In total number of first and second prizes won in intercollegiate track athletics, Harvard stands first, Columbia second, Yale third, Princeton fourth, and Pennsylvania fifth. Of best records Yale and Harvard hold five each, Pennsylvania two and Lafayette one.

The improvement in intercollegiate records since 1876 is interesting:-

1876, 100 yards dash, 11s; 1887, 10s.

1876, 220 yards dash, 23 1-2s. (1877); 1887, 22s.

1876, 440 yards dash, 56s.; 1887, 50 1-4s.

1876, half mile run, 2m., 16 1-2s.; 1887, 2m., 1-5s.

1876, one-mile run, 5m., 58 1-2s.; 1887, 4m., 36 4-5s.

1876, one-mile walk, 8m, 7s.; 1887, 7m., 1s.

1876, 120-yards hurdle, 18 1-2s.; 1887, 17s.

1876, two-mile bicycle, 7m., 57s (1880); 1887, 6m., 17s.

1876, running high jump, 5 ft., 2 1-2 in.; 1887, 6 ft., 7 1-2 in.

1876, running broad jump, 18 ft., 3 1-2 in.; 1887, 21 ft., 7 1-2 in.

1876, pole vault, 7 ft., 9 in. (1877); 1887, 10 ft., 7 3-4 in.

1876, throwing hammer, 75 ft., 10 in. (1877); 98 ft., 6in.

1876, putting shot, 30 ft., 11 1-2 in.; 1887, 40 ft., 9 1-2 in.

The Mott Haven cup has been won by Princeton once and by Yale once; by Columbia three years in succession; by Harvard eight times, seven years in succession between 1880 and 1886.

In the five annual lawn tennis championship tournaments, Yale has won five first places and three seconds; Harvard, four first places; Trinity, one first place and four seconds; Columbia, two seconds, and Amherst one second.

Finally, in all the different contests in every athletic department, Yale has, since 1876, won 22 championships; Harvard, 16; Princeton, 3; Columbia, 3, and Trinity, 1.