Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...long 100-yard stretch of the track on Holmes field has been overflowed and frozen. The Cambridge mucker utilizes the narrow stretch of ice as a skating rink...
...protect their eyes from the glare of the sun. As the crew shoved off from the float the men on the platform, led by Mr. Sexton, hte treasurer of the boat club last year, gave nine hearty cheers. The eight rowed back and forth the length of the straight stretch of the river in front of the house at about thirty-three strokes to the minute. Then pausing near the coal wharf they stripped off their ferseys and prepared for a final spurt past the crowd of spectators. This time the men in the boat, urged on by the loud...
...with Hogue ahead, and Norton in the rear. At the end of the second lap Norton had crept up to second place, while at the close of the third circuit he had the lead, Matthewson, having passed Hogue, being a good second. The men came down the home stretch in good shape, with Norton an easy winner, time, 3m. 6 1-2s; Matthewson second, in 3m. 8 1-5s., and Hogne and Segur in the order name...
THREE MILES INVITATION RACE.Out of eleven entries in this race there were five starters, Segur, Edgerly, Matthewson, Norcross, and Millard. The pace set for the first mile was a hot one, and at the fourth run down the home stretch Millard was in the lead, with Norcross a good second. On completing this lap, Segur dropped out. On the fifth lap Norcross was passed by Matthewson, and in the sixth by Edgerly. Matthewson spurted beautifully at the end of the second mile and took first place, with Edgerly, who had passed Millard, second. Edgerly, Matthewson and Millard came...
...Rothe was now a lap and a quarter behind the leader. At the close of the fourth mile, Millard caught up with and passed Norton, holding second place by a length. The last lap of the last mile showed a splendid race between Norton and Millard. On the back stretch Norton gradually drew ahead, and came over the line a quarter of a length ahead of Millard. The race was handily won by Frazier, in 16m. 40 1-2s.; Norton second, 17m 11-2s.; Millard third; Rothe fourth, nearly two laps behind...