| Year. | Date. | Winner First-Crew Race. | Time of Losing Crew. |
| 1-Mile Course. | |||
| 1871. | June 7. | Halcyon, 8 min. 32 sec. | 8 min. 53 sec. |
| 1872. | June 20. | Shattuck, time not given. | 3 lengths. |
| 1873. | June 7. | Halcyon, 8 min. 45 sec. | 1 length behind. |
| 1¾-Mile Course. | |||
| 1874. | June 16. | Halcyon, 10 min. 23 sec. | 11 min. 8 sec. |
| Course, 1 Mile and Return. | |||
| 1875. | June 9. | Halcyon, 14 min. 6 sec. | 14 min. 50 sec. |
| 1876. | June 10. | Halcyon, 14 min. 28 sec. | 15 min. 13¼ sec. |
| 1877. | June 14. | Shattuck, 13 min. 40¼ sec. | 14 min. 48 sec. |
| 1878. | No races. | ||
| 1879. | June 11. | Halcyon, 14 min. 2¼ sec. | Not taken. |
| 1880. | June 3. | Shattuck, 14 min. 25½ sec. | 14 min. 57 sec. |
| 1881. | June 2. | Halcyon, 14 min. 10 sec. | 15 min. 1 sec. |
| 1882. | June 13. | Halcyon, 13 min. 28½ sec. | 14 min. 4 sec. |
| [3]1883. | June 12. | Halcyon, 13 min. 13 sec. | 13 min. 38 sec. |
| 1884. | June 9. | Shattuck, 12 min. 41 sec. | 13 min. 16 sec. |
| 1885. | May 25. | Halcyon, 14 min. 7¼ sec. | [4]Not taken. |
| 1886. | May 24. | Shattuck, 12 min. 51 sec. | 12 min. 58½ sec. |
| 1887. | May 29. | Shattuck, 12 min. 42 sec. | 12 min. 46-4/5 sec. |
| 1888. | June 8. | Halcyon, 12 min. 32-2/5 sec. | [5]Not taken. |
| 1889. | June 1. | Shattuck, 13 min. 10¼ sec. | Not taken. |
| 1¾-Mile Straightaway. | |||
| 1890. | May 28. | Halcyon, 9 min. 2½ sec. | Not taken. |
| 1½-Mile Straightaway. | |||
| [6]1891. | May 27. | Shattuck, 8 min. 25 sec. | Not taken. |
| 1892. | May 28. | Shattuck, 8 min. 29¾ sec. | Not taken. |
| 1893. | May 29. | Shattuck, 9 min. 19 sec. | Not taken. |
| 1894. | June 10. | Shattuck, time not given. | Not taken. |
| 1895. | June 11. | Shattuck, 9 min. 14½ sec. | 9 min. 30 sec. |
| 1896. | June 18. | Halcyon, 8 min. 21 sec. | 8 min. 40 sec. |
| Year. | Date. | Winner Second-Crew Race. | Winner Third-Crew Race. |
| 1-Mile Course. | |||
| 1871. | June 7. | No race. | No race. |
| 1872. | June 20. | No race. | No race. |
| 1873. | June 7. | No race. | No race. |
| 1¾-Mile Course. | |||
| 1874. | June 16. | Halcyon, time not given. | No race. |
| Course, 1 Mile and Return. | |||
| 1875. | June 9. | Halcyon, 14 min. 48 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1876. | June 10. | Halcyon, 15 min. 2¾ sec. | No race. |
| 1877. | June 14. | Shattuck, 14 min. 9¾ sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1878. | No races. | ||
| 1879. | June 11. | Shattuck, 14 min. 22 sec. | Shattuck. |
| 1880. | June 3. | Shattuck, 14 min. 15¼ sec. | Shattuck. |
| 1881. | June 2. | Shattuck, 14 min. 5 sec. | No race. |
| 1882. | June 13. | Halcyon, 15 min. 1 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1883. | June 12. | Halcyon, 14 min. 39¾ sec. | No race. |
| 1884. | June 9. | Halcyon, 14 min. 45 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1885. | May 25. | Shattuck, 15 min. 11 sec. | No race. |
| 1886. | May 24. | Shattuck, 14 min. 3 sec. | No race. |
| 1887. | May 29. | Halcyon, 13 min. 53 sec. | No race. |
| 1888. | June 8. | Halcyon, 13 min. 32½ sec. | Shattuck. |
| 1889. | June 1. | Halcyon, 14 min. 39½ sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1¾-Mile Straightaway. | |||
| 1890. | May 28. | Shattuck, 9 min. 53 sec. | Shattuck. |
| 1½-Mile Straightaway. | |||
| 1891. | May 27. | Shattuck, 9 min. 49-1/5 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1892. | May 28. | Halcyon, 10 min. 10 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1893. | May 29. | Halcyon, 10 min. 23 sec. | Shattuck. |
| 1894. | June 10. | Shattuck, 9 min. 25 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1895. | June 11. | Halcyon, 10 min. 21 sec. | Halcyon. |
| 1896. | June 18. | Halcyon, 9 min. 23 sec. | Shattuck. |
