Word: relay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With a picked crew of six men, MacMillan sailed from Maine July 16, completely equipped for radio communication with a syndicate of newspapers through the American Radio Relay League. Two amateur stations last week picked up a message giving the latitude of the Bowdoin as 78° 30' N., which indicates the expedition has reached Etah, on the north-west coast of Greenland, the point of departure of many pole dashes, 2,300 miles north of Boston...
...against beast that the laws of our land permit. " Bronk " riding, steer bulldogging (diving from horseback to the horns of a wild steer and throwing it by the application of human leverage to the sweeping horns); calf roping; trick and fancy riding for both sexes; steer riding; relay race; and cowgirls' bronk riding are featured. There is certainly nothing on the stage; little in the movies or the prize ring; little in football or polo that can compare with this program in display of sheer force and courage. At bronk riding and steer bull-dogging, contestants are frequently seriously...
...Thirty thousand members of the American Radio Relay League, radio amateurs, are cooperating with The Times-Picayune and the North American Newspaper Alliance...
...head of stock under the Yankee grandstand-broncos, steers for the bulldoggmg contests, calves for the roping, etc. A huge cocoa-mat will cover the dia-mand and the greater part of the outfield, and the bulldogging and roping will take place on the mat. There will also be relay races on the present track, which will be widened especially for the purpose. Events will take place every afternoon and every night with tickets at a $2 and $3 "top," respectively. And the champions, male and female, of the Western rodeos will arrive en masse...
...yard dash Franklin of Brockton turned in a record breaking performance, slicing 2-5 second from the 23 2-5 seconds marks which Mills of Commerce made last year. Brookline, with a time of 1 minute 35 4-5 seconds in the 880-yard relay race, also established a new record, beating Medford's old mark by a full second. Because it was the first time the event had been run off, Bauchmann's 14 4-5 seconds in the 120-yard low hurdles will also stand as a record...