Word: rider
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Bicycle Club is to hold a tournament on June 5 and 6, at Hamilton Pork, The managers have already received entries from Hendee, Hamilton, Wait, Parsons, Hunter, Illston, the English rider, Bidwell, Pettus, Hall, Palmer, Webber, Powell, Rich, and many other celebrated riders who are attracted also by the high reputation of the Hamilton Park track...
...more events in the races, it fact, it will be impossible to have any races this spring, unless, a large number of men come forward from the college, for the Bicycle Club is not allowed this year, as in years past, to invite to the race riders who are not college men. Last year, men like Hendee and Frazier were invited, and a splended exhibition of riding was given at the spring races, but this year the contestants must be college men. There is no reason, however, why we should not have an excellent race among college...
...wish to call the attention of bicycle riders of '88 to the fact that only two or three have joined the club from their class as yet. As the freshmen rector must be chosen in a few days, I wish to urge the freshmen riders to join as soon as possible. As a further inducement I will remind them that no rider who is not a member of the club is eligible for a prize in any hare and hound run, or can even enter the annual spring races. The secretary's room is 18 Hilton block. Membership...
...must be on their marks promptly, or the event will be started without them." "Only club officials and members of the press will be allowed inside the track." "A bell will be rung at the beginning of the last lap." "No coaching the contestants allowed."No professional bicycle rider will be allowed to start any contestant." "Bicycle Union and League rules to govern the meeting." The entries include many names of note in bicycling circles, both among college men and amateurs generally, those best known among the visitors being Hendee, Frazier, Hamilton of Yale, who won at New York...
...variety of mishaps are to be guarded against. Moreover with the graduation of '83, a large number of last year's team left college. Soren, Kip, and Morrison, all winners last year, have left a great gap to be filled by new men. Yale has a champion bicycle rider and a fast sprint runner who will win two or three events for her. She will make every effort to increase her number of first prizes, and it behooves our men to do everything possible to keep the great cup where it is now. The large number of candidates for places...