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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...final heat of the mile-race was between Messrs. Swan and Sturgis, '81. The former won by beautiful riding, in 3 m. 22 1/8 sec., - remarkable time, when the bad weather and sharp turns are taken into account...
Messrs. J. H. Taylor, B. I., and J. A. C. Wright, '81, rode in the final heat for the one-hundred-yards slow race. The former won very leisurely...
...opposition of existing societies. But such a club might exist without interfering in the least with the two or three old societies that no one wishes to see injured, or with the two smaller ones, of which the counterparts are to be found at Oxford as well. The former are essentially class societies, and, as such, will always be strong; the latter have a limited membership, confined to the most popular men in college; none of them would clash with a club like the Union...
...first was the mile-race. R. C. Sturgis, '81, J. A. C. Wright, '81, rode in the first trial-heat; the former winning very prettily...
...track had been divided by lines into three courses, for the one-hundred-yards slow race. - a capital idea, as it prevented fouls, and required skilful riding to keep within the limits, S. Williston, '82, and J. H. Taylor, B. I., started; but the former soon fell off his machine, and the latter simply rode over the course...