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...debate being then thrown open to the house, Mr. Chapman, '83, spoke in favor of handicap races at athletic meetings, and when his time was extended advised an oversight of men in training, to prevent them from entering races when not in condition...
...bicycle tournament to be held in the Institute Fair building, Boston, on Thursday, Feb. 1. Prince and Frye will start from scratch in a ten-mile handicap race, in which Rollinson will receive 30s. and Harrison 40s. start, and others according to their abilities...
...Lincoln College sports, Oxford University, Nov. 23, the Strangers' handicap, 120 yards, was won by H. H. Minton, 4 1/2 yards start, in 11 4-5s. R. Marriott, 4 yards, was second by a yard. At the Trinity College sports, Cambridge, held the same day. F. G. L. Lucas, penalised 4 1/2 yards, finished second by half a yard in the one hundred-yards race, the time of the winner, E. P. Powell, being 10 1-5s. Lucas won the 120 yards handicap, from scratch, in 12 1-5s., finishing three yards in front of Powell...
...joint meeting of the Manhattan Athletic Club and the Moseley Harriers will be held at Madison-square Garden, New York, on Thursday Dec. 13, commencing at 8 P.M. The following events are open to all amateurs : 60 yards run, handicap; 220 yards run, scratch, barring Myers and Brooks; quarter-mile run, handicap; half-mile run, handicap; one-mile run, scratch (for those who never won a prize at this distance); quarter-mile hurdle-race, handicap; one-mile walk, handicap; and ten-mile run, handicap. Silver cups will be given as prizes to first and second in each event except...
...recent games of the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York, L. E. Myers participated, but he won no prize except in the consolation race, being so heavily handicapped as to render it almost an impossibility for him to beat the other contestants. Myers was entered for a 440 yards' run, handicap, and he was the only man who toed the scratch, the competitor that stood nearest to him having a start of 25 yards, and the one furthest from him having a start of 60 yards. There were 11 entries, and when the signal go was given Myers started like...