Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...races will be held upon the new track now being built in Cambridge. It is a third of a mile in circumferance, and will embody the latest improvements in track construction. No expense has been spared to make this the fastest and safest track in the world. Mr. Corcoran, so long identified with the Waltham track, is to have entire charge...
...hoped that all college riders will make a special effort to attend the meeting for it will help the formation of an intercollegiate cycling association which would take bicycle racing in the colleges out of the track events and place it on an independent footing, where it belongs...
...efforts of the Cycling Association to hold an intercollegiate bicycle meet next spring are well directed and deserve to meet with success. We feel that every attempt to remove this form of sport from the list of regular track events is a step in the right direction. The bicycle races in the annual intercollegiate games have rarely been thoroughly satisfactory. In the first place the track itself, though well adapted for the other races, is almost always unsuited for bicycles and the result is that accidents to wheelmen are frequent. A tract that is intended for bicycle racing should...
...report of the Treasurer of the Athletic Association is far from encouraging and reveals a deplorable condition of affairs in the very branch of athletics in which Harvard has deservedly been accustomed to take the most pride. For years her title to first place in track and field athletics remained unquestioned, and the students took the deepest interest in the work of the team. Everyone used to go out and see the games, and everyone who could afford it joined the Association, for in this way the students felt that they could help the team most effectively...
...success of the Princeton relay team and the other contestants from Princeton in the B. A. A. games is hoped to be a forerunner of the further prosperity of Princeton's track athletics. Not for a long time has there been so much interest shown in this branch of athletics nor such extensive plans made by the management. The prominent candidates have been working faithfully in the gymnasium and have made good progress under Captain Garret and Mr. Goldie, as shown by the result at Boston. In addition to this, by reason of the host of good material...