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ON YOUR MARK!
BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.
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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_
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