Word: knapsacks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...list of the entries: 100-yards dash, bicycle slow race, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, 220-yards dash, kicking the football, throwing the baseball, mile walk, hurdle race, standing broad jump (without weights) running broad jump, sack race (100 yards), 100-yards three-legged race, 440-yards dash, knapsack race, mile run, running high jump, pole vault, running hop-skip-jump, bean pot race...
...handicap race was recently decided near London, in which the handicap was by weight instead of the usual style. The weights ranged from thirty pounds downwards, and no stipulation was made as to the manner in which they should be carried, but the majority of the competitors carried them knapsack tashion across their backs. The new style was voted a success...