Word: pond
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hare and hounds run yesterday afternoon. The hares, W. Alexander, L. S. and W. Austin, L. S., started from the gymnasium at 3.24 and laid a trail to Barry's Corner, thence to the Brighton Abatton, across the Watertown bridge, by Mount Auburn, along the rail-road to Fresh Pond and then to Brattle St. where the break was made near Mt. Auburn. They got back to the gymnasium at 4.29. The hounds, under T. P. King, '91, as master started eight minutes after the hares. Just before the break was made there was some difficulty in following the trail...
DEAR SIRS-Now that the foot ball season has closed we shall be left practically without any outdoor sport until next spring. The only recreation through all that time will be skating, which is always precarious in this climate, and difficult to indulge in because Fresh pond is so far from the college. Before it is too late I should like to suggest through your columns the advisability of forming an association to introduce tobogganing at Harvard. This sport has lately come into as great favor in the vicinity of Boston as it has always had in Canada. I believe...
...were followed nine minutes later by the hounds, with W. Alexander L. S. for master. The track was laid through Norton's woods and across the railroad to Somerville, over the hills to the Lowell railroad, along the track to the Belmont marshes, and through them to Fresh pond and Mt. Auburn, where the break was made opposite the cemetery. The hares got in at 4.34 1-2, and it was twenty minutes before the hounds began to arrive. Alexander L. S., was first with Manley '93 a close second. Both hares and the first hound will receive prizes...
...minutes later by the hounds, with J. D. Gorham, '90 as master. The trail was laid through Harvard square, then turning sharp to the left through Norton's woods and up to Porter's station. From here the trail ran parallel to the railroad track as far as Fresh pond, then turning sharply, straight back to Highland street, where the break was made. The hares reached the gymnasium at 4.30, and twenty minutes later the hounds began to arrive. H. P. Williams was first, followed by Hockstadter, R. Stone and Blake. The hares had to give the hounds fifteen minutes...
...Pond, H. O. Poor...