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Rh firsts, and he hoped to get placed in the high hurdles. Perry Hull had attempted to show form as a broad-jumper, but after a week of it had convinced Skeet that that was not his forte. In the end he was slated for the sprints only.

Perry had his second time-trial on the seventeenth of the month and Skeet announced the time as 10 3/5 for the hundred and 24 3/5 for the two-twenty. Neither performance was remarkable, but Perry had a strong belief in his ability to better them both; and, in any case, he had performed as well as any of his teammates except Lanny and Kirke in the hundred and Lanny in the two-twenty. Lanny told him he had done finely and assured him that in another fortnight he would be able to cut another fifth of a second from his time. "And if you do," said Lanny, "you'll stand as good a chance for second place as any of the fellows. I don't think that Springdale has a sprinter who can do better than two-fifths this year. It will be a corking race for second place!"

Perry was encouraged and his enthusiasm arose to new heights. For the next week he clamored for another time-trial, but Skeet denied him. Instead, he insisted on Perry working well over his distance for days after that trial, and neither he