Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Ticknor and Co. have published recently a volume of selections from William Morris's poems entitled Atalanta's Race and Other Lules from The Earthly Paradise. The little volume is edited by Oscar Fay Adams, well known in literary circles both in and out of Cambridge, with the assistance of Prof, William J. Rolfe, the Shakespearian scholar. The book is mainly designed for young students of English literature, who, lacking time for an exhaustive study, are still desirous of becoming familiar with William Morris's work. Mr. Adams's selection of poems seems to be a very happy...
...freshman class at the Annex is talking about getting up a four-oared crew on the Charles. We understand that the crew does not propose to race...
Nine members of the bicycle club went over the new course which has been definitely chosen for the road race of Nov. 8th. The start is from the gymnasium up North Avenue past Porters Station to Day Street. Turn to the right to Davis Square. Turn left and follow Holland Street and its continuation Broadway to Arlington. Here go to the right on Medford Street and again on Warren Street till it meets Broadway. Turn to the right and go around the triangle again. Then back towards the starting point till near the common; here turn to the right...
...riders who finished yesterday were in favor of this course in preference to the old one, although the roads are rougher, because of the absence of railroad crossings, and the convenience of start and finish. Twenty-three entries have already been sent in for the road race...
...Yale Athletic Association has planned a series of Wednesday and Saturday afternoon runs, to be held when the weather permits. At the end of the season a prize will be offered to the winner of an open race which is to be between five and ten miles loag. It is thought that in this way the interest will be kept up in wheeling, for last year the bicycle club existed in little more than name...