“Ride for all you’re worth, Jack!”
“You can win this race without half trying, Sedley!”
“Don’t forget Heddon’s brook—it’s a bad one!”
Such were some of the cries, mingled with cheers, as the two riders dashed away on the two-mile race. Soon they were well on their way down the road, followed for a short distance by a number of people in automobiles and on motorcycles.
“Sedley is ahead!”
“Yes; but Jack Rover is a close second!”
The first quarter mile of the race was over a level road and easy. Then the two contestants turned into a side road and were lost to view among the trees and bushes. Here the automobiles and motorcycles following had to come to a halt.
“Wish we could have followed them on horseback,” remarked Randy.
“Well, that wasn’t to be permitted, so all we can do is to go back to the finishing point and wait for ’em to come,” answered Fred.