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 ===== Bowling ===== ===== Bowling =====
-[{{ ::10.2307_community.22406547-1.jpg?direct&200|Trinity students bowling in the 1960s.}}]+[{{ ::10.2307_community.22406547-1.jpg?direct&200|Trinity students bowling in the 1960s.}}]  
 From 1890 to 1891, a group of sophomores participated in a bowling club. Later, the club expanded into a multi-class team, which lasted into the 1970s.  From 1890 to 1891, a group of sophomores participated in a bowling club. Later, the club expanded into a multi-class team, which lasted into the 1970s. 
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 ===== Coaching Club===== ===== Coaching Club=====
 [{{:coaching.png?200 |The 1881 Trinity //Ivy// Coaching Club illustration.}}] [{{:coaching.png?200 |The 1881 Trinity //Ivy// Coaching Club illustration.}}]
  
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 Based on the competitive sport popular throughout the 19th century in England, Trinity's Coaching Club was a student organization in which students raced stage coaches. One student would control the team of horses (four-in-hand or six-in-hand). Introduced in the 1880-1881 academic year, it was revived occasionally throughout the late 19th century.  Based on the competitive sport popular throughout the 19th century in England, Trinity's Coaching Club was a student organization in which students raced stage coaches. One student would control the team of horses (four-in-hand or six-in-hand). Introduced in the 1880-1881 academic year, it was revived occasionally throughout the late 19th century. 
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-[{{ :cricket_team_ca._1881.jpg?350|Cricket team, ca. 1881. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]+
  
 ===== Cricket ===== ===== Cricket =====
 +[{{ :cricket_team_ca._1881.jpg?350|Cricket team, ca. 1881. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
  
 Cricket made its first appearance in the late 1870s as an alternative to baseball, which varied in popularity. The Cricket Club was founded in 1880 in large part by those Trinity students who originated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, but was gone by the spring of 1881. Cricket made its first appearance in the late 1870s as an alternative to baseball, which varied in popularity. The Cricket Club was founded in 1880 in large part by those Trinity students who originated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, but was gone by the spring of 1881.
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 By 1881, the fad of cricket had passed in favor of baseball, which was not just a favorite at Trinity but throughout the United States.  By 1881, the fad of cricket had passed in favor of baseball, which was not just a favorite at Trinity but throughout the United States. 
  
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 ===== Cycle / Bicycle Club ===== ===== Cycle / Bicycle Club =====
 [{{:24948846.jpg?300 |Trinity College Cycling Team, ca. 1900-1910. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.24948846|Trinity College Archives]]}}] [{{:24948846.jpg?300 |Trinity College Cycling Team, ca. 1900-1910. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.24948846|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
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 Trinity's Cycle Club, which entailed racing bicycles, was formed during the 1890s, during a craze of bicycle clubs in the United States and England. The club's president was [[luther_flavel_sweeten|Professor Luther]].  Trinity's Cycle Club, which entailed racing bicycles, was formed during the 1890s, during a craze of bicycle clubs in the United States and England. The club's president was [[luther_flavel_sweeten|Professor Luther]]. 
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 Almost every Trinity student in the 1890s owned his own bicycle and that was his main source of transportation. Almost every Trinity student in the 1890s owned his own bicycle and that was his main source of transportation.
  
-The Trinity men in the 1890s who were interested in athletics participated in games and races put on by Hartford's Columbia Bicycle Club, and put on races for "Trinity Field Day" in Charter Oak Park. One //Tablet// details the results of the "Two mile safety bicycle race:" C. A. Monaghan, Class of 1893 won and broke a new record with a time of 00:06:43, which was beaten by J.A. Wales, Class of 1901, at 00:04:57.+The Trinity men in the 1890s who were interested in athletics participated in games and races put on by Hartford's Columbia Bicycle Club, and put on races for "Trinity Field Day" in Charter Oak Park. One //Tablet// details the results of the "Two mile safety bicycle race": C.A. Monaghan, Class of 1893 won and broke a new record with a time of 00:06:43, which was beaten by J.A. Wales, Class of 1901, at 00:04:57.
  
 The club lasted until at least 1898. However, two-mile bicycle races continued to be held as part of track and field meets in subsequent years. The club lasted until at least 1898. However, two-mile bicycle races continued to be held as part of track and field meets in subsequent years.
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 +=====Skating Club=====
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 +The Skating Club was founded in 1869 due to, as the //Trinity Tablet// put it, "filthy lucre." It has since disappeared. 
  
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 +**Bowling**
  
 +[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/68|The Trinity Ivy]] (1969).
  
 +[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, p. 220.
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 +**Cycling Club**
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 +[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, p. 220.
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 +**Coaching Club**
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 +[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 197, 210.
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 +[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/98|The Trinity Ivy]] (1881).
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 +**Skating Club**
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 +[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/20|The Trinity Tablet]], December 1869.
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