391.--THE MOTOR-CAR RACE.

Sometimes a quite simple statement of fact, if worded in an unfamiliar
manner, will cause considerable perplexity. Here is an example, and it
will doubtless puzzle some of my more youthful readers just a little. I
happened to be at a motor-car race at Brooklands, when one spectator
said to another, while a number of cars were whirling round and round
the circular track:--

"There's Gogglesmith--that man in the white car!"

"Yes, I see," was the reply; "but how many cars are running in this
race?"

Then came this curious rejoinder:--

"One-third of the cars in front of Gogglesmith added to three-quarters
of those behind him will give you the answer."

Now, can you tell how many cars were running in the race?




PUZZLE GAMES.


"He that is beaten may be said
To lie in honour's truckle bed."