I was on the purchasing committee." "I shall enter the one-legged race.

I always could stand on one foot like a crane," announced Jessica, "and hopping is my specialty." There was an egg and spoon race, a walking match, an apple-eating contest, with the apples suspended by strings from the low branch of a tree, to be eaten without aid from the hands, and various other stunts of a similar nature.
The morning passed like magic.

Each new set of contestants seemed funnier than the preceding one.

Nora won the coveted box of stationery.
Jessica ably demonstrated her ability to outhop her competitors, while Eva Allen covered herself with glory in the apple contest.
Grace, after losing the hundred-yard dash, laughingly refused to enter the other contests.

"I mean to win at tennis this afternoon," she said, "so I'm not going to waste my precious energy on such little stunts." After the midday luncheon had been disposed of, the entire class repaired to the tennis court at the east end of the park.