For the sake of the record I append the times of the several crews, as officially announced:
First Crews.—Halcyons, first; time, 8 minutes 21 seconds. Shattucks, second; time, 8 minutes 40 seconds.
Second Crews.—Halcyons, first; time, 9 minutes 23 seconds. Shattucks, second; time, 9 minutes 45 seconds.
Third Crews.—Shattucks, first; time, 10 minutes 4 seconds, Halcyons, second; time, 10 minutes 30 seconds.
After the races were finished, the crowd returned from Lake Penacook to the school grounds, cheering the victorious crews all the way; and when the students reached the flag-pole on the lawn, they followed the usual custom of hoisting the club colors and the stroke oar of the winning crew. And after this had been done the young men of St. Paul's did a very nice thing. They presented to the coach of the crews a ticket to Henley and back—a present that was probably more grateful to that instructor than any other his pupils could have thought of.
By the number of letters I have received from readers of this Department in Connecticut, I judge that the discussion of Hartford High-School's claim to the title of "Champion School" has aroused considerable interest in that section of the country. I am glad that this is so, for I believe that a wide discussion of such questions always tends toward good.
But either I did not express myself clearly in the few paragraphs that the Department devoted at the time to the discussion of the question, or else some of my readers have failed to comprehend the drift of my argument. One valued correspondent writes as follows: "I was very much interested in the argument which recently appeared in Harper's Round Table about H.P.H.-S. claiming the National championship. You say that they would have to defeat in dual contests the principal schools of the country in order to claim it. According to that, Hartford did not win the championship of the Connecticut H.-S.A.A. this spring, because she did not defeat each one of the schools in single contests. According to that, there is no honor to be gained in winning the greatest number of points in an Association field-day. Then why not do away with these Associations! Your suggestion about holding sets of dual games is not only impracticable but also impossible for ascertaining which school is National champion."
What I said in this Department on July 7 was that the National Games were a contest among "teams from leagues," and not among "teams from schools," and that therefore the question of school supremacy did not enter into the discussion. Further, I added that the only way the title of "Champion School" could be secured by Hartford would be for her to have dual meets with all other schools of her class. I should have added that another way for Hartford to earn the title of "Champion School" would be to hold a large interscholastic field-day, at which teams representing individual schools—not teams representing leagues or associations—should compete.
At any track-athletic meeting where teams of athletes represent certain units, the team winning the greatest number of points becomes the victorious unit, and the athletes who aided in piling up these points, as representatives of that unit, are of no importance whatever so far as they can claim any relation to the other athletes who strove as representatives for the rival or defeated units. The Connecticut High-School A.A. is made up of a number of units—schools. Each unit sent a team to New Haven on June 6 to the annual field-meeting of the association. The athletes who came from the Hartford High-School piled up the greatest score: therefore the Hartford High-School is the champion of that association. It seems to me that this must be perfectly clear, and I do not understand how any one can logically deduce anything else.