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Good reader, they cannot find anybody who will hazard so much as a denarius with them against Messala. There are no colors in the saloon but his. No one thinks of his defeat. Why, they say, is he not perfect in his training? Did he not graduate from an imperial lanista? Were not his horses winners at the Circensian in the Circus Maximus? And then ah, yes! he is a Roman!
Its chief feature is the exhibit of German art. Franz Stuck's "Summer Night" , Heinrich von Zugel's "In the Rhine Meadows" , both winners of the medal of honor; Curt Agthe's "At the Spring" , and Leo Putz' "The Shore" , gold-medal pictures, are worthily characteristic of Germany's best art. The bulk of the pictures under "International Section" are in the Annex.
The game that we will play at shall be called the triumph, which, if it be well played at, he that dealeth shall win; the players shall likewise win; and the standers and lookers upon shall do the same; insomuch that there is no man that is willing to play at this triumph with these cards, but they shall be all winners, and no losers.
Dear children, though you're winners, Be modest all; For pride must fall, And braggers lose their dinners. "And now I will tell you an adventure of young Dick's, in which a habit he had of crowing on all occasions proved very useful to him. He grew to be a fine handsome fellow, and was sold to a family who lived on the meadow-bank.
Besides prizes for educational proficiency, there were others for music and singing, and the winners of these played and sang on a platform below, on one side of the daïs. One of the musicians, a tastefully-dressed young lady of thirteen, was a granddaughter of Mr. Rungacharlu, the first Prime Minister of Mysore.
But if he's like 'the youth who bore, those same people are foreordained to help him along. They may hate to, worse than blazes, and they may do a lot of cussin' about it, but they have to help the winners and they can't dodge it. It's a natural law, like what keeps the big clock up there going, little wheels and big, and no mix-up." Ray's hand and his pipe were suddenly outlined against the sky.
Ki Pak had an arrow-walk and target in his garden, and here it was that Yung Pak used to practise almost daily. He often, too, invited other boys to enjoy the sport with him. At regular times every year public contests in arrow-shooting were held, and costly prizes were offered to the winners by the king.
His stake was covered with another dollar, the betting being even money. "Fair go!" cried the boxer. Chook jerked the coins upward with the skill of an old gaffer; they flew into the dome, and then dropped spinning. As they touched the canvas floor, a hundred voices cried "Two heads!" "Two heads!" cried the boxer, and a shower of coins flew across the ring to the winners.
"Since you've never shown your dog before," went on the postmaster, beginning to warm with professional interest, "you can enter him in the 'Novice Class. That's generally the easiest. If he loses in that, no harm's done. If he wins he has a chance later in the 'Winners' Class. I'm mailing my entry to-night to the committee. If you like, I'll send yours along with it. Give me a dollar."
Color, yellow. "II. A four of Messala of Rome two white, two black; victors of the Circensian as exhibited in the Circus Maximus last year. Messala, driver. Colors, scarlet and gold. "III. A four of Cleanthes the Athenian three gray, one bay; winners at the Isthmian last year. Cleanthes, driver. Color, green.
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