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Not a single time or distance record of antiquity has been preserved, although Grasberger and other writers would have us believe that in those that are comparable, ancient youthful champions greatly excelled ours, especially in leaping and running.
Jaeger and Guildersleeve, and yet better Grasberger, would have us believe that the Panhellenic and especially the Olympic games combined many of the best features of a modern prize exhibition, a camp-meeting, fair, Derby day, a Wagner festival, a meeting of the British Association, a country cattle show, intercollegiate games, and medieval tournament; that they were the "acme of festive life" and drew all who loved gold and glory, and that night and death never seemed so black as by contrast with their splendor.