A NEW SPORT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12483, 23 November 1918, Page 7

A NEW SPORT.

THE DRAG- RACE. The chariot or drag race is the latest sport to make its appearance in the naval training stations (states a. recent American paper). The race was originated and introduced in the stations of the first naval district by George V. Brown, District Athletic Director of the Navv Commission on Training Camp Activities,-and it has been recommended for ado’ dou m other stations by Walter Camp, uead of the athletic division ol the Training Camp Commission.

One distinct advantage of the chariot race is that any number of men can participate. Then, too, the apparatus required is simple, and consists merely of two round polos about two inches iii diameter and a chariot, all of which are connected by ropes. Six man grasp the iirst pole and four men the’ second several feet behind, these men composing a team. Attached to the second pole is a sled or chariot, which contains one man, and the game consists of dragging the chariot and its rider over a given course.

AMien the race starts every team runs a stated distance, which covers the first lap. At this point another set of teams takes up tho race and covers the second lap, ami the race continues as long arc sets of relays. The winner is determined the same as in an ordinary relav race.