Word: tug
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Tug-of-war (8 men from each class, to be chosen by the captains of crews...
...Tug-of-war, eight men race (hurdles...
...understand that several gentlemen contemplate a journey to New York to participate in the sports of the Columbia Athletic Club. We give them our best wishes for their success. Two events have been added since the programme was published, - a tug-of-war between picked teams from the crew of the steamer City of Chester, of the Inman Line, and a chase by the Columbia College Hare and Hounds Club in full uniform. The four-mile walk (go as you please) promises to be the great event of the occasion. The entries from Columbia have been very large...
Friday and Saturday evenings: First, open to students from any college, 1-mile walk, 1-mile run, half-mile run, quarter-mile run, 220-yard run, 75-yard run, running high jump, tug-of-war, teams of 6 men. Second, open to any amateur, 2-mile handicap walk, 1-mile handicap walk, 1-mile handicap run, half-mile handicap run, quarter-mile handicap run, 75-yard handicap run, 440-yard handicap hurdle - race, 20 hurdles, 2 ft. 6 in. high, 3-mile bicycle race, 1-mile walk (barring 7-minute men), amateur tug-of-war (teams of 10 men), amateur...
...open events, subject to slight changes, are: 75-yards dash (handicap), 220-yards dash (handicap), I-mile walk (for those who have never beaten 7 minutes), 1/4-mile run (handicap), I-mile walk (handicap), limited, I-mile run (handicap), limited, tug-of-war (teams of four each), regimental tug-of-war between company teams from the 7th and 22d Regiments, and bicycle race, 2 miles...