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...Republican party and no other is entitled by its record, its platform, and its leaders to public confidence: Forum IX, 24, VI, 488; N. A. Review...
...mile bicycle race which came next proved to be the best race ever seen on Holmes Field and brought the Harvard record made by Greenleaf of 5 minutes, 59 seconds down to 5 minutes, 46 1-5 seconds. R. H. Davis '91 and Olmstead '94 did not ride so that the race was between four men, T. Barron '91, O. B. Hawes '93, F. S. Pratt '94 and G. F. Taylor '94. The first quarter was done in 43 seconds when Taylor took the lead and set the pace, making each successive lap faster than the one before...
...only record that was broken beside that of the 2 mile bicycle race was the time for the mile run. A. M. White '92, took the lead at the start and set a smart pace, doing the first half in 2.13. The five men stuck pretty well together until the last lap when Manley '93 dropped out. On the stretch on the last turn White and Lowell broke away from Carr, M. S., and Nichols '94, and sprinted for the tape, Lowell finishing first in 4 minutes, 34 1-5 seconds, White a close second...
...yards hurdle race Lee and Fearing contested, Lee winning easily in 25 2-5 seconds, within one-fifth of a second of his own world's record...
...mile walk, however, the Harvard record was broken by R. S. Hale '91, who made it in 6 m. 56 1-5 s. The former record was made on May 9th, 1887, by H. H. Bemis '87, who walked the mile in 6 m. 59 1-2 s. Both Mr. Merrill, the judge of walking, and Mr. Lathrop allowed the record, but the greater part of the spectators thought Hale's style illegal. Hale has been disqualified a number of times for his peculiar gait, and it is doubtful if a judge unfamiliar with his style would allow...