"We have been looking for you gentlemen," said he, "and I'm glad to know you had such a fine run from Miami.  There are a lot of strangers in town--been arriving for the last three or four days--all to witness the start of this big race.  Most of them seem to be newspaper men from the States, though there are a number from South America, and even Africa and Europe.  Is this the plane that you fellows representing the _Daily Independent_ are going to fly in?"