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of his time. He was timed on our old track in competition nine and three
quarter seconds, hundred yards, but the record was dis-allowed be-
cause the claim was made that the last forty yards had a fall, - this I believe
to be untrue because the track was made under the supervision of the
then Prof. of Civil Engineering, I myself superintending. I have always
thought that Hunt should have been given the first credit of beating
the ten second record.

Another man you may have not thought of -Noble. I cant give you
any data about him, except that he suprised us all by winning the seven-
mile walk at Saratoga against a number of competitors, beating the Har-
vard crack who was then supposedto be invincible.

The only other men that I can recall after this long interval
of time with the exception of Karge, are men who spent their time in the
gymnasium - these Haines - "Tam" Johnson - and Alex Brown. Haines, if you re-
member had a superabundance of shell muscle and was especially good on
the rings. As for Karge, as you know he was our first basemen on the Varsity
Team, but he never distinguished himself in track work because he was
just too lazy to do anything.

I just happen to remember of Stevenson, who I presume was
the most powerful man in the class, and if you remember he was stroke-oar
in the crew in our Senior Year. He also was on the first foot-ball team
that Princeton sent out under what were then the New Rules.

As for myself I did nothing special, except one year I got the
record for the standing high and standing broad jumps. I was also
President of the Base-ball Association in my Senior Year. I beleive I
did win some college championship or other, in boxing.

I am very sorry that I can not give you any further details,
I suppose I could do so if I had a catalogue of the men, but after a
lapse of twenty three years, and having been so far removed from my
class mates, it is a difficult matter to remember even my friends.