"As I didn't win, all the further events are postponed!"
There was stupefied silence for a few moments. Grown people and the students looked from one to another. Then a guffaw started that swelled to a chorus of laughter.
"The next event on the card," called Ben, satisfied with the effect of his joke, "is the free-for-all fancy skating event. The contestants will come before the judges one at a time. Each entrant is limited to two minutes, actual time."
There should have been some girls entered in this event, but there were none. Six H.S. boys from the different classes came forward.
"Fred Ripley loses his chance," muttered some one.
"He had his chance. A fellow who prefers to skate into the freeze is counted out," replied Thomp.
Just as the contestants were moving out Greg Holmes came hurrying down to the ice.
"Am I too late?" he called.
"Not if you think you've got anything good," replied Badger.
Greg promptly proceeded to put on his skates, covertly watching the performance of the first fellow to show off. It was good work that Greg watched, but he thought he could beat it.