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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...those of the English Universities. The spirit of competition ought to draw out the best efforts of the representatives of each college, and the honor of winning in such a contest should be sufficient incentive for hard training on the part of those who intend to enter. The "Relay Race" is especially attractive, and we hope to see our six best runners on the track. The distance - thirty miles - is indeed rather long, but for this reason it will be all the more satisfaction for the team that is lucky enough to win it. We would suggest that the Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...Another case of 'the last of your race,' I suppose," said I, taking my books. (My chum, you know, is the 174th great-grandchild of somebody; at least, he says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING TO ADORE; OR, THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...smaller than it should be, for an accident to even one man would prove serious. There are, however, more than eight men at Harvard capable of pulling a good oar, and their interest in her success should bring them forward. Those who have not yet rowed in a race might, by faithful training, acquire enough skill and experience to be eligible for the Crew by the end of the year, while those who have already rowed should consider the peculiar position in which we are placed, and lend their assistance. If any men intend to try at all, they should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...follow it strictly. If, however, the hares are viewed at any part of the run, the trail may be disregarded, and the hares chased by the shortest route. The master of the hunt (the hares not having been sighted) determines a point from which the hounds are permitted to race for home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...Hawthorne Rooms. The second lecture, "Spanish and French Explorers," was given last evening. The others are to be on the following dates: Monday, December 8, "The Struggle between France and England;" Thursday, December 11, "The Thirteen Colonies;" Monday, December 15, "Causes of the Revolution;" Thursday, December 18, "The English Race and its Manifest Destiny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

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