Word: tens
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...participants in the sport, preceded by the grooms and outriders with a pack of forty hounds in the distance. Over a dusty road to a beautiful valley our route lay, and soon we were pleasantly situated on the brow of a hill commanding a view for miles about. Fully ten minutes elapsed, after the dogs were led into the woods, before the sign of a trail was struck, but suddenly the deep baying of the hounds gave all to understand that it had been found. Away went the hunting-party over fences, ditches, and stone-walls, more after the manner...
ENTRIES for the athletic contests to-morrow are as follows: 100-yard race, II; running high jump, 3; one-mile running-race, 6; running long jump, 3; hurdle race, 120 yards, over ten 3-feet 6-inch hurdles, 7; throwing a base ball, 8; two-mile running-race, 6; half-mile consolation race, 4; three-legged race, 7 pairs; three-mile walk...
After supper, consult my watch. Time ten o'clock. Never had any confidence in that watch of mine. Always fast. Judge from position of the sun that the true time is about...
...races will be in the order above stated, the first race being called at three precisely, and each race twenty minutes after the start of the one preceding. Any boat failing to appear ten minutes after the time appointed will be declared out of the race. Only members of the clubs can be contestants in these races, and it should be understood that persons are not members of the clubs unless they are members of the H. U. B. C. Those that have not already done so can sign the constitution, and pay their initiation...
...MATCH game of football will be played next week between the University Ten and a picked ten from the graduates. The University Ten will be chosen as soon as possible; and candidates for the same are requested to make their appearance on the ground at the usual time every afternoon...