Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...week, when we had an opportunity of testing the track at Exeter, which we unhesitatingly say is the best five-lap track in the kingdom, owing solely to the way it is raised on the outside all the way round." In our own experience we have learnt that the fastest running tracks in England are those with raised corners, and that such men as George, Snook and Cowie all prefer raised corners to level ones. We believe Dr. Sargent has it in mind to raise the corners of the new track in the spring, and we understand the college racing...
...which deserves the support of the undergraduates it is the University crew. If success is any argument for support, the crew can certainly present that argument. Defeated in 1881 in a race where the honors were almost equally divided between victor and vanquished, and victorious last year in the fastest eight-oared race ever rowed by two crews in this country, it would naturally be supposed that the Harvard crew could not possibly lack support. In spite of our misfortunes of this year, we send to New London one of the finest crews Harvard has ever entered in a race...
...definitely of the men and the work they have done, Brooks is our strongest man. He has tried the quarter-mile run this year for the first time and his record of 50 2-5 seconds shows well his ability. It is unfortunate that he happens to be our fastest sprinter in the short distances, as he will in all probability be unable to run in more than two events at the Polo Grounds...
...Boating Association has engaged the services of Mr. George Hosmer, of Boston, as trainer. This gentlemen is well known as an oarsman, having been, at one time, the fastest man in a two mile race in the world. His reputation as a trainer has also been established, having been connected in this capacity with Harvard a few years since. - [Princetonian...
Yale now imagines that she has the fastest runner in the country. The name of this Yale prodigy who has just presented himself for athletic honors is Brooks, who covered the hundred yards in 10 1-5 seconds, and the two hundred and twenty yards in 22 5/8 seconds. Unfortunately for us, the condition of Mr. Wendell's ankle prevented him from making fast time, but we still have great confidence in our champion, and hope sometime to see him matched against Yale's "fastest in the country." The race will be close at all events...