human
Well, said one confident young man in the group of Americans,
gpt
Ah, yes, but then when it comes to the longer distance we can't keep our wind going. That's where they have us.
human
Oh, I don't know, there's Harrington, the Yale captain, who can certainly get away with the quarter. He's been doing under fifty seconds right along. He will give us the fifth event, and all we need to tie is one more, and to win, two more. Why, Dick, old fel, it's a cinch.
gpt
And what are the other two events, please, Sir Prophet?
human
Shot for one, they can't beat old red-top McGinnis. These English chaps never learned how to put a shot anyway, and there's the high jump, certainly ours; it's like taking money from a baby.
gpt
Sounds like seven wins, the way you have it figured out.
human
It is seven places or my training as to what five and two make is all to the bad. I tell you it's a cinch. I'd put up all my spare cash on it, and walk home cheerfully if I lost out. But, pshaw! we can't lose!