Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the Athletic Association held yesterday afternoon it was voted to add a bantam weight contest to the list of sparring events at the winter meetings. Bell, '91, was also voted a cup for breaking the Harvard record in the hurdle race...
...been equaled by a representative of any other college. In pole-vaulting the college record made by Shearman (Yale) is 2 feet 2 inches below the record made in England, land last September by Ray. A. Copeland, of the Manchester Athletic Club ran the 120-yards hurdle race in 14 3-5s. thus beating the intercollegiate record by 2 3-5s. Princeton has sent strong representatives to almost all the games. One of its men, Dohm, has won an enviable reputation in nearly every contest in running the quarter-mile. While abroad during the summer, he broke many...
...cups given by the Bicycle Club to the winners in the several races last fall have been placed in the window of Leavitt and Peirce's. The prize for the first man in the Harvard-Technology road race in December is a silver goblet. It was won by W. B. Greenleaf, '92. A similar goblet is given to T. Barron, '91, the winner in the fall handicap road-race in November. The second and third prizes in the road-race are silver cups, won by W. B. Greenleaf, '92, and R. W. Holmes. There are in addition to these, three...
...Cambridge-Oxford race will be rowed on March...
...should adapt himself to circumstances. The demands made upon a man by modern life are, notwithstanding all its appliances and inventions, much more severe than at any time in the past. A man should, therefore, strengthen himself and try to do his duty. There is no excitement in a race unless the contestants are well matched, and the pleasure of success is always greater in proportion to the difficulties to be overcome. A kingdom of God that could be won without a struggle would not be worth having, but when it must be fought for it is to be obtained...