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...properly attired. Competitors will please send their colors with their entry. An AMATEUR is any person who has never competed in an open competition, or for a stake, or for public money, or for admission money, or with professionals for a prize, public money, or admission money; nor has ever, at any period of his life, taught or assisted in the pursuit of athletic exercises as a means of livelihood. All communications must be addressed to the secretary...
...fifth Field Meeting of the H. A. A. was held at Beacon Park, Friday, May 24, and proved the most successful that the Association has ever held. Only one event was struck off the programme from the lack of competitors, and the races followed each other without the painfully long delays which usually mark meetings of this kind. The first race, which was started promptly at 4 o'clock...
...been assured, will be disappointed; and others, if the plan is strictly followed, will be brought below the necessary 50%. The general principle on which this action is based is not a good one. If instructors are to have this power of changing marks once given, no one will ever know where he stands, and a man may be notified, a year after he has finished a course, that the instructor has concluded, on reflection, to condition...
...Four weeks ago the idea of having a Meeting was entirely given up, but the offers of different gentlemen to give handsome cups proved an inducement to men to train, and in consequence the starters in the different events were, as a whole, more nearly "fit" than they have ever been before. The time made in the Hundred-Yard Dash and Quarter-Mile Run was most excellent, - remarkable when we consider that it was made on a track of loose dirt, instead of a cinder path. The Bicycle Race produced capital sport, every inch of the three miles being closely...
...true, is a weak one, but still is an objection. Unreflecting people might be apt to think that the presence of a base-ball suit in the Hall showed that the wearer had come directly from the ball field. Of course none but very thoughtless people would ever think so, but still their feelings deserve to be considered...