A big race was clearly at hand. Rock was at Oaklawn Park to cover it, and before he went to the pressbox, he wandered around the track and the infield to see the crowd and interpret its level of enthusiasm.
Rock and all around were amused to see a man pretend he was a race horse. He ran counterclockwise in a large circle across the infield grass and announced his progress as if he were a track announcer: "And Bill wins the Arkansas Derby!"
He was soon joined by another man, also in his mid-20s and also dressed in a short-sleeved white oxford-cloth shirt. They raced one another like children, and everyone there laughed hard at the ridiculousness of their effort.
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