Scribner's magazine . wlio, however, is allowed to takeneither beads nor money, but onlv li<jht-308 weioflit thinu^s made from wool or cotton ;but his father can receive gifts for himand buy somethin<x foi* his sons the day of the race stones are laidon the ground in a row, one stone foreach circuit to be run, and as the racepro^i^resses count is kept by takino- awayone stone for each circuit tinishcd bythe ninners. It is from this pi*actice thatthe tribe derives its name, Tarahumari—from (am (count), and humari (run),people who run according to count. Trees are marked with cr
Scribner's magazine . wlio, however, is allowed to takeneither beads nor money, but onlv li<jht-308 weioflit thinu^s made from wool or cotton ;but his father can receive gifts for himand buy somethin<x foi* his sons the day of the race stones are laidon the ground in a row, one stone foreach circuit to be run, and as the racepro^i^resses count is kept by takino- awayone stone for each circuit tinishcd bythe ninners. It is from this pi*actice thatthe tribe derives its name, Tarahumari—from (am (count), and humari (run),people who run according to count. Trees are marked with crosses, so asto show the circuit to be run. Threeto six watchmen are placed along thecircuit to see that no cheating is doneduring the race. Each party helps theside in which it is interested, so thattheir runners may win the race. Thewomen, as the runners pass them, standready with dippers of warm water, orpinole, whicli they oiler them to drink,and for which they stop for a few sec-onds. The wife of the ninner may.
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