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MILE WALK.The first event was the mile walk. Each class entered a competitor in this event, Mr. S. Coolidge representing '83, Mr. F. H. Darling '84, Mr. F. B. Fogg '85 and Mr. C. A. Brown '86. The best college record in this event, which has not been broken since 1877, is 7 minutes 4 4-5 seconds. Mr. Brown did not appear. Darling sprung to the lead at once, walking in excellent form. Fogg dropped behind at the end of the second lap. At the middle of the fourth lap, Coolidge passed Darling and kept the lead...
THROWING THE HAMMER.Considerable interest was manifested in the result of the throwing the hammer, as Mr. Kip, who has won this event for several years past at Harvard and whose record, 84 feet, is the best Harvard record, had broken the college record of 87 feet 11 inches, in practice. The other entries for this event were L. A. Biddle, '84, J. J. Roberts, '86 and A. L. McRae, S. S. Kip won the event with a throw of 86 ft. 11 in., one foot below the best college record, beating the Harvard record by 2 ft. 11 in McRae...
HALF MILE RUN.The only entries for the half mile run were W. H. Goodwin, Jr., '84, and J. H. Gardiner, '85. Mr. Goodwin has the best college record, 2 min. 2 2-5 sec., in this event and an amateur record of 1 min. 56 7/8 sec. The audience therefore had a right to expect very good time to be made in the event. Goodwin at once took the lead, running in beautiful form, and won easily in 2 min. 4-5 sec., beating the best college record by 1 3-5 sec. Considering the strong wind, the performance...
...Root, '85, were entered. Morison at once took the lead and the inside of the track, followed in order by Walker and Root. At the beginning of the fourth lap Root passed Walker. In the fifth lap Morison increased his pace evidently hoping to lower his record, finishing in 4 min. 41 sec., with Walker, who had passed Root in the last half of the last lap, 15 4-5 sec. behind. Considering the strong wind, Mr. Morison's run was better than any of his previous performances...
PUTTING THE SHOTWas won by C. H. Kip, '83, with a record of 35 ft. 11 in., with L. A. Biddle, '84, second, with a record...