Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...succeeded in keeping the lead until the third lap when Bailey made a good spurt and took the lead which he held to the finish, making the distance in 34 minutes, 46 seconds. On the last lap Barron and Davis passed Williams and kept this position until the home stretch when Williams by a good spurt passed Davis, and finished less than a foot behind Barron. The first three men will receive cups. Bailey will also have a cup for the fastest time. Mr. R. H. Davis, '91, acted as referee...
Princeton's new track will be a third of a mile in circuit with a breadth of 24 feet on the 100 yard stretch...
Half-mile run-E. B. Hinckley '89, time 2 minutes, 3 seconds; E. P. Holton '90, second by two inches. The finish was very exciting. Hinckley ran the first quarter in 58 seconds, taking a lead of twenty yards, but on the home stretch he tired badly, and Holton would have beaten him out in two strides further...
...seats on the Manhattan track. The view from the grand stand is beautiful. The ground gradually recedes till it reaches the Hudson running at some distance in the valley below. On the other side of the river the Palisades begin here to rise to a considerable height and stretch off dimly to the northward...
Ninety-one: Two-mile bicycle race-The competitors were R. H. Davis and K. Brown; Davis soon took the lead with Brown only a few feet behind. The same relative positions were maintained until the home stretch was reached, when Brown made a desperate effort to overtake Davis, but did not succeed, and Davis won in 6 minutes, 47 3-5 seconds. Davis' time for the first mile was 3 minutes, 32 seconds...