Word: winners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
THERE are pleasures in a Bowdoin prize. It gives the winner grandeur in the eyes of Freshmen, and a wonderful reputation among his maiden aunts and country cousins; and the money in these hard times is decidedly convenient in making one's cash account balance with remittances from home...
...undoubtedly rather a failure, although the crew that had been the favorite before the race won in each race; the failure consisting in the fact that not one of the crews which competed is now qualified to row as an amateur in England; indeed, Lee, the single-scull winner, has been under suspicion for some time in this country. The "Sewing-Machines," as they are called, proved themselves miracles of gameness, endurance, and speed as their record of 7.17 1/2 in the short race and 18.44 1/2 in the three-mile race shows. The times for all the test-races...
...Mile Run. - Entries : J. L. Lamson, '80, C. S. Hanks, '79, G. H. Davis, '79, J. W. Mitchell, '79. Winner, Hanks; time, 5 min. 2 1/2 sec. Mitchell won second place from Lamson by two feet...
...gentlemen of Mr. Donaldson's club table, at Mrs. Browne's, have subscribed for a handsome prize to be given to the winner of the mile walk next Friday...
...editor of the Sporting Column having offered a prize for the bicycle race, another gentleman connected with the Crimson offers a gold medal to the winner of the hundred yards' dash, conditional on his equalling or beating 10 1/2 seconds...