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Evening Star, Issue 18035, 1 August 1922, Page 5

Among the questions set in a school examination was Iho following example in arithmetic:—“lf one horse can run a mile in linin' 50sec, and another a mile in 2min, how far would the first horse he ahead in a match race of two miles? ” A pupil returned the question with this answer attached: “ I refuse to have anything to do with horso racing.” “Bather absent minded, isn’t he? ” Extremely so! Why, the other night when he got home he knew there was something ho wanted to do, but ’ho couldn’t remember what it was until he had sat up over an hour trying to think! ” “And aid he. finally remember ,it?” “Yes—he discovered he wanted to go to bed early! ”

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