A HUNDRED-YARD RACE.
, Another one for the reader who enjoys a little poser that requires neither pen or pencil, yet it is of tho variety that provides those who ..ttenrpt a solution in that manner quite a little material for thought, and therefore mental exhilaration. In a footrace over a distance of one hundred yards, Hopkins can beat Smith by twenty yards, and in a .trial over a similar distance between Smith and Roberts, the former wins by ten yards, in both contests the runners starting simultaneoously off the same mark. At tho respective speeds stated can the reader say how many yards should Hopkins give Roberts in a raco over one hundred yards, so that at tho winning post tho judge cannot separate them, and awards a dead-heat. Simple as this question may appear arithmeticlly, it is quite possible for tho would-be solver to be "tripped" as others have been, for things are not always what they seem.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 50, 28 February 1931, Page 21
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