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Come April showers, August heat waves, fall fogs or winter blizzards, the trackmen pull on spikes and practice every day of the year, and always amid a gaggle of trainers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until 1937, when Yale changed its mind, basketball lettermen had to be content with a two-inch minor-sport "Y" instead of five-inchers given to crewmen, footballers, baseballers and trackmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Performances rarely match those outdoors, partly because few trackmen are in top form during the winter, partly because some events are a whole lot harder indoors.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is the opposite of Charley Paddock, who was what trackmen call a "driver."

From Time Magazine Archive

"We heard the old iron box was caught open by the fire and everything in it burned up," spoke one of the trackmen.

From Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent by Chapman, Allen