The book of athletics and out-of-door sports : containing practical advice and suggestions from college team-captains and other amateurs, on foot-ball, base-ball, tennis, rowing, golf, sprinting, bicycling, swimming, skating, yachting, etc. (1895)
Bingham, Norman Williams, Jr · Boston : Lothrop Pub. Co. · leaf 125
THE BOOK OF ATHLETICS. 122 The general code of rules governing hare and hounds runs, often called "paper chases," is prac- tically the same in all the larger colleges. Two of the runners, termed hares, start out in ordi- nary running costume with canvas bags filled with paper cut in pieces an inch… … except where there is water, -Scattering Scent. A Hare. in which case the runners can go around the stream or ford it, as they choose. The hares run much faster than the hounds, as the former must make up a time allowance of seven min- utes; that is, the hares must arrive at the starting- point…
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