Sports and Physical Training - 1080 - Track and Field
Date
circa 1890
Decade
1890s
Description and notes
Man running in a track event with many bystanders watching. Among them a man holding a megaphone, a young boy wearing a hat. The runner is about to cross the finish line, which is a piece of rope held by two men in hats. Campus buildings are visible in the background, including old Hadley Hall.
Historical context
The Athletic Association: Thirteen [years] ago (1893) the students organized an Athletic Association for the development of athletics and such sports as would tend to keep the student physically sound and in good health while pursuing his college work. The association has grown steadily and has expanded until it is the best organized and equipped, both with athletic goods and grounds, and with funds to carry on its work, of any like organization in the Territory. The spirit with which the students carry on this work is most commendable and is one of the greatest factors in the student life in bringing them and the members of the faculty more in touch with each other. The efficiency of the Association is shown by its work. It has taken the lead in all matters pertaining to athletics in the territory. Besides engaging successfully with outside teams in foot ball in the fall, basket ball in the winter, and base ball in the spring, it has taken the lead in track and field work. All but two of the territorial records are held by the college. The fourth intercollegiate track meet was held this year at Albuquerque. The first one, as well as the third, was held on the home grounds. In all of these meets the college has carried off the honors easily. The college track team now permanently holds the silver-loving cup presented to the Intercollegiate Association by Hall and Learnard, of Albuquerque, having won a majority of the events in the last three intercollegiate track-meets, the conditions being that it should be won at one meet and successfully defended twice in succession thereafter." Cited from the Catalog of Students for 1904-1905 and Announcements for 1905-1906 http://contentdm.nmsu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/catalogs/id/8981/rec/1
Subject (LCSH)
Athletes
Track athletics
Sports
Digital publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Access rights
Public record. No restrictions on use. See New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, Chapter 14, Article 2, 8th Edition, 2015
Source
NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections Department