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Title: On Your Mark! A Story of College Life and Athletics

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator: C. M. Relyea

Release date: March 15, 2014 [eBook #45140]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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ON YOUR MARK!

BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

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Four Afloat.
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Four Afoot.
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Four in Camp.
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On Your Mark.
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The Arrival of Jimpson.
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Weatherby’s Inning.
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Behind the Line.
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Captain of the Crew.
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For the Honor of the School.
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D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

“Fooling?” Burley echoed. “Why, no, I ain’t fooling.”

ON YOUR MARK!

A Story of College
Life and Athletics

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF BEHIND THE LINE, WEATHERBY’S INNING, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. RELYEA

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New York
D. Appleton and Company
1908

Copyright, 1904, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published September, 1904

TO

BERT AND LILA

IN MEMORY OF

“THE BIG HOUSE”

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— The winner of the mile 1
II.— A visiting card 12
III.— On the cinders 22
IV.— Hal has an idea 33
V.— “Mr. Peter Burley, Blackwater, Col.” 45
VI.— “Right guard back!” 57
VII.— “The Ranch” 65
VIII.— Pete’s club table 73
IX.— The duck hunt 86
X.— Dinner for two 96
XI.— The capsized boat 106
XII.— Tommy corrects a report 120
XIII.— Pete writes home 130
XIV.— Hockey—with variations 139
XV.— In the “Corral” 147
XVI.— The indoor meeting 157
XVII.— Allan leaves the club table 172
XVIII.— An alarm of fire 181
XIX.— Pete puts the shot 193
XX.— Track and Field 203
XXI.— Sunshine and shadow 210
XXII.— A newspaper paragraph 218
XXIII.— The freshman game 227
XXIV.— “On your mark!” 239
XXV.— The last event 254
XXVI.— “Vale” 263

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    FACING
PAGE
“Fooling?” Burley echoed. “Why, no, I ain’t fooling.” Frontispiece  
A white-clad form sped across the finish.   11
“Sorry you don’t approve of them.”   94
Pete tipped him over the barrier.   143

ON YOUR MARK