Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...also been suggested, but not formally proposed, that the club hold a special meeting for bicycle races only. The scheme has been tried in former years, but has never been very successful. There are several objections to it, the chief being the difficulty in getting a suitable track near the college. The track in Holmes Field is too small for fast racing, and the only other track near here is the one at Lynn, which is almost too far away. Then, too, such a plan might interfere with the Mott Haven work. Their objection will be carefully considered before...
Among the newly-published books added to the library in the last few days are Edwin Arnold's "Lotus and Jewel;" Brete Hart's "Phyllis of the Sierras;" and "On the Track of Ulysses." by W. J. Stillman...
...Mandell, '89, has been elected correspondent of the CRIMSON on track athletics, and M. A. Taylor, '89, has been chosen musical correspondent...
...games held Friday and Saturday evening in New Haven by the Yale Athletic Association and the Second Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard were as satisfactory as an indoor contest on a short track can be. The Harvard team acquitted itself well, winning two first and two second prizes out of the six events for which men were sent. On Friday evening Miles, '88, won the half-mile easily in 2.08 1-2, off the 36-yard mark. Davenport, '90 (15 yards) and Cogswell (scratch) were fourth and fifth respectively. Lloyd of Yale (45 yards) was second...
...Other entries were T. P. Conneff, M. A. C., (scratch) and Harmar of Yale, 12 yds. Davenport ran a very pretty race passing all competitors, and leading for 3 laps, till the last lap, when he was passed by Lloyd. The time was very good for a 16-lap track...