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Yesterday afternoon a fair sized audience gathered on Holmes Field to witness the class sports. There was a slight wind blowing up the back stretch. Not enough, however, to make it other than a good day for racing. Two intercollegiate records were broken. Chamberlain, '86, put the shot 40 ft, 1 1-2 in.; the previous record being 37 ft. 10 in. Bemis, '87, walked two miles in 15 m. 10 1-2 sec. breaking the previous record...
Special 210 yds. dash. Fiske, '86; Wells, '86; Rogers, '87; Baker, '86. The object of this race was to break the amateur record. Baker, the winner, just equalled the record, 11 1-2 sec. Wells was second by about a yard...
...first time this season. The game with Columbia, disheartening as its effect has been, must act as an incentive to greater efforts than have yet been made. Harvard ought to win to-day, and with a proper spirit of confidence and presence of mind success can be gained. The record made by the Harvard nine of last year must not remain unparalleled in the list of our athletic victories...
Baker, '86, and Rogers, '87, ran the 110 yards dash recently in 11 1.2 seconds. This ties the amateur record...
...gold best-on-record medal will be awarded to any one breaking the best American College record in any event (except in the special races...