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...Wesleyan. He has now no less than 120,000 pictures under contract, and, beginning with West Point in 1875, he has been retained on the superior merit of his work by every college, embracing, at present, Vassar, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams, and Wesleyan. Truly a remarkable record for a young man who began his career, fifteen years ago, over a stable at Long Branch, and plodded along, fighting poverty and many drawbacks, until he is acknowledged, especially in out-door and college art, the leading photographer of the country. His brothers are associated with him, and they have...
McGill College. - At the annual athletic sports of the McGill University, October 24, 1878, Mr. Cuzner put the 16-pound shot 37 feet 10 inches, which is the best amateur American record...
...been beaten 5 1/2 or 6 seconds, and the handicap would have been absurd. But who do we find at scratch? Incomprehensible as it may seem, this mark was assigned to H. H. Moritz, S. A. A. C., who never won a level race in his life, and whose record is as follows: August 11, 1877, quarter-mile handicap, with 35 yards, beaten off in 58 sec.; December 1, quarter-mile handicap, with 5 yards, second in trial heat, won in 1 min. 1/2 sec, and also second in final heat, won in 59 3/4 sec.; December 3, 1877, quarter...
...Worse than all the scratch men were not our champions, but that mark was assigned to W. M. Watson and G. D. Phillips, neither of whom is within gun-shot of first-class form, Watson's best record since 1876 being worse than 7 min. 43 sec., and Phillips's best performance is 7 min. 38 2/5 sec. Such work as this is highway robbery under the guise of handicapping, and is a disgrace to all who are responsible for it. When the club next give any handicap games, if they will submit to us their list of entries...
...this column will give a cup, valued at $25, to any man who will run one mile in 4 min. 50 sec. or better, or who will walk one mile in 7 min. 40 sec. or better, or to any man who can beat the best time on record in this college for a run of three miles. These offers to remain open until the end of next June. Any man intending to make one of these trials to give ten days' notice to the Vice-President of the H. A. A. These offers are made solely to induce...