Word: started
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...expedition will start from New York on June 25, immediately after the close of the college year. The course will lie along the Labrador coast to the west of Greenland, past the fjords and the Norse ruins to Melvill bay to the Peary party. Then the Kane, Hayes and Greeley winter quarters will be visited, and after a tour through Greenland the homeward trip will be begun, reaching New York about the middle of September...
...time set for the race the rain had stopped and there was scarcely any wind. The word was given as soon as the crews reached their stations. There was some splashing at the start by all except the freshmen...
...class races there is always a strong tendency for the crews to be tardy at the start. To be the last crew in position is considered an advantage, and the manaeuvres to secure this advantage make the race indefinitely late. There is no profit in this. It is not to the advantage of any crew to make the race late, but simply to be later than the others. As fair a chance is given for ingenuity to gain an advantage if the race is set for five and rowed at five, as if the race is set for five...
...handicap meeting on Irvington Oval this afternoon will start promptly at two o'clock. The marks of the Harvard men and their numbers are as follows...
...dash and 120 yds. hurdle race winners of preliminary heats and the winner of the special heat for second men shall start in the final. (b) In the 220 yds. dash, the 220 yds. hurdle and the bicycle race, the winner of the preliminary heats and the second man in the fastest preliminary heat shall start in the final. (c) The 440 yards dash shall be run in one heat if there are not more than ten starters, otherwise four men shall constitute a heat. However, if there are less than three starters in the last heat, the referee shall...