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...Cogswell, '88. Miles set a fast pace for the first quarter under 58s. Cogsll then took the lead finishing in 1m. 59 1-2s. Miles was second. This time beats the previous record 2m. 1-5s., made by Wendell Baker in 1885. A tug of war was introduced after this event. This is a new idea, to give the team which is to represent Harvard at the Mott Haven games better practice. The first tug was between E. A. Pease; '88; W. L. Munroe, '89; P. Chase, '88, and F. G. Balch, '88 (anchor), the provisional Varsity team...
...Downs also finished well. Time 4m. 43 4-5s. Pennypacker and Gibson now threw the hammer. In this event Gibson broke the Harvard record, held last by D. B. Chamberlain, '86, at 90 ft. 1 in. His best throw was 92 ft. 4 in. A second tug-of-war was here pulled between the 'Varsity and the following team: E: W. Grew, '89; F. O. Raymond. '89; J. Endicott, '89, and G. Perry, '89; (anchor). The 'Varsity again won, this time by 3 1-2in. The 220-yards dash ended the track events. J. W. Merrill...
...provisional Varsity tug of war team will pull against three picked teams anchored by G. Perry, '89, A. Amory, '90, and J. J. Higgins, '90, during the afternoon...
...interest manifested in the class races on the Charles is growing stronger year by year, as the crowded tug boats and the alley along the river, packed full of people, will amply testify to. Although the race did not begin at the advertised time, still the promptitude and energy in getting everything ready for the start evinced by the management was such that what little room for censure there is on this score can easily be overlooked. There were two things that occurred in the race, however, which need to be spoken of in order that they may be avoided...
Bags may be passed on board the referee's tug, "William Sprague" and will be handed the crews at the finish...