Word: scratch
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...boats will be ready for use next Monday, Oct. 28. Tickets, $3.00 apiece, entitling the holder to the use of the boats this autumn, can be obtained from any member of the Executive Committee of the H. U. B. C. No one will be allowed to row in the scratch races who has not a ticket. In order to put a stop to the carelessness with which boats are handled, it is found necessary to make a rule that every man who injures boats or oars shall be held responsible for the amount of repairs...
...Scratch Races.Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11.15 A. M. Boat-house Course...
...attendant shall accompany a competitor on the scratch or in the race...
...such a race. There is room enough in the Basin for a two-mile straightaway race, or for a three-mile race with a turn, and if these elements of novelty were introduced, the fall races might be made a success. The same craft could be used for the scratch races, making these a mile or more in distance and using the Charles River course...
Fast Walking. - On September 14, at the sports of the Scottish-American Athletic Club, F. H. Armstrong in a 3-mile handicap, walking from scratch, covered the distance in 21 min. 17 sec., the fastest record in the world. The best English record is 21 min. 36 sec. by Venn, and the best American hitherto was 22 min. and 9 1/3 sec. by Armstrong. The track used was nine laps to the mile, and with very short corners. At the same meeting, out of five heats in a 75-yard handicap there were three dead-heats, - a silent compliment...