has not yet acquired the staying power necessary for a four mile race. Birkins only joined the crew a week ago, and Richards has been in training for the Mott Haven sport...
After the race on Saturday the probabilities are that the men will be taken at once to New london, where, under the guidance of Jasper Goodwin, they will be got into proper shape for the race. The work then will be hard, the four-mile course having to be covered at least twice a day, besides the running, walking and indoor work. There will be no system of diet, the men being given as much as they want of plain, substantial food. The stroke rowed by the Columbias is long and steady, with a sharp, wuick recovery, which will send...