The victory of Yale in the track athletic games is no cause of disgrace to the men who actually represented Harvard. For the hard and excellent work done by them, the heartiest thanks of the University are due to Mr. Lathrop, Captain Wheelwright, and all members of the team. But this victory is reason for the strongest condemnation of those men who might have represented Harvard efficiently, and who declined to train for the games. There are men in the University who hold records better than those which won points on Saturday, and, with them on the team, there is every reason to suppose that the result would have been changed. It seems a great pity that the fine work of the men who went to New Haven should just miss victory because men in Cambridge were not willing to work for the success of the team.
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