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...candidates for the Mott Haven team pass the 16-pound shot every afternoon for about fifteen minutes...
...prize of pound 50 is offered for the best poem on Derry Cathedral. The composition may be in any recognized measure, and is not to exceed 120 lines. The author is requested to conceal his name; but each poem is to be distinguished by a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope endorsed with the motto, containing the competitor's name. An entrance fee of ten shillings is to be forwarded with each poem. While it is desirable that reference should be made to religious and historical associations, the adjudication will be decided by poetical merit alone...
...class crews, '87 and '88 average 158 pounds, while '86 and '89 weigh but one pound less...
...That Mr. Coxe will do this in the hammer-throwing is pretty generally acknowledged, and there are many who assert that he will throw the hammer several feet beyond the best on record. He is doing some pretty fair work in his practice at putting the 16-pound shot, and it would not be surprising if his competitors in this event at the games were to be treated to a grievous surprise...
...effort is being made at Washington, to pass a law reducing the postage on all college catalogues and publications, together with those of missionary societies, to the pound rate, making it about one sixth of the present cost. - Yale News...