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THERE will be a game of hare and hounds on Friday, November 10. The start will be made from the Soldiers' Monument at half past 3 P. M. All are invited to run as hounds; the hares will be chosen from the University crew. An hour and a half will be the length...
...through courtesy, he would play in Montreal, and it was decided to play at half past ten, Monday morning. Before the game began a hundred-yards dash was run by Herrick, of Harvard, and Summerhase, the champion runner of Canada, best two in three, - Herrick to have two yards' start. Herrick won the first heat in ten and one fourth seconds, coming in ahead fully the distance allowed. When two thirds of the way in the second, he (Herrick) slipped and strained a cord in his leg, and was obliged to give up. Summerhase took the second heat...
...horribly hard, I know, to learn how to manage your funds in the beginning. And I think that it is best to start off with a little mild extravagance in the form of subscriptions to the various athletic schemes which happen to be in favor. Pay your subscriptions at once, and everybody will know it. In future years, if you are called upon for anything of the sort, you are at liberty to reply that you have learned wisdom by experience, - which you have duly paid for. But in the beginning it pays to subscribe; you are at once reported...
...they shortly afterwards appeared on the field and took their positions on the course in the following order, number one being on the inside: J. Holmes, '79 (1), H. W. Cushing, '77 (2), L. Cushing, '79 (3), C. G. James, '79 (4). On the firing of the pistol they started, and Mr. H. W. Cushing took the lead, followed by Messrs. James, L. Cushing, and Holmes, in the order named. The first quarter was made in 1.27, the men passing the line in the same order as at the start, with the exception that Holmes gained third place...
...next event was the hundred-yards dash, for which there were five entries, and which was run in three heats. In the first, Messrs. A. L. Rives, L. S., S. G. Ward, '76, and C. B. Chandler, L. S., started, Chandler coming in first in 11 3/4 sec. The second heat, between Messrs. A. H. Latham, '77, and H. C. Dunham, '77, was won by Latham in 11 sec. The final heat, between Latham and Chandler, was postponed until after the next event, which was the half-mile run. The contestants were Messrs. F. Cunningham, L. S., and J. Swift...