Any trainer or physician could have told this young snob that just before going off on a long race is the worst possible time for letting anger get the best of one.

Anger excites the action of the heart to a degree that makes subsequent running performance a thing of difficulty.
Gridley H.S.was out for the October paper chase.

This was an annual event, in which the sophomores, or third classmen, acted as the hares, while the freshmen played the part of the hounds.
The course was six miles across country.

Three courses, of equal length, were laid down, each with a different terminal.

It was known, in advance, only to the hares, which course would be run over.