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Show A Unique Race, ln Pearson s an eye-witness to nn entertaining en-tertaining etimel race describes It thus In his urtlcle on The Ship of the Des- ert The racing camel la very carefully bred and valuable prizes arc offered by a lacing society nt HlsUra for the fleet 1 st nicer. 1 have seen the start of ti let e nnl It remln led me In a for-off sort of way, of a horse, tace The tnmels weie all arranged In line nnd they sniffed the nlr in their nnxlels to bp off A flag W3s vs ived, and they set off nt n terrible ace as if they were onls racing for a short distance Ihes kept together until they were nlmost nut or sight Then thes seemed to settle set-tle down to their habitual pace, and the 1 nee pioteeilel with long Intervals between be-tween flie competitors I base also seen the finish of n camel race nnd It reminded me of the first motor-car piomenade hetween London and Brighton The camels were cer-talnly cer-talnly not so broken down nd bedraggled bedrag-gled but they came In at Intervals of several hours and great patience wn neeessaiy to watch them arrive ' |