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...seniors, according to a Waban custom, must roll their hoops over a course a quarter of a mile long; the winner being the one most likely to marry first. Though somewhat tamer than the Indian ritual, the Wellesley version is very similar...
They were off and running on a fast track at Wellesley this morning, as Waban seniors officially pushed the 1952 outdoor season into high gear. Rumor has it that a long-shot filly coasted in over the tried and proven mudders in the Hoop Downs classic, but the name and odds of the winner have not yet come in over local wires...
...highest in Waban natives early this morning, in the traditional battle for the class's first husband, foremost in the thoughts of every maiden filly entered. Every year just before the hoop classic word leaks out that groups of maidens have put their heads together to set up a fix, in which some girls will block while one girl rolls through to victory...
...clear hard track faced almost 400 Wellesley seniors this morning in the 69th running of the annual Waban Hoop Race. Several hundred Harvard men had already gathered before the 7 a.m. post time brought the fillies to the wire...
...Waban, Mass...