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...Ghostly" is a long and rather interesting story, though one is inclined to skip the preface which has almost nothing to do with the plot, and to begin the fiction at "Spoff's First Prayer." The story is well told, the scene laid in British Columbia, and the plot deals with a solitary hunter, who, compelled to spend the night in a deserted Indian village, meets there his hospitable ghost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Monthly. | 6/18/1891 | See Source »

...annual spring tournament of Phillips Exeter Academy was held on the campus Saturday and was very successful. The school records were broken in the quarter mile run, the hop skip and jump, the running broad jump and the hurdle race. The following is a list of the events and winners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports at Exeter. | 6/3/1889 | See Source »

Bicycle race, Lewis '91, 3 m. 38 3-4.; 100 yards dash, Ellis '90, 10 1-2s,; throwing the hammer 'Furman '90, 66ft. 7in.; 440 yards dash, Stothers, '90, 56 3-4s., (beaking the record); running hop, skip and jump, Bloss '90, 42ft. (break the record); mile walk, Chamberlain '90, 9m. 7 1-4s; 220 yards dash, Ellis '90 24 1-4s.; putting the shot, Ford '91, 30ft. 8In.; running broad jump, Heywood '89 19ft. (breaking record); 100 yards three legged race, Ewing and Ellis '90, 12 1-2s; standing broad jump, Bullard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports at Exeter. | 6/3/1889 | See Source »

...events are as follows: 75-yards dash, 150-yards run, 300-yards run, 600-yards run, 1000-yards run, 2-mile run, quarter-mile walk, 4-mile walk, 200-yards hurdle race (12 hurdles, 2 ft. 6 in. high), one standing broad jump, three standing broad jumps, running hop, skip and jump, standing high jump, throwing 56-pound weight (thrown for height), kicking foot-ball (place kick), putting 24-pound shot, pole vaulting for distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Championship Meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union at New York. | 11/8/1888 | See Source »

...hammer, putting the shot, 220-yards dash, kicking the football, throwing the baseball, mile walk, hurdle race, standing broad jump (without weights) running broad jump, sack race (100 yards), 100-yards three-legged race, 440-yards dash, knapsack race, mile run, running high jump, pole vault, running hop-skip-jump, bean pot race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Exeter Tournament. | 4/25/1888 | See Source »

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