Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...floor of the club-house is the gymnasium, which is under the care of Prof. Goldie. There are windows on all sides, and a running track overhead; the lockers and retiring rooms are on the floor below. It is claimed that the gymnasium surpasses even the Hemenway in regard to size, apparatus, light, and ventilation, and it certainly does in regard to the last two qualifications, the arrangements for which are perfect...
...Union Pacific Railway, smaller than the Pennsylvania and other roads, there are 5,000 miles of track running through 6 states and 4 territories. It has a capital of $270,000,000 in securities, an income of $25,000,000 a year. It carries in a year 7,000,000 tons of freight and 2,500,000 passengers. It has 550 locomotives, 12,000 cars. It uses 25,000 steel rails a year and 2,000,000 ties. This is the growth of but 40 years. What will it be in 60 years? The laws of aggregation and consolidation...
...play hand ball in the cage in squads of four, and bat the sand bags. On the other week days the chest weights and dumb bells are used. On Wednesdays all the candidates take a long walk. Every day a fast quarter mile is taken on the track in the gymnasium...
Henry S. Brooks, Yale's champion runner, has retired from active participation in track athletics. Brooks has covered 100 yards in 10 seconds, and 220 yards in 22 2-5 seconds. At the latter distance he defeated L. E. Myers. He is large heavy man, and this has always been against him in a quick start. His speed when under way, however, is tremendous. Brooks' favorite distance has been 220 yards, and no one except Baker of Harvard has ever beaten him at this dastance...
...Harvard men who went to New York on Saturday in the hopes of seeing some game running were not disappointed, but none of their favorites obtained a place in any of the events. The games were held in the old Madison Square Garden on an eight lap track, not in the best of condition, making any longer straight dash than 70 yards impossible. Wendell Baker, who had entered in the 250 and 440 yards, was unable to run on account of a sprained ankle, thus disappointing his many friends; but Mr. Wells ran a tremendous race in the 250 yards...