Word: trailings
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...first of the hare and hounds runs proved a success in every way. In spite of the threatening weather and the bad condition of the streets and fields, over forty men turned out. Coolidge and Paine, the hares, laid their trail down by the University Museum, thence up Oxford street and across fields by a more or less circuitous route to the Cambridge Reservoir and home by the old Harvard cross country course to a point on Garden street near the Observatory, where the break was made. The whole distance covered was about six miles, and the hares were...
...given this afternoon. These runs have been very popular during the past few years and have afforded real enjoyment to a great many men. They are what are known as "slow runs." The hares are given a start of about five minutes over the hounds, and after laying a trail of a few miles they designate some spot about half a mile from home as a "break" and mark this by a pile of the paper "scent." The hounds make no pretense to fast running until they reach this point, when the master-of-hounds gives the signal and such...
...account of the snow fall and the difficulty of laying a trail the hare and hounds run scheduled for this afternoon will not be run off. The first run will be held on Friday afternoon, when the hounds will be J. L. Coolidge '95 and G. L. Paine...
...pack shall follow the trail and are not allowed to leave it and cut off ground at any time...
...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags sufficient to last the length of the run, and shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish...