Word: solider
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile safety, handicap, open; pneumatic and solid tires. 3. One mile safety, scratch, open; solid. 4. Half mile ordinary, handicap, open...
...From this bit of rowing history it is easy to appreciate the necessity of sound traditions carefully preserved. To the credit of Yale it may be said that she was quick to build up her system once she saw the need it, and Yale rowing stands today on a solid foundation with a clearly-defined policy. Harvard, on the other hand, has a code not so clearly formulated. She has men who understand the science, but unfortunately there are factions that represent different ideas. In rowing, Harvard is sorely in need of leader and of harmony among her graduates...
...varsity crew rowed on the river yesterday afternoon for the first time this season. Night before last the ice in the river was fairly solid; since then, however, the ice has broken up rapidly and yesterday afternoon the river was perfectly clear. The big float has no yet been put in the river, and the crew yesterday put in their barge from the small, upper float. They went out in the new barge which has been made this past winter, but which has never before been used...
...editor of the magazine continues to taboo short stories. His aim is apparently to make the Atlantic the medium for the publication of solid articles such as are contained in the English reviews. No American periodical today exactly corresponds to the English ones, but the Atlantic certainly is the one which most closely resembles them on account of its requirement that its articles shall be contributions to literature as well as sources of information...
...Jefferson of Clinton, Mass., broke the amateur record for weight lifting by lifting with his hands alone 1,571 1-4 pounds of solid iron. The previous record was 1, 384 pounds...