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A SQUARE MANHOLE COVER CAN FALL INTO THE MANHOLE AS THE DIAGONAL LENGTH OF A SQUARE MANHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SIDES. A ROUND MANHOLE COVER CAN NEVER FALL INTO THE MANHOLE THE HORSE OPERATES A MILL AND TRAVELS IN A CIRCULAR CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. THE TWO OUTSIDE LEGS WILL TRAVEL A GREATER DISTANCE THAN THE TWO INSIDE LEGS THE IDEA IS TO RIDE THE OTHER MAN'S HORSE. THEY RACE AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD. THE BLACKSMITH SAID THE MAN WHOSE HORSE CROSSES LAST WOULD WIN, SO THE MAN WHO WINS THE RACE WOULD HAVE HIS HORSE FINISH LAST CONNECT THE MIDPOINT OF EACH OF THE FOUR SIDES WITH FOUR STRAIGHT LINES TO FORM ONE SQUARE. THEN REPEAT THE PROCEDURE ON THIS NEW SQUARE TO FORM A SQUARE AROUND THE CENTRE HORSE