about two o'clock
With an hour to rest in , the leaders strolled back to where Harvey and Henry Burns were , and chaffed them good-naturedly on their failure to make them take the rapids , and over their own strong lead . To which , Harvey and Henry Burns , being good sportsmen , replied good-humouredly , assuring the Ellisons they should beat them on `` the next hard place . '' The other canoeists remained where they were , and ate their luncheons together . When , at about two o'clock that afternoon , the sound of the horn , blown four times by Jack Harvey , announced that the race was resumed , there was a do-or-die expression on the faces of Tom Harris and Bob White . Harvey and Henry Burns were a good half mile ahead of them ; the Ellisons fully a mile . Not that this was disheartening to athletic lads in good training , who had learned in many a contest of skill and strength to accept a result fairly won , even though they were beaten . On the contrary , here was a contest worth the winning , now that the odds were against them .