Chapter I: Front Matter

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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

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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

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