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60 Races on the Fourth of July —Dawson City, Yukon Territory, 1900 They line the street five deep. Roofs, clear of snow, capped on this hot day with men, legs dangling like icicles. A few women in the balconies above the surveyor’s office, rapt, lean toward two horses, two riders, one dusty blur. Everyone wants to know: who’s first? Even in sun, the answer chills, like the second before anyone else knows what you found in the gravel. Who’s first? is the only question that matters here. ...

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