Word: walking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...entire programme now is: 100 yards dash, 220 yards dash, quarter mile, half mile, mile, high hurdles, low hurdles, one mile walk, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, putting the shot (16 pounds), throwing the hammer (16 pounds); in the bicycle meeting: quarter mile, half mile, one mile, five miles, and one mile for tandem teams...
...important amendments to the constitution and questions will come up. One amendment which will be considered introduces a three mile run into the order of events, as in English track games. This amendment may be carried, though Harvard does not favor it. It is possible that the mile walk may be dropped entirely...
...following events are open to all amateurs: 50 yards dash (handicap), 50 yards hurdle (handicap), 880 yards run (hahdicap), 1 mile run (handicap), putting 16 lb. shot (handicap), pole vault (handicap), running high jump (handicap), 1 mile walk. Entries will close with C. Gillett, 335 White Hall, New Haven, Conn., on Thursday, Feb. 27. The handicapping will be done by an official handicapper...
...choir sang the following selections: "The Haven," J. Beam; "Oh for a closer walk with God," Myles Foster; and "O Lord My God," Klein. The solo in the second selection was well rendered by E. M. Waterhouse...
Quarter mile walk.- Sheffield '99, first Tyzzer '97, second. Time, 2m. 38 4/5s...