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The Ferraris staged a frantic scrap over the first five laps in which they seemed to spend almost as much time side by side as in line astern.

"If you hear three it means you are going astern, if you hear two, it means you are turning to port," he said.

Just before dark they were on the other side, and when they looked over their shoulders they saw Elephant Island as a small shadow far astern.

“We think there is a boat closing on us from astern.”

On the oval track at Alexandria’s Edison High School, they raced in the mile, 100, 200, 400 and 800-meter events — all facing astern.