Word: spike
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile run; 1 mile walk; pole vault; running high jump. The contests will be held in the Worcester Skating Rink, which is a short distance from the railroad station. Two prizes will be given in each event. The track is sixteen laps to the mile and short spike shoes may be worn...
...track will be about thirteen laps. Competitors can use short spike shoes. Handsome prizes will be given to the first three men in each event. Entries must be made on the N. E. A. A. A. U. blanks and left with H. S. Cornish, official handicapper of the New England division. The entrance fee for each event is fifty cents and entries will close Wednesday...
...Madagascar about seventy years ago, but, until 1857, it was not introduced in this country. It is especially famous as one of the orchids in which Darwin was greatly interested on account of its unusually long spur. The plant now in bloom is a very good specimen, having four spikes of flowers with three blossoms on each spike...