Word: start
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HARES I.-The hares shall have a start of from 5 to 8 minutes, according to the length...
...Tuesday last the Harvard Bicycle Club held the largest and most successful meet the club ever held. Before five o'clock, when the start was to be made, bicycles were seen coming from all sides towards University, and at a few minutes after five 23 members rode slowly out of the yard. The route lay through Mt. Auburn and Belmont to Arlington. Here the moon rose and the rest of the ride to Lexington was made very beautiful by the moonlight. At Lexington the club rode slowly through, round the common, and back to the Russell House, which, together with...
...Saturday showed that if handicapping continues the hares must take a course out of the towns. The handicapped men were out of it from the start...
...hare and hounds run will start from the steps of Matthews today at 3 P. M. Messrs. Harrison '86 and Rust '87 will be the hares. All members who have taken first prizes in former runs of the club will be handicapped one and one-half minutes. The run will not exceed 15 miles, and all members covering the entire distance at the rate of twelve miles per hour will receive "time cups." The rules governing the run will be read before the start, hence all are urged to be on trial...
...Although the men were necessarily late in getting to work the delay was soon made up for by the dates. In the practice games with the university many of the freshmen are showing up very finely, and on the whole '87 may be considered as making a very fair start. They must remember, however, that they have only made the start as yet, and that improvement must be steady and rapid if they are to beat Yale this fall. For the first time the freshman eleven here will be under the supervision of the university eleven...