Word: reached
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...account of an accident to the mails between New York and Boston Saturday night, the report of the Harvard-Princeton game by the foot-ball correspondent of the CRIMSON did not reach Cambridge in time for publication in Monday's paper. Although the report published was the best that could be had under the circumstances, there are many inaccurate statements made in it. It would be difficult to correct these sufficiently without giving another long detailed account of the game; which the editors think hardly worth while, as the subject is now four days old. But to correct the entirely...
...story of the feat of General Winslow and his horse Beausejour in swimming the channel at the entrance to the harbor. General Winslow had made a wager with three of his companions that he would give them an hour's start on their horses, and that, notwithstanding, he would reach the Gurnett, a point on the sand-spit at the entrance to the harbor, before they could do so. The three men were compelled to ride around the shore through Duxbury, while General Winslow, relying on the good qualities of Beausejour, swam the horse across the channel between the sandspits...
...Should the hares reach home ahead of the hounds by a greater amount of time than that agreed upon at the start, they shall receive prizes, and the first hound in shall also receive a prize; should the difference of time be less than that agreed upon at the start, the first two hounds shall receive prizes; or any hound catching a hare shall receive a prize...
First round doubles, concluded Campbell and Hall (Columbia) vs. Ludington and Reach (Yale), 6-1, 6-3; Sears and Shaw vs. Hurd and Huntington (Yale...
...Cook, '76, will meet the crew as soon as they reach New London. The launch has already been sent up. The crew will practice twice every day, but will do no very hard work until the race...