Word: rideing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...entered for the bicycle races this afternoon are among the fastest riders in America, and as the track is the best of condition some of the existing records surely ought to be broken. Some of the best men who will ride are W. F. Murphy, N. Y. A. C., the 2 mile American champion; Hoyland Smith, N. Y. A. C., the 1-2 mile American safety champion; A. B. Rich, N. Y. A. C., holder of the 5 mile world's record; A. A. Zimmerman, N. Y. A. C., who has twice beaten W. W. Windle, who holds the world...
...hoped that any one who can ride at all will enter this race, as it is given expressly for the purpose of developing...
...mile bicycle race which came next proved to be the best race ever seen on Holmes Field and brought the Harvard record made by Greenleaf of 5 minutes, 59 seconds down to 5 minutes, 46 1-5 seconds. R. H. Davis '91 and Olmstead '94 did not ride so that the race was between four men, T. Barron '91, O. B. Hawes '93, F. S. Pratt '94 and G. F. Taylor '94. The first quarter was done in 43 seconds when Taylor took the lead and set the pace, making each successive lap faster than the one before...
...bicycle team took its first training ride on Wednesday to Chestnut Hill Reservoir and back. It was intended to repeat this every day with increasing speed and distance till the track should be ready for use. The snow has stopped this for the present, but road work will begin again very soon, as there is prospect of a road race with Technology again this year...
...combination. The rest of the programme consisted of two movements from Cowen's Scandinavian Symphony, and Dvorak's Scherzo Cappriccioso, which were exceedingly well played. The movements by Cowen are not a very high grade of music, being descriptive and imitative in character. the last one suggesting a sleigh ride in Norway. The piece of Dvorak's, with which the concert closed, a sort of idealized waltz, showed plainly the great advance that has been made in the art of writing for orchestra since Haydn's day, and made a brilliant ending...