voice in a heartfelt entreaty to Joie to pull. When he was sure that Joie fully understood they made ready for the test.
This was not Joie's first attempt at pulling, for he had often helped with the wagons, when they had been set, but he had never figured in any such contest as this before.
Finally everything was in readiness, and Sahib Anderson, who was acting as starter, cried, "Go!"
The two drivers of the four-horse team had been flicking the horses with their whips while the preparations had been going on, so that when the word was finally given they were fairly dancing in their harnesses.
At the word to pull, the two heavy whips descended upon the horses and they sprang like tigers into their collars.
