Scribner's magazine . V^)^^.h^^ After the Race. throw a jar of te2)id water over him ashe passes, in order to refresh him, andall incite the runners to greater speedby cries and pfesticiilations. Drunkenpeople must not be present, becausethey make the runners heavy. For thesame reason preo-nant women are for-bidden to enter the race-course. Arunner must not even touch the blanketof such a woman. As the time passesthe excitement becomes more and moreintense. Most of the men and womenfollow the race, shouting to the runnersall the time to sinir them on, and point-ing out to them where the ball i
Scribner's magazine . V^)^^.h^^ After the Race. throw a jar of te2)id water over him ashe passes, in order to refresh him, andall incite the runners to greater speedby cries and pfesticiilations. Drunkenpeople must not be present, becausethey make the runners heavy. For thesame reason preo-nant women are for-bidden to enter the race-course. Arunner must not even touch the blanketof such a woman. As the time passesthe excitement becomes more and moreintense. Most of the men and womenfollow the race, shouting to the runnersall the time to sinir them on, and point-ing out to them where the ball is ; andif ni^dit comes on before the contesthas been decided, the men light torchesmade from the oily pine-wood to showthe runnels the road, making the sceneone of extreme picturesqueness, aslike demons these torch-bearers hurrythrough the The chief race began late, as is gen-erally the case, about three all was ready the two managersthrew the balls in the direction in whichthe men were to go,
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