Word: starting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...crew more than five minutes late will not be allowed to start...
...desk took a good start, and before the umbrella could again interrupt, said...
...that you need do in vacation is to read a few novels, and to start a flow of language by delivering a Fourth-of-July oration, or an address at a Sunday-school picnic. In the future, however, English VI. will render even this unnecessary...
...more interesting for the spectators; is large enough for bicycle races; the back-stretch is just the length to run 100-yard dashes and hurdle races on, and should be made of extra width with this end in view. Stones should be sunk in the earth to mark the start and finish of the 100-yards; the 220-yards; 120-yards hurdles, with stones to mark the position of each hurdle, quarter-mile, etc. We would also suggest to the Executive Committee that this year they ring a bell in all the longer races when the men enter...
BICYCLING.In view of the number of bicycles now owned in College, it would seem that some very interesting races might be arranged for this fall. If one or two men are regarded as invincible in an even-start race, a system of handicaps should be introduced to equalize the chances, and induce more men to enter. In this connection we will say that we offer a cup for a handicap race to come off whenever the track on Jarvis is ready, and to be a distance of two-mile heats, best 2 in 3, with a proviso that seven...