"When we had that turkey chase. You led us all, and it didn't bother you a bit. Then, after you made the run out into the country and back, Pierson got after you before you could get to our rooms. You ran away from him, and held on to the turkey. That settled in Pierson's mind that you could hustle along all right, and it had something to do with his giving you a place for a trial on the ball team."
"That is true," Frank was forced to confess.
"Have you ever been in any races?" asked Diamond.
"Oh, I took part in some races when I was at Fardale Academy."
"What did you do in them?"
"I believe I won, but you must remember that I had no such rivals to go against as will be found at the tournament."
"And you were in no such condition as you are now. Is that right?"
Frank was forced to confess that it was. Then Browning tried to pin Frank down and make him answer the question whether he did not have confidence enough in himself to believe he could race Duncan Yates for a mile.
"Of course I could race him," smiled Frank, "but the matter of winning is another question."