Ned got up on a box to make an announcement, and to tell
the conditions of the race.
"Entries are not limited," he said. "We'll admit boys, girls, dogs,
puppies or any animal that walks, flies or crawls."
There was laughter at what they all took to be a joke.
"I mean it," Ned went on. "If any of you have a dog or a goat you want to
see race, put him in. We'll make the conditions and the prizes fit any
person or animal," and there was more laughter.
"What's the distance?" inquired several of the boys who had donned racing
trunks and spiked shoes.
"Five times around the campus," Ned answered. "That's about a mile."
"Where are the prizes?"
"They will be shown and awarded after the race. Now are you all ready?"
"Aren't you going to run this off in heats?" asked Lem Gordon. "There are
too many to start at once."
"No, it's a free-for-all race, but those who have been in previous
contests will have to start off first."
"Last, you mean, I guess," said Lem. "That's the proper way to handicap."
"Not for this race," Ned replied.
"Why not?"
"Because this is going to be a lazy race.
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