Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1918 — NOVEL SPORT IS INTRODUCED [ARTICLE]

NOVEL SPORT IS INTRODUCED

Chariot Racing Popular at Naval Training Stations—Recommended by Walter Camp. The chariot or drag race is the latest sport to make its appearance in the naval training stations. The race was originated and introduced in the stations of the Firsf naval district by George V. Brown, district athletic director, of the navy commission on training camp activities, and It has been recommended for adoption in other stations by Walter Camp, head of the athletic division of 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 poles about two inches in diameter and a chariot, all of which are connected with ropes. Six men grasp the first 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. When the race starts every team runs a stated distance, which covers the first lap. At this point another set of teams take up the race and covers the second lap, and the race continues as long as there are sets of relays. The winner is determined the same as in an ordinary relay race.