262 Recreations of a Sportsman 



which made a sensational dash just at the wire 

 and won in one minute and forty seconds. Each 

 chariot had now won, each had had the pole, 

 and the third race was the supreme test. The 

 audience stood and screamed as the horses flew 

 by. It was, as far as could be judged, neck 

 and neck, but on the home stretch it was seen 

 that West was ahead, that he was, in fact, look- 

 ing around at the Carman team and apparently 

 he had the race in hand. The speed was increas- 

 ing, and in an excitement that has never had 

 a counterpart in American history at any game 

 or sport, West dashed under the wire, driving 

 with one hand, every inch a Roman, every inch 

 a winner. In the races of 1910, Mr. Revel Eng- 

 lish won by half a neck amid even greater 

 excitement. 



