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Many sustained injuries—at a race in 1881, five of the six female competitors had previously suffered at least one broken arm—but they kept coming back.
Even so, she "rode like a wild woman for at least an hour and a half" on night five, finally tiring and falling to fourth place.
"Bitter rivalry, that characteristic feminine trait, and the determination to 'get even' are seemingly the actuating motives," wrote the Times.
Explanation:
All of these excerpts convey the idea that female racers at this time were very competitive. In the first excerpt, we learn that several women sustained injuries because of the competitiveness of the races, but they kept coming back. In the second excerpt, we learn that one of the women rode like crazy for an hour and a half, but still only made fourth place. Finally, the last excerpt tells us that there was a lot of rivalry and determination present in the competitions.
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Many sustained injuries—at a race in 1881, five of the six female competitors had previously suffered at least one broken arm—but they kept coming back.
Even so, she "rode like a wild woman for at least an hour and a half" on night five, finally tiring and falling to fourth place.
"Bitter rivalry, that characteristic feminine trait, and the determination to 'get even' are seemingly the actuating motives," wrote the Times.
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