Word: breakneck
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fences beautifully, and the last one we saw her over, an unusually high brush fence, was left without a visible touch, while the next rider was cast headlong from his saddle. He managed to remount, and the party kept on behind the hounds. Into the woods at the same breakneck pace they went, until they were finally out of sight, and we could only judge of their movements by the cries of the dogs and the notes of the bugle urging them on. After a chase of almost two hours, two foxes were run down, - the first taken...
...matter of dark entries is becoming serious, and demands the attention of the College authorities. Now, when it becomes dark so early, the dormitory entries need lights much earlier; yet we are left to grope and stumble through them till long after every breakneck combination of circumstances has been repeatedly stumbled over, and profanity has become fashionable. We look for a change for the better in this matter, and trust that it will not have to be effected through the College circumlocution office...