TO THE MANY
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WHO, CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY, HAVE
ASSISTED IN THE MAKING OF
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CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]
PAGE
An Expert Packer1
[CHAPTER II]
Archer Receives9
[CHAPTER III]
First Impressions21
[CHAPTER IV]
Bruce gives Advice29
[CHAPTER V]
Sport for Sport’s Sake38
[CHAPTER VI]
A Bone of Contention47
[CHAPTER VII]
Mr. Worldly Wiseman58
[CHAPTER VIII]
Slow to Anger68
[CHAPTER IX]
The Fury of a Patient Man76
[CHAPTER X]
Duncan’s Disgust86
[CHAPTER XI]
A Revelation of Character95
[CHAPTER XII]
Mr. Alsop’s Dignity105
[CHAPTER XIII]
The Challenge115
[CHAPTER XIV]
An Affair of Honor127
[CHAPTER XV]
Sam’s First Race137
[CHAPTER XVI]
He tries Again148
[CHAPTER XVII]
A Foolhardy Adventure162
[CHAPTER XVIII]
Mr. Alsop Barks174
[CHAPTER XIX]
Up the Wrong Tree188
[CHAPTER XX]
The Socialist204
[CHAPTER XXI]
Honk! Honk!216
[CHAPTER XXII]
How the Fish was Caught226
[CHAPTER XXIII]
Lessons in Hurdling237
[CHAPTER XXIV]
Robert Owen, Freshman249
[CHAPTER XXV]
June to December263
[CHAPTER XXVI]
January to May273
[CHAPTER XXVII]
Archer versus Kilham282
[CHAPTER XXVIII]
The Yale Cup291

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Sam forged ahead, clearing every obstacle just in front of his rival (p. 284)]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[Donald caught the fastening at one end at the fourth attempt]4
[“Referee! referee! they’re playing thirteen men!”]44
[This spectacle of pitchers and streams of water and heads greeted Mr. Alsop’s gaze]164
[At the same moment Sam vaulted the barrier]228
[“That’s Owen”]256