Word: racing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...relay race between Harvard and Yale which was to have been one of the events at the B. A. A. meet in Mechanics Hall, Boston, on Saturday, February 6, has been cancelled. A race has been arranged between the University relay team and Cornell, in which each man will run three laps, or 390 yards. Entries for the meet must be made by Saturday to Mr. G. B. Billings, chairman of the B. A. A. athletic committee...
...events will be as follows: five-mile run, scratch; 40-yard dash, scratch; putting 12-pound shot, scratch; 40-yard dash, 9-foot limit; 600-yard dash, 30-yard limit; 45-yard high hurdle race, 3 flights, 3 ft. 6 in high, 9-foot limit; 1000-yard run 50-yard limit; one-mile run, 60-yard limit; putting 16-pound shot, 6-foot limit; high-jump, 6 inch limit. Competitors must show that they have put the 16-pound shot 38 ft., and high-jumped 5 ft. 3 in. in competition, in order to qualify for these events...
...Smith was educated as a mechanical engineer. He built the Race Rock lighthouse off New London and laid the foundation for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. He is also well known as an artist and an author. His landscape work in water-colors and charcoal have been awarded medals at several expositions and by many art societies. Mr. Smith has written some delightful short stories, the best known of which are "The Under Dog," "The Wood Fire in No. 3" and "Colonel Carter of Cartersville...
...Athletic Committee yesterday authorized a race between the University crew and Columbia to be rowed on the Charles River on Saturday, April...
...that though the prospects for the team are unfavorable on paper they are not really so, for we have plenty of good material, and therefore, every man must report at once for regular work. He then outlined the work of the year. The first important event is the relay race with Yale at the B. A. A. meet on February 6, and if we are to win it, the relay men must work their hardest in the month of practice that they will have between now and then. All track event men are to report to Coach Donovan...