Show S SCORES ORtS Die ON DIAMOND fARM Work Attended by Same Frenzy That Marked Fridays Friday's Rush I. South Af Africa Af- Af rica March 5 Great AP-Great n nurn- nurn m- m hers bers ot of hopeful claIm winners w rf diggIng for dIamonds on the Ora Grasi fontein farm toda today with the aam frenzy as they raced over the rough trackless veldt to stake claIms yes yes- A race raco with some entrants Including many malty women started at atthe atthe the drop ot of a large UnIon Jack alter after the reading by the mining commissioner of the proclamation announcing the farm open for public pub pub- tic lic diggings It was the Second time the ceremony was staged as a w ek ago a large group of anxIous peg peg- got gers-got away to a premature start wIth the result that their claims r. r were nullified anti and orders were Is- Is sued for another r rush Through almost tropIcal heat the ran nearly three miles over broken ground then set to work feverIshly to stake as much of the best territory as pos pos- sible Many of th runners wore grotesque outfits BathIng suits suits' and pajamas were conspicuous None ot of the women and few tew ot of the hardy could keep pace with the scores ot traIned runne runners hired by large syndicates to stake claims for them Most ot of the dis' dis gings fell to athletes who had been Imported from all parts ot of the Transvaal at great cost the syndicates will bo be repaId for the expense Is a a. question ques ques' tion for while the farm Is generally reputed to contain Immense alluvial deposits there are some who clIng to the belief bellet that a majority ot of the the- seekers are doomed to dIsappoint disappointment men ment 4 |