Word: track
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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ATHLETICS.Manhattan Athletic Club. - A curious series of errors occurred at the sports of this club, on September 21. For a one-mile handicap walk, over a one-fifth-mile track, thirty-nine men started, and when the race was over, W. Purdy, 35 sec., was placed first, and his time was found to be 6 min. 15 sec. It was also found, on reckoning up, that the three first men had all beaten 6 min. 30 sec. An error somewhere was evident, and it finally turned out that the lap-taker was from one to three laps short on every...
Jarvis Field at list is handed over to the H. A. A., and it is to be hoped that no time will be lost in laying out a track there, and a fifth-mile track will probably be the size selected. This size of track has many advantages over any other: it is less expensive to make; is 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...
...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 or more enter and start...
ATHLETICS.That track on Jarvis or Holmes seems to be a thing of the less vivid future. If the H. A. A. cannot secure Jarvis, let them take Holmes, and have the fifth of a mile track laid out immediately, so that men can begin to train at once. It should be kept in mind that prizes equal in value and beauty to those given last year will be offered this, and will be worth any man's training for. We trust that this year's Freshman class will not be as distrustful of their powers in the athletic line...
...Armstrong in a 3-mile handicap, walking from scratch, covered the distance in 21 min. 17 sec., the fastest record in the world. The best English record is 21 min. 36 sec. by Venn, and the best American hitherto was 22 min. and 9 1/3 sec. by Armstrong. The track used was nine laps to the mile, and with very short corners. At the same meeting, out of five heats in a 75-yard handicap there were three dead-heats, - a silent compliment to the efficiency of the handicapper...