View Pit Stop page for race #2406 by wakeat — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 72.93 wpm (90.17 seconds elapsed during race) |
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| Race Start | August 22, 2019 11:59:33pm UTC |
| Race Finish | August 23, 2019 12:01:04am UTC |
| Outcome | No win (2 of 4) |
| Accuracy | 97.0% |
| Points | 121.55 |
| Text | #3641334 (Length: 548 characters) When I was a prisoner in Pretoria they used to keep us awake at night with fireworks after news such as that of Colenso and Magersfontein, but, except amongst the young boys, they were not given to exultation over what they had done or to any boasting. Then they talked about lyddite, and it was quite clear that it had been a terrible bogy in their minds, and that they had imagined it was to have an effect like throwing earthquakes at them, and it was equally evident that the result of actual experience had fallen short of their apprehensions. |