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In the Yale meet, due to the injury of Wesselman, Modell was unexpectedly called upon to take the place of the regular contestant in the epee, and he succeeded in winning both matches in this event, as well as his foils bouts.
In 1918 the Comite France-Amerique of Paris established the prize in the form of a medal to be awarded to the successful contestant speaking in the finals "on some subject drawn from the history of French civilization". The finals will be held late in May.
The testing process consists of tying a handkerchief before the eyes of the participant, and then giving him three or four brands of popular cigarettes to smoke in succession, among which is an Old Gold. The object of the test is to see if the contestant can pick this one...
Each contestant was on a low small platform in front of a sleeping-tent. Spectators could stroll among the platforms and, if they chose, interrupt the contestants' squeaks and moans, their reading aloud, mumbling, gibbering, singing.
Instead of having fortune seekers wait at the barriers of the new diamond fields near Lichtenburg, and race on foot for their claims, the government made each contestant obtain a license in the city and then rush to the field. The distance obviously necessitated automobiles.