Word: vault
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Through the vault of dusky blue...
...there, Moriarty," he returned home, a sadder and a wiser man; taught a lesson which, alas! many of us have learned, that the Borsair is by no means easy to get along with. The next man was pitched out, and the third scraped the airy vault of heaven with what seemed to every one a home run; but little they recked of the noble L. F., the heroic Blister; this gallant man, with measured step and song, froze to the sphere with one hand while running backward, and the Hod-lifters retired with no runs...
...such as is requisite for carrying out fully the "Fence Rules" adopted could not be procured until a very late hour; and the vaulters justly refused to enter if such a bar was substituted without giving them time to practise with it. In this same event - the two-hand vault - a dispute arose from the fact that one of the contestants had not practised sufficiently under the new rules to know what constituted...
...next event - two-hand vaulting - proved popular, and five men entered, - Messrs. W. Watson, '81, F. F. Sneathen, L. S., H. N. Fowler, '80, J. L. Paine, '81, and C. H. W. Foster, '81. The vaulting was in "fence" fashion, although the proportion of fence was somewhat meagre. The bar was first placed at 5 feet 3 inches, and raised three inches each time. All the men cleared it easily, until the height reached was 6 feet 3 inches, when Mr. Paine failed to get over. At the next peg Mr. Fowler dropped from the list, and as none...
...vaulting with two hands followed, Messrs. F. W. Thayer, '78, J. H. Tyng, L. S., and F. B. Keene entering. The first vault was 5 feet; and there seemed little difficulty in clearing the bar up to 6 feet 6 inches. The bar was then raised to 6 feet 9 inches, on which Mr. Thayer failed, Mr. Keene touched, and Mr. Tyng cleared it; accordingly the cup was given to Mr. Tyng...