“Jerry Upton is third!”
“My! but they are cutting the water!”
“Two to one that Hosmer wins!”
“Three to one that the record is broken!”
“Foah to one dat Jerry Upton wins dis race!” cried Blumpo Brown, waving a big college flag over his head. “Dat boy don’t know what it is to lose!”
“Hear that chap talk!”
“Pitch him overboard to cool him off!”
“Dat’s all right, it’s Jerry Upton’s muscle dat’s talkin’, not me!” growled Blumpo.
Down the straight course came the single-shell oarsmen, each back bending to a long and powerful stroke.
The quarter stretch was past with Hosmer still in the lead.