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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Austin, '87, and Thompson, '87. The men finished in this order; the winner receiving 100 yards, and covering his distance in 5 minutes 6 1-2 seconds. Austin failed to understand the signal, and was obliged to throw off his overcoat after the pistol was fired for the start. Thompson was not running in his usual form, and withdrew on the final...
...giving '88 an opportunity to show its interest and ability in general athletics. The large number of entries and the records made, many of which could have been considerably lowered if the best man in each event had been pushed, show that the freshman class has determined to start out in the right way. A good beginning has been made. That is the first step. But a beginning is not enough; it must be kept up and improved upon; '88 must do well in other things, in foot ball and in base ball. Today the class has an opportunity...
...heat was won by Holden, in the remarkably good time of 10 1-2 seconds with Paine second. The second heat was won by Porter in 10 3-5 seconds. In the final heat, Holden won in 10 2-5 seconds. Porter failed some way to get a good start, so did not run, much to the disappointment of the spectators, who expected a close and exciting race between him and Holden. The college is to be congratulated upon possessing two such promising sprint runners. The mile run was won by F. B. Dana, in 5 minutes...
...week ago was well sustained yesterday, which day the Athletic Association had named for the date of the second run. The steward in charge was Mr. Wendell Baker, and at a few minutes after four he sent off Brandt, '85 and Williams, '85, the hares, from the usual starting place in front of Matthews. Meanwhile the hounds and quite a crowd collected about to see the second start. hazard, '85, was master of hounds and after the seven minutes of allowance was up he led off a pack of 19 hounds. The course led over the iron bars between Harvard...
Yesterday afternoon was the time set by the Athletic Association for the first have and hounds run. At a quarter past four a score or so of men had collected about Matthews to see the start, and the hares, S. Abbot, '87, and F. B. Lind, '88, were sent off by the timekeeper, Mr. F. Remington, '87. Seven minutes later the hounds eleven in number, with Brandt, '85, the master of hounds at their head, started in pursuit. The scent lay across the common, up Concord Avenue, over fields and fences near the Cambridge reservoir, and then along the south...