Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tournament on June 5 and 6, at Hamilton Pork, The managers have already received entries from Hendee, Hamilton, Wait, Parsons, Hunter, Illston, the English rider, Bidwell, Pettus, Hall, Palmer, Webber, Powell, Rich, and many other celebrated riders who are attracted also by the high reputation of the Hamilton Park track...
HALF MILE RUN.Here again there was a large field of contestants, Fessenden '87, representing Harvard. A quick pace was set at the start, and Fessenden was used up at the end, almost fainting on the track. Mitchell of Yale was the winner, and Faries of Pennsylvania second...
...great victories for the Crimson have made last Saturday a red-letter day in the athletic annals of Harvard. For five years the Mott Haven cup has remained at Cambridge, and now it has come back to us for the sixth time, having been won by our track athletes in spite of the gross unfairness displayed by the managers of the intercollegiate games. Truly, the faithful work of the past year has met its fitting reward. The result of the game against Princeton was but another proof of the strength of our nine. As the score now stands...
...morning was showery, but a little afternoon the weather had cleared so that by the time the sports were called it was bright and clear, the only drawback being a strong wind up the home stretch and a slight heaviness of the track. The grand stand was crowded with the supporters of the teams from ten different colleges, and at times of excitement the din of the varied cheers was tremendous. Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette, University of Michigan, Princeton, Leigh, Trinity and St. Johns, each sent at least one representative athlete, the Harvard delegation being the largest...
Thanks to the personal efforts of Mr. Dathrop, who was on the ground two days in advance, the track, usually in a poor condition at this season of the year. was put into fair shape for running, and the athletes were not bothered quite as much by that as formerly. But although the track was in a better condition than last year, the general management of the games was very lax, some of the officials being so incompetent or prejudiced that Harvard suffered the loss of at least two events